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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

569 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 29

The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

In the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, Mr. Justice Farewell has granted an injunction restraining the Amalgamated Society…

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The Transvaal War. General Baden Powell Fighting in the Spitzkop Road Boers Dislodged From a Strong Position. Protest Against Annexation. President Kruger Urged to Surrender. Australian Casualties. London, Sept. 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 3

Major-General Baden-powell has been appainted to the command of the Tranavaal miltary police. The resistence by the enemy to General Sir Redvers Buller st Lydenburg was so leeble that…

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Mr. O'sullivan and the Railway Commissioners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 September 1900 · page 2

Mr. O'Sullivan [?]…

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The Netherlands Railway Company. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 September 1900 · page 1

Correspondences which, has been seized' at Pretoria shows that the Netherlands Railway Company, which controlled the Transvaal railways,…

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American Tramps or British Cyclists? Travellers' Trials

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 5

The American tramp is a distinct species. He is a man of iron constitution. Therefore, on principle, he refuses to drink water—for fear he should rust, remarks Mr. J. F…

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American Tramps or British Cyclists ? Travellers' Trials

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 September 1900 · page 7

The American tramp is a district species. He is a man of iron constitution. Therefore, on principle, he refuses to drink water—for fear he should rust, remarks Mr. J. F…

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Muswellbrook—Cassilis Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 2

Referring to the recent movement in connection with the Muswellbrook-Cassilis railway, Mr. R. G. D. Fitz-Gerald has handed us the following report, received by him from…

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The Proposed Cassilis Railway. a Plying Survey to Be Made

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 13

The Minister of Works has been studying reports, papers, etc., in response to the proposed Cassilis railway. At the outset the cost was stated at £700,000, which, for about…

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The Cassilis Railway

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 2

The Minister for Works has been studying the reports, papers, etc., in reference to the proposed Cessilis railway. At the outset the cost was stated at £700,000. which…

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A Strange Chinese Fancy Foreigners Build Railways of Children. A Sydney Missionary's Letter

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 5

The last mail from China brought a letter from Miss E. Wylie, late of Burwood, but at present, a worker under the auspices of the London Missionary Society at Hankow, to…

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Great Railway Scheme

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 5

SOME day, says the Premier, there willbea completed railway right from Sydney to Fremantle, which will reduce the journey from that port by…

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Our Singleton Letter. Wanted. a Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 September 1900 · page 5

The Mayor of Singleton (Mr. H.McFadden) presided over a moderate attendance at a public meeting held in the Council Chambers on Saturday afternoon for the purpose of…

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Proposed Dunolly Bridge. Public Meeting at Singleton

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 September 1900 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon at the Council Chambers the Mayor (Alderman M'Fadden) occupied the chair at a meeting called for the purpose of…

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Railway Empleyeers' Picnic

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 September 1900 · page 2

Yesterday 1800 persons travelled by train from Newcastle to Singleton to attend the annual picnic held under the auspices of the Locomotive Employees of…

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Accident to a Railway Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 September 1900 · page 2

An accident occured on the railway line yesterday at midday, while a train of 36 empty steek trucks with van was proceeding up the s[?]eep incline on the other side…

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A Railway to Barraba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 September 1900 · page 3

The Minister of Works, replying to an influential deputation promised to take steps at an early date to place before the public Works Committee a proposal to extend the Tamworth-Manilla railway to…

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The Netherlands Railway London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 September 1900 · page 2

The British military authorities have formally taken over the Netherlands railway. This completes the circuit of the military railway system…

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The Proposed Luskintyre Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 September 1900 · page 12

Messrs. Gillies and Bennett, Ms.L.A., deserve the thanks of all the residents of Luskintyre, St. Petrox, Stanhope, and all living on the northern side of the Hunter, for their undeviating attention…

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Tenders for Road Work

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 September 1900 · page 2

We would direct the attention of contractors to an advertisement which appears in another column, inviting tenders for certain road works in this district, tenders for which…

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Roller Bearings for Railways. A Saying of One-half

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 September 1900 · page 3

Every cycle which is at present in the market is fitted with ball bearings in every part, but the system of ball or roller bearings has made astonishingly slow progress…

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