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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

569 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 29

Railway Excursions

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 2

The Railway Department advertises in this issue special facilities for persons desiri[?]s of attending the Melbourne Cup, and other Victorian races. The department…

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A Winter Railway

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 4

The most curious railway in the world, which is only in use during the winter, is that between Cronstad[?] and Oran[?]aum. which is laid upon the ice. Its success has…

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The Reodesian Railways. a Go-as-you-please Concern

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 4

A NORTHERN trooper writes from the front:—" You talk about your railways in New South Wales. You ought to see the turn-out of a railway…

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The Rhodesian Railways. a Go-as-you-please Concern

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 4

A NORTHERN trooper writes from the front:—"You talk about your railways in New South Wales. You ought to see the turn-out of a railway…

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Serious Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 3

While a schoolboy named John Kennedy was attempting to board a moving tram this morning, he fell back and was struck by a motor coming in an opposite direction. The boy sustained a severe…

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The North Shore Bridge. Opening of Tenders. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 November 1900 · page 3

THERE is a great difference in the prices of tenders for North Sho[?] bridge, now under consideration by the Tender Board Estimates vary from…

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Fraudulent Railway Tickets

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1900 · page 13

What may probably prove to be fraudulent railway ticket making on a large scale was brought to light in Melbourne on Saturday. A fashionably-dressed young man walked into the office of…

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The Ardglen Railway Crossing

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 3 November 1900 · page 2

We are extremely pleased to ser that as the outcome of the article in this paper in a recent issue calling attention to the want of communication between the gates at the…

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Lowest Road Tenders

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 November 1900 · page 2

The following lowest tenders were opened at Wollombi on Friday last:— Laguna to Top of Wattagan Mountain, to be reported on; Mount View to Kangaroo Grounds, J…

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Railway Preparations. Increasing the Rolling Stock

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 November 1900 · page 1

IN addition to the ordinary Christmas and New Year holiday traffic on the railways during the coming season, there will be the extraordinary traffic…

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The Motor-car in France and England

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 November 1900 · page 6

Mr. John Munro, writing in "Cassell's Magazine" for February, says:—The French are a quick-witted race, always on the lockout for something new and interesting,…

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The City Railway

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 November 1900 · page 2

IT never rains, but it pours. A short time ago we were complaining because the prospect of bringing the railway into the city had been blocked by the…

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Proposed Dunelly Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 November 1900 · page 4

This afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock, a meeting of persons interested in the movement in favor of a bridge over the Dunolly Ford, will take place at the Council Chambers…

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Heavy Railway Traffic

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 November 1900 · page 2

THE railway traffic still continues very brisk, and the traffic officers have been pressed to work trucks backwards and forwards to meet all…

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Accident on the Railway Line

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 November 1900 · page 5

AN accident of a very serious character occurred on the railway line, near Whittingham, yesterday morning. It appears a passenger by the Brisbane…

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Proposed Dunolly Bridge

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 November 1900 · page 2

THE meeting held at the Council Chambers on Saturday was not largely attended. Mr Dight, M.P., was voted to the chair. An apology was tendered…

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Ben Bridge Released

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 November 1900 · page 2

Ben Bridge, the famous horsebreaker who is not unknown in this district, returned to Inverell on Saturday last, after having undergone six months of the two…

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Shocking Railway Smash, [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 November 1900 · page 2

NEAR Frankfort, on the Maine, Germany, two trains collided, causing the gas reservoir under one of the carriages to explode. The carriage…

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Sad Tram Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 November 1900 · page 2

AT the evidence on Miss Carruthers, who died from the effects of a tram accident, the evidence showed she was subject to fits and was evidently…

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Letter to the Editor. Road Across Mowbray

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 November 1900 · page 4

SIR,—A new road has lately been surveyed and marked across this property by Government, but not gazetted, no far as I am aware, or opened for traffic…

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