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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

646 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 33

Narrabri Notes. Political Prospects. a Railway That Grows Slowly. a Severe Season. Narrabri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 May 1901 · page 3

The State elections are beginning to excite no small amount of interest owing to the number of interest owing to the number of candidates in the field and the uncertainty surrounding the issues. No less than four candidates are…

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Ways of Living. TRAMPS

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 May 1901 · page 4

WHETHER it is the consciousness that I possess cowardly eyes ever on the outlook that I don't run against persons I take to be…

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Train Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 2

A special train with 300 passengers, en route from Tamworth and Singloton to Sydney, was delayed at west Maitland on Thursday afternoon from 3.20 p.m. till 4.35…

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The Royal Train

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 2

THE Royal train, with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York and suite on board will probably pass through Muswellbrook about 9 o'clock…

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Bicycle Road Race

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 2

A BICYCLE road race promoted by Mr. S. Armstrong for trophies took place on Saturday afternoon. The course was from Bowman's corner, on…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Proposed Tramway From Tarro to Miller's Forest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 3

Mr. R. A. Price, M.L.A., has received a letter from the Secretary for Public Works in reply to his communication with reference to the proposal to construct a tramway from Tarro to Miller's Forest. The…

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The Rydal Railway Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 2

The board of inquiry appointed by the Railway Commissioners to inquire into the causes of the Rydal railway accident has furnished its report. The…

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The North Shore Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 May 1901 · page 2

Those who are interested in promoting that proposed gigantic malversation of public money—the North Shore Bridge—are trying, of…

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Roads at Miller's Forest. Deputation to the Minister. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 May 1901 · page 3

Four farmers from Miller's Forest were introduced to the Minister of Works to-day by Mr. Price, M.L.A., to urge certain improvement to Price's Road. They asked that portion of the road should…

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Terrible Railway Accident. a Man Cut to Pieces. Shocking Result of Carelessness. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 May 1901 · page 3

A shocking railway fatality occurred at Meadow Bank station, near Ryde, last night. It appears that John C. Crackenthorpe, manager of the Ryde branch of the Bank of New South Wales, with his…

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The Transvaal War. Honours for Australians. Operations in the Transvaal: a Railway Raid. Collecting Remounts and Cattle. a Boer Ex-general Killed. London, May 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 3

The King will invest Colonel N. W. Kelly (Victoria) and Colonel W. D. C. Williams (New South Wales Army Medical Corps) with the insignia of the Companion of the Order of the Bath on June 3…

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Terrible Accident. The Murderous Railway. Man Cut to Pieces. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 3

A TERRIBLE and shocking railway accident occurred at Meadowbank near Ryde this morning. Mr John Crackenthorpe, manager…

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Our Singleton Letter. the Dunolly Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 4

During the week a Mercury representative heard from one "behind the scenes" that the long-contended-for bridge across the Hunter to connect Singleton with Dunolly has obtained the Minister's…

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The Transvaal War. Casualties in the Transvaal. Surrender of Boers. Heavy Losses by the Enemy. Attack on a Train. Australasian Casualties. London, May 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 3

Captain Gordon C. Wilson, of the Royal Horse Guards, Aide-de-camp to Major-General Baden-Powell, has been created a member of the fourth-class of theo Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.)…

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Late News by Cable. London, May 30. a Motor Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 3

The winner of the Paris to Bordeaux motor car race covered 345 miles in 524 minutes, averaging between towns a speed of 50 miles per hour…

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Terrible Railway Accident. a Man Out to Pieces

The Scone Advocate · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 6

A shocking railway fatality occurred at Meadow Bank station, near Ryde, on Tuesday night. It appears that John C. Crackenthorpe, manager of…

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Public Road Dedicated

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 2

In the Government Gazette of the 22nd instant there appears a notification of a road opened and dedicated as a public road in this district, being part of road from Isis…

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Elephant Attacks a Train

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 5
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

Railroading in the Straits Settlement must be lively. Not long ago a freigh, train was lumbering along,' when a big elephant came out of the woods and under…

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Terrible Railway Accident. A Man Cut to Pieces

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 1

A shocking railway fatality occurred at Meadow Bank station, near Ryde, on Tuesday night. It appears that Mr. John C. Crackenthorpe, manager…

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