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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

646 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 33

The Paoting-fu Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 July 1901 · page 3

France has notified China that French troops will permanently guard the railway from Poking to Paoting-fu…

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Carriage of Live Stock. Deputation to the Railway Commissioners

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1901 · page 4

A deputation from the Stock Board's Council of Advice waited on the Railway Commissioners on Wednesday morning last, to submit two resolutions…

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Railway Strike. In West Australia. A Serious Outlook. [Br Telegraph.] Perth

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 July 1901 · page 3

THE strike amongst railway employees has reached serious proportions. The men are deemed, to be unreasonable in refusing suggested…

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Cycling. Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 July 1901 · page 3

The Maitland Bicycle Club ran a road race yesterday, on the Largs course, for a medal presented by Wr. C. Wilcher, of Large, and a pipe valued at 10s 6d. The distances is 12 miles…

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Disastrous Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 3

A train collided at Moreton, Missouri (U.S.). Fourteen persons were killed, and 25 injured, principally through burning wreckage…

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Utilising the Sun for Motor Purposes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 6

The prospect of the fuel materials hitherto in use, i. e. coal and wood, becoming dearer, and gradually disappearing altogether, has long since attracted the attention of inventors…

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Fatal Smash. West Australian Railways. [By Telegraph] Perth

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 2

A FATAL railway accident occurred on the goldfields line near Werribee on Friday night. A coupler pin broke, resulting in…

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Our Alma Motor

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 2

"Our Alma Mater," published by the students of St. Ignatius' College is once more to hand, and is of the usual highclass nature. The letterpross is…

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Transcontinental Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1901 · page 4

The report of Mr. C. Y. O'Connor, the Engineer-in-Chief of the Western Australian Railways, on the proposed transcontinental railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta, via…

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The Motor Car

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 July 1901 · page 2

Thw moter ear which passed through Singleton on Sunday, did the journey to Muswellbrook in two hours. The Chronicle was informed that the travellers bad some…

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Parisian Motor-Cars

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 1
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

It appears that in Paris motor cars will shortly take the place of the ambulances now in use. For some months past the military authorities have…

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Transcontinental Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 5

The report of Mr. C. Y. O Connor, the Engineer-in-Chief of the Western Australian Railways, on the proposed transcontinental railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta, via…

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Office of the Railway Commissioners. Sydney, 12th July 1901

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 2

SIR,—Referring to previous correspondence in regard to the provision of trucking yards st Blandford, I am directed to inform you that upon further consideration of the…

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Carriage of Farm Produce, &c. Deputation to the Railway Commissioners

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1901 · page 2

A LARGE deputation from the Farmers and Settlers Association conference held at Tamworth, last week waited on the Railway Commissioners, on…

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New Railways. Work Now in Hand

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 July 1901 · page 2

THERE are now a number of railways in course of construction or about to be taken in hand. From particulars obtained from Mr. Deane, Engineer…

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Brooklyn Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 July 1901 · page 3

Seventeen of the steel cables supporting the Brooklyn Bridge, New York, yielded, and some of the girders at the Manhattan end snapped. this caused great excitement among the people upon it,…

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Carriage of Farm Produce, Etc. Deputation to the Railway Com missioner's

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 2

A large deputation from the Farmers and Settlers Association conference held at Tamworth recently, waited on the Railway Commissioners, in…

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New Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 10

The Moree-Inverell railway of 97 miles is already opened from Moree to Gravesend, 35 miles. The remainder of the line via Warialda will probably be ready for opening by the end of September…

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Drovers' Railway Passes

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 2

A deputation of farmers and settlers waited upon the Railway Commissioners last week, and urged them, amongst other things, to extend the currency of drovers…

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