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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

646 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 33

Selling Railway Tickets Illicitly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 3

At the police court to-day a labourer was charged with, not being a person duly authorised by the Railway. Commissioners of New South Wales, he did sell a railway ticket or return half of a…

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Friday, August 23, 1901. the Railways Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 August 1901 · page 2

A MOST satisfactory report has been made by the Railway Commissioners for the year ended June 30. At that date, the number of miles open for traffic was 2845½, which had…

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The City Railway

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 August 1901 · page 2

THE city railway project received its quietus on Tuesday night. Mr. Carruthers introduced a motion affirming the desirableness of constructing it,…

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Bridge Piles

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 5

A deputation, accompanied by Messrs. R. A. Price and A. Edden, M.L.A., waited on the Minister of Works this week, to draw attention to tho difficulties experienced by timber-getters, owing to the rigidity…

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Chapter Xxiv. the Road Gang

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 1

When Steel reached the cove he found everything was peaceful. No attack had been made, and the frigate had quite disappeared…

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A Bridge Across the Pacific. What Nature is Doing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 3

While man is using his intelligence to out waterways between continents, as in the case of the Panama and Suez Canals, geologists say that nature is slowly but…

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Kitchener's Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 5

The unstoppable go-aheadedness of Lord Kitchener is paid a warm tribute, by a writer in the Boston " National Magazine," and there can be no…

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Highway Robbery near Melbourne. a Hokse-tram Stuck Up by Masked Men

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 11

A highway robbery of the old coaching-days type was committed at Hawthorn at an early hour on Sunday morning, says a telegram to the S. M. Herald. The last Saturday night cable tram from the city…

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The Tramway Robbery. £200 Reward. (By Telegraph) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 5

THE Government have offered £200 reward for such information as will lead to the conviction of the men who "stuck up" a horse tram near…

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The Man and the Tram. The Man Unconscious. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 5

AN elderly gentleman named John Farrell, residing at Woollahra, wa knocked down by a tram last night near the railway gatee…

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Selling a Railway Ticket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 August 1901 · page 3

John Lyons was fined £3 and costs, in default a month's gaol, for selling the return portion of a railway ticket…

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Railway Mishap

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 August 1901 · page 3

A railway accident occurred near the Redfern tunnel early this morning. Whilst an empty train of American cars was being shunted an engine and three cars passed over the points, but the fourth one…

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The East and Furious Motor Car. a Lively Concern. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 August 1901 · page 3

AT the Police Courc to-day, a man was fined for driving a motor car faster than eight miles per hour.; It was alleged that he had been…

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The Murderous Tram. Verdiet of Accidental Death. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 August 1901 · page 3

THE man John Farrell, who was injured by a tram last Thursday, died yesterday. At the inquest, which was held…

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The Main Road

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 2

We would direct the attention of the Road Superintendent to tlh state of the main Northern Road from Ardglen to Costello's Crossing. There has been…

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M'clymont's Swamp Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 2

SIR,—I notice in your issue of Wednesday last a report of a meeting of the Maitland District Council, at which the action of the Government, in taking over control of M'Clymont's Swamp Road, was…

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Letters to the Editor. the Railway Rates for Wool

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 2

SIR,—I beg to unclose for your information, and for publication, copy of letter addressed to the Railway Commissioners, which has an important hearing on the future of this district, and I would ask you to…

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The Railways Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 15

A most satisfactory report has been made by tho Railway Commissioners for the year ended June 30. At that date, the number of miles open for traffic was 2845½, which had…

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The Very Latest. London, Monday afternoon. Terrible Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 September 1901 · page 3

A freight train at Montana, in the United States, broke the valves of the engine on a steep gradient, and eighteen trucks ran a distance of sixteen miles to Nyack, where they crashed into a passenger tram…

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Awful Collison. a Train Runs Away. Crashes Into a Passenger Train. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1901 · page 2

A FRIGHTFUL railway accident occurred on Saturday, in the State of Montana (U.S.A.). While a heavy train was proceeding…

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