Pilgrimage Notes. Teetotal Railway Men
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2
A long and beautiful journey up the Wye Valley, past famous old Tintern Abbey, through Stroud Valley, brought us back to London yesterday. At Griffiths Town the work was specially for railway…
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The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 1
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle
The progress of the war in South Africa lias directed a good deal of attention to the subject ol trains of all descriptions. Thus. much has been heard of late…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 7
Complaints are made that railway I porters are no longer so assiduous as they should be in helping passengers with their luggage. The fact is that…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 4
About six o'clock this morning a shunter found the body of Richmond Walker lying between the rails of the line a short distance from the platform. Deceased, who is an engine driver, is supposed to have…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 3
One of the matters to be discussed by the State Parliament of Victoria when it meets will be that of railway management. The Act under which Mr. Mathieson was appointed Commissioner of Railways…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 5
A long and beautiful journey up the Wye Valley, past famous' old Tintern Abbey, through Stroud Valley, brought us back to London yesterday. At Griffiths Town the work was specially for railway…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 16
Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, M.P. for Rylstone, has received the following communication concerning the proposed railway extension to Cassilis;—Public Works Department…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 10
A very large deputation waited on the Railway Commissioners Tuesday afternoon, and urged that the duplication of the Mountain section of the Western railway line between Penrith and…
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The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 2
In out business columns Mr. Thomas Meehan announces that he has purchased the Railway Hotel. Haydonton, from Mr. Thomas Goodman, and that be will continue…
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The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 2
Having gladly availed himself of an invitation to attend the Railway Picnic held at Muswellbrook on Saturday last, the writer would like to record a few impressions, for…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 2
Of late there have been many complaints from peeple who have to travel on the railway between here and Newcastle us to the rowdy conduct of young fellows who…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 5
The Hon. W.Bennett, M.L.A., informs us that Mr. Edgell, Resident Engineer, will, during the present week, peg out the site for the proposed high-level bridgent Luskintyre. Plans…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2
For months past the afternoon passenger train from Sydney which is timed to arrived here at half past four o'clock, has been almost daily late, usually half an hour, and frequently loner. Such…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 2
The Hon. R. G. D. Fitz-Gerald, M.P., has received a letter from the Department of Public Works stating that the matter of the non-expenditure of the grant for the…
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The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 1
The "Princess Christian " is the, perhaps, most wonderful train in the world. It is unique for several reasons—in the first place, of course, because it approaches nearer to…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 2
IN the northern boundary of the town there are two level crossings in proximity to each other near the junction of the Great Northern and…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 2
An Englishman who spent several years among the Boers in South Africa, was recently asked whether the Boers kept their horses in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Trouble in China. Seizure of the Great Wall. Wreck of a Railway Train. Posthumous Honours. London, April 29
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 3
Brigadier-General Kettler's Brigade after its victory at Hai-shan-kwan seized a portion of the Great Wall. ONe column was engaged for 11 hours in expelling a portion of General Liu's force from a…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 2
The metropolitan press is very severe just now in its strictness on the evils of tipping on the railway stations. There is no doubt that the system of tipping railway…
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