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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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Victorian Railway Trouble. Amicable Settlement. a Government Victory

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1902 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday afternoon.—At the interview to day between the Minister for Railways (Mr. Bent) and the members of the…

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The Singleton Argus Tuesday, August 19Th, 1902. the Premeditated Railway Strike

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 August 1902 · page 2

As this article is written, the threatened railway strike in Victoria still hangs in the balance, and the paralysis of traffic is not yet. That the situation…

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Victorian Railway Trouble Victory for the Government. Settlement Arrived At

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 August 1902 · page 2

AT an important interview on Saturday afternoon, at Melbourne, between the Minister for Railways and the members of the Railways…

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Kiiled on the Railway. Fettler's Suddem End

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 August 1902 · page 3

AT about 10 o'clock on Saturday morning a fettler, named David John Dunning, was run ever and killed by a train on the railway line between…

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Merriwa and Muswellbrook to Cassilis Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 August 1902 · page 4

Mr. J. G L. Fi[?]zpatrick: I desire to ask the Secretary for Public Works, now that he is fairly flush of funds, if he will give some indication as to…

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A Motor Car Victim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 August 1902 · page 3

Miss Agnes Logan, an Australian, has been killed by a motor car accident in Scotland…

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The Scone-Gundy Road. Next Monday's Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 August 1902 · page 2

At the request of the Gundy Progress Association, and others interested in the carrying out of the proposed and promised deviations on Scone-Gundy…

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North Coast Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 August 1902 · page 2

An anticipated the recent visit of Mr Usher, traffic manager of the Commissioners' Branch, Sydney, to the North Coast districts, was merely…

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The Road to Success

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 3
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The youths of the city are complaining of the sharp practice of one of their number. One of the best situations in town (from a…

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[All Rights Reserved.] Romances of the Road. a Story of Pitt Place, Epsom

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 5

Fit Place, called after the chalk-pits that were near it, not after the statesman, is one of those old houses that fringe the Downs at Epsom, and give a character to the famous…

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Latest Cable News. LONDON, Wednesday. a Motor Car Victim

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 2

Miss Agnes Logan, an, Australian, has been killed by a motor car accident in Scotland…

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The Uganda Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 3
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

Very rarely (says "The Globe") has an epoch-making incident made such unobstrusive appearance in the Press as the completion of the…

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The Maitland Coal Mines. the Aberdare Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 2

Excellent progress is being made with the construction of the new railway line being laid down by the aberdare Coalmining Company from their property to junction with the Stanford-Merthyr line,…

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The Victorian Railway Service

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 7

Much to the relief of the Victorian community, there is no longer any reason to four that a strike will take place on the railways. At a meeting of the railway employes on Saturday resolutions were passed…

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Railway Accident on the Sydney Line. a Man Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 7

Considerable uneasiness was caused on Saturday afternoon to residents of the town who had relatives journeying to Newcastle and Sydney by train, by a rumour which gained currency, and quickly spread,…

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The North Coast Railway. Maitland to the Clarence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 10

It may be remembered that last month Mr. Usher, traffic inspector, of the Railway Department, visited West Maitland in order to initiate a thorough inspection of the route…

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Fell From a Train. a Woman Unidentified. Quirindi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 August 1902 · page 3

Between Currabubula and Werris Creek this morning about three o'clock, a woman fell from a train and sustained injuries sufficient to render her unconscious for some hours. From…

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The Scone—Gundy Road. Adjournment of the House to Be Moved

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1902 · page 2

YET another meeting touching the above matter, so prominently before the public for several years, was held at the School of Arts yesterday…

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