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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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The Transcontinental Railway. Reading Between the Lines. ADELAIDE

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 7

THE Premier to-day opened the new [?] at Wallaroo, just erected the cost of over £3000. Speaking at the luncheon given by…

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The Central Railway Station. What it is Costing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 November 1902 · page 5

THE site of the new Central Railway Station in Sydney is now assuming a busy appearance. In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, MR…

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Bishop's Bridge Improvement Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 6

SIR,—In Mr. H. Whitman's reply to my letter of the 17th instant he has again proved his amazing aptitude for romancing. In the first sentence, which is as follows, he writes…

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A Great Railway Project

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 3

The proprietors of the Canadian Grand Trunk Railway have decided to construct a Grand Trunk Pacific Railway from North Bay, Ontario to Port Simpson is British Columbia. The cost of the work…

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Our Late Railway Stationmaster

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 2

LAST evening, a meeting, convened by the Mayor, in response to a requisition sent in to him, was held at the School of Arts, for the…

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A Railway Mishap. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 November 1902 · page 3

THE man train from Brisbane to sydney was nearly four hours late today owing to the engine leaving the line near Kentucky. She ran nearly 300…

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Mercury Junior. the Two Roads

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 November 1902 · page 14

"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." Oh, the road to Healthy, Wealthy and Wise Runs by night through the Gates of Sleep…

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That Special Train. Value Fifty Pounds. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 November 1902 · page 5

MR J.C.L. FTTZPATRICK asked the Treasurer if ti werr true that Sir Edmund Barton had applied for a special train to enable him to return…

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The Longest Railway Journey in the World

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 29 November 1902 · page 4
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

Most people imagine that the five days run of the famous Western Express from New York to San Francisco is the longest railway journey…

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Railway Collision in Melbiurne. a Number of People Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 November 1902 · page 4

A SENSATIONAL railway colision cocarred on Thursday afternon near Filndere-street station, Melbourne An outgoing Preston train, after…

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A Train Wreck Averted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1902 · page 3

A diabolical attempt to wreck the Midland express at Darwen was discovered and frustrated…

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Railways and Tramways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 December 1902 · page 3

For the first months of the financial year the railway receipts shown decrease of £85,000. During the same period the tramway earnings increased by £40,000…

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Correspondence. a Road Complaint. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1902 · page 2

SIR,—With reference to a letter which partly appeared in Saturday's issue of your ADVOCATE, signed "Traveller," referring to the…

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Railway in Rhodesia. London, Dec. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 December 1902 · page 3

The British South Africa Company propose to spend £1,000,000 next year, and a similar amount in 1904' in Rhodesia; The money will mostly be devoted to the Cape to Cairo and other railways. The former railway will be extended to…

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Bishop's Bridge Progress Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 December 1902 · page 3

The monthly Mooting of the Bishop'a Bridge Progress Committee as held at Mrs. O'Brien's, on Monday night, when the following members were present:—The President, Mr. T. O'Counell, in the…

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Proposed Bridge over the Page River at Blandford

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 6 December 1902 · page 4

Mr.W. M. Fleming, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Public Works Department:—"Sydney, 1st December, 1902. Sir, In reply to your inquiry by letter…

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A Motor Freak and Its Disastrous End

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 December 1902 · page 3

A few weeks ago the Baker Electric Motor Vehicle Company turned out a new and peculiarly-shaped machine, destined to "cut" all…

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The Motor Car Frown

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 December 1902 · page 5

We all know the "bicycle hump" now conies the automobile frown. In this newly developed affliction there is a distinct contraction of the…

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Christmas Railway Arangements

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 6 December 1902 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners state, with regard to the railway arrangements to meet the passenger traffic during the Christmas holidays, that they have completed an…

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