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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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The Motor Car Frown

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 6 December 1902 · page 3

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

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The Northern and North-western Railway Times Table

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 December 1902 · page 4

Ever since the present service of the northern and north-western lines was introduced, it has not been looked upon as a beau ideal arrangement to meet the travelling public and residents of towns north of…

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To Encouragh Settlemenr. Free Railway Passed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 December 1902 · page 2

IN order to encourage setlement outside Meibourne, Mr Bent, Minister for Railways, has authorise the issue of free railway passes to person…

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Train's Narrow Escape. Effects of Heavy Rain

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 December 1902 · page 3

News comes from Goulburn that very heavy rain fell at Tarago on Saturday afternoon, and very nearly caused a railway accident. When…

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The Uganda Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 December 1902 · page 3

Viscount cranborne, the parliamentary Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated in the House of commons last night that the Uganda railway had cost up to the present £5,550,000…

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

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 December 1902 · page 3

SIR,—In your issue, dated 2nd December, appears a letter re the road from Dog-proof Gate to Kangaroo Flat, reflecting on the ability…

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The Cape-to-cairo Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 3

The Cape-to-Cairo Railway has been surveyed as far as the Zambesi, where a great steel bridge having one span of 500ft., will carry…

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Retrenchment In the Railways

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 2

Considerable disquietude is reported to be prevalent among the employees of the Railway Department of the Mother State as to the truth of a rumor which has just…

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Proposed Second Railway Across Canada

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 12

The proposals of the directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada to construct a second trans-Continental railway through the Dominion are very imposing, but the difficulty will be to get…

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Road From Goorangooln to Singleton

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 December 1902 · page 2

We are informed that the read from Gooramgooin to Singleton is in anything but a good condition, especially that portion this side of Mrs Boyle's wine shop…

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On a Tramp Steamboat

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 6

I once made a voyage from Sicily in a vessel that turned out to have a cargo of bones, got how or whence, who can tell? Everything looked charming, for the…

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Another Continuous Sitting. Proposed Public Works. Singleton-Cassilis Railway. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 5

THE Legislative Assembly had another all night sitting, and did not adjourn until after sir, this morning. On the motion of Mr O'Sullivan,…

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The Uganda Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 December 1902 · page 5

Mrs. Chamberlain has opened the highest viaduct on tho Uganda railway.' London, Dec. 21. EXTRAORDINARY FRAUDS IN FRANCE…

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Kangaroo Flat Road. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1902 · page 2

SIR,—I once more crave your indulgence to allow me to answer, briefly, a letter in your Tuesday's issue, signed John Corbett, and in…

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The Railway Revenues

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 December 1902 · page 3

It is understood that the drop in the railway revenue last week amounted to £20,000…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. The Railway Earnings

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 December 1902 · page 2

It is understood that the general business on the State railways shows a serious decrease. It is rumoured that last week's takings from…

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Death in a Train. a Fatal Run

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 December 1902 · page 5

WILLIAM MORRIS, a resident of Penrish district, died suddenly in a train on Monday night after getting abroad a Roory Hill Deceased reached he…

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The Railway Revenue

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 27 December 1902 · page 2

The rev[?] of the Railway Department continues to show a de[?] The [?] been a marked falling off in the r[?] bale of wool bandied at Darling [?]…

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Railway Revenue

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 December 1902 · page 3

The railway revenue remains very unsatisfactory, and the Commisioners do not anticipate any immediate improvement. They are of opinion that some time must elapse before the beneficial…

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A Terrible Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 December 1902 · page 3

A signal having failed to detain the Chicago Grand Trunk express, crowded with returning Christmas excursionists, the express collided with a goods train near Loudon, Ontario. Two curR were demolished,…

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