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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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Railway Arrangements for the Show. Highly Satisfactory Concessions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 2

The following communication on the above subject has been received by the Secretary of the P. and A. Association, and is herewith published for general…

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A Black Patch. A Railway Romance

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 4

"Now [?] what the-" I really beg your pardon I Awfully Sorry, I'm surf. Have I hurt you, sir?" The last Speaker, who had accident…

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Road Grant

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 February 1902 · page 2

Mr C. H. Dight, M.P., has received the following letter from the Public Works Department:—"Sydney, 13th February, 1902. With reference, to your letter of the…

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Road Contracts

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 February 1902 · page 2

The following is a list of the lowest tenders opened at the Court House, Wollombi, 14th February, 1902:—The Pinch to Ellalong, E. Bridge, £44 11s 8d; Cossnock…

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A Train Robbery

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1902 · page 3

Three Adelaide tourists were chloroformed and robbed by two men in a night train between Paris and Marseilles. They escaped…

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Where Roads are Oiled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1902 · page 5

The use of oil upon the streets and highways in California is becoming more and more general, and the number of communities adopting the innovation is constantly…

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Roundabout Notes. [By a Tramp.]

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 2

THE much abused officer of the law has so seldom a- credential accorded him, even when such a recognition is justifiable, that it will be refreshing for…

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Assault and Robbery in a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 3

Mr. Ernest Toy, the Sydney violinist, while travelling from Paris to Nice on Monday night by express, was robbed of everything. After a desperate struggle with the robbers he was thrown out of his carriage…

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Falbrook Bridge. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 2

SIR,—I do not know whether to take Mr Flick's comical letter seriously or not. At more than one point it is tended to set people who know the…

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The Proposed Tramway Movement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 2

Our readers will remember that arrangements were made for a meeting in West Maitland on January 21 to advocate the constraction by the Government of a tramway from Victoria Bridge…

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Selling Railway Tickets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 3

The Full Court to-day uphold the decision of Stipendiary Magistrate Mair, who refused to convict Reginald Tutton for nulling the return half of a railway ticket, which hud boon issued iu Brisbane…

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Our Quirindi Letter. Jumped From a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 5

An inquest was held at this court house on Thursday, in connection with the Chairman whose death was caused by injuries received in leaping from a train through a carriage window. The inquest was…

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Sherlock Holmes, Jr., and the Man Who Met the Train

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 4
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

"Ah!" said Sherlock Holmes, Jr., drawing the exclamation out with lingering satisfaction, "it is as I suspected at the first." He had just picked up a railway…

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The Boer War. Train Wreckers. On the Trail of De Wet. A Generous Foeman. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 5

BOER train-wreekers have made an abortive attempt to rescue their "fighting general," Ben Viljoen, whom they supposed to be travelling,…

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The Proposed Tramway Movement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 7

Our readers will remember that arrangements were made for a meeting in West Maitland on January 21 to advocate the construction by the Government of n tramway from Victoria Bridge…

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Another Tram Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 February 1902 · page 3

A Pitt-street tram collided with a 'bus opposite the Palace. Theatre this afternoon, causing considerable excitement, but the passengers escaped unhurt…

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The Brisbane Mail Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 4

A public meeting of the ratepayers and residents of East Maitland, convened by the Mayor (Mr. J. H. F. Waller), in response to a largely-signed requisition, was held in the…

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Road Contracts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 3

The following is a list of the lowest tenders for road contracts in the Muswellbrook district, opened at the Court House on Monday last:—…

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Railway Tickets

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 2

An interesting case relating to the unauthorised sale of railway tickets was decided by the Full Court the other day. A ticket agent had…

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