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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

586 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 30

Railway Picnic

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 2

The annual picnic of the railway employees of the Singleton to Tamworth section takes place on the Muswellbrook Show Ground to-day…

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A Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 3

George Bramley, tramway labourer, residing in Petersham, coming to work this morning on the foot board of a tram, his head came into collision with an iron post in George street, knocking him to the…

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Bishop's Bridge Progress Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 April 1902 · page 2

SIR,—I was greatly surprised to find in your columns a letter commenting on the veracity of my report of the above district's Progress Committee, which evidently, from the spleen evinced, must…

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Cooper's Flat Road

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 2

Mr C. H. Dight. M.P., has received a letter from the Works Department, dated 11th. April, in reply to the petition from certain residents of Westbrook and…

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Railway Employees Annual Picnic

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 2

THE annual picnic of railway employees, their families, and friends, extending from Singleton to Tamworth and Manilla, took place on the Muswellbrook Show Ground on…

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Railway Picnic

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 2

THE annual picnic of railway employees and their famihes on the Singleton-Tamworth and Manilla section of railway was held on the local Show…

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Bulawayo-zambesi Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 3

The Bulawayo-Zambesi section of the railway which is being extended northward through the heart of Africa will be opened in 1903. A bridge 500 foot in length is being built at Victoria Falls…

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Railway Fatality. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 2

A shocking railway accident [?] occurred at Machavie. Fourteen [?] of the Eighth New Zealand [?] Infantry were killed, and a [?]…

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Singleton-Gassills Railway

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 2

The Railway Commissieners have submitted to the Minister for Works their report on the proposal to construct a line of railway from Singleton to Cassi[?]s, with…

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The Gate to Cairo Railway. [By Cable] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 April 1902 · page 3

THE Bul[?]wayo to Zambesi section of the Cape to Cairo railway will be opened for trafrice in 1903, and a bridge [?]. lons is being buils over the…

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Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 3

A number of empty railway cars collied this morning at Homebush. Considerable damage was done, but no loss of life occurred…

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The Motor-car

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 6

The number of motor-cars that are now to be seen dally in Hyde Park is remarkable. The better kind are still very expensive, and cost from £500 to £1000. In…

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Railway Employees' Picnic

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 2

The annual picnic of the railway employees engaged on the sections of the Northern line extending from Singleton to Tamworth and Manilla…

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Glen Innes-inverell Railway

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 5

THE Public Works Committee on Tuesday and Wednesday last visited Howell, for the purpose of taking evidence in connection with the…

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Local News. The Singleton Railway Bridge

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 2

Spanns for the Singleton railway bridge, which were made at Newcastle, have arrived, and the first span is already in position. The whole affair of rode[?]king,…

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Cooper's Flat Cross Road

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 2

Mr C.H. Dight, M.p,has received the [?] letter from the Public W[?] Department:- Sydney, 16th April, [?] Sir:- With reterence to your letter of 22nd…

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Letter to the Editor. Our State Finances.—the Railway Balance-sheet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 5

SIR,—If you can allow me space, I will endeavour to put into plain language, which the average taxpayer can understand, the points in dispute in reference to our railway accounts…

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Starving Stock and Fodder. Railway Rates

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 2

IN connection with the extended drought, and the necessity which exists for removing stock to P[?] or for fodder to be sent to droughts…

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Another Russian Assassi[?] Murdered in a Railway Car. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 2

THE student of St. Petersburg oper[?]y ce[?]atrated their joy at the [?]urder of M. S[?]piaguine, the Minister of the Interior. The Czar will be a…

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The Terrible Railway Disaster

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 4

Details of the railway disaster at Machavie, on the Johannesburg-Klerksdorp railway, where fourteen New Zealanders were killed, have…

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