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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

586 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 30

The Railway Revenue

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 April 1902 · page 4

THE report of the Railway Commissioners for the March quarter was issued on Monday. It shows that the railway revenue amounted to £933,500…

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The Proposed Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 2

ANOTHER column contains the report of the meeting last night of representative West Maitland townspeople, assembled to advocate the construction and maintenance of a…

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Late News by Cable. London, April 24. a Russian Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 3

It has just been discovered that Russia is building a railway leaving the Siberian line 75 miles west of Khailar, and running to Kalgan, within 100 miles of Pekin. The railway runs mainly through Mongolia…

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The Proposed Tramway. an Enthusiastic Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 2

A large and representative public meeting of residents of West Maitland, convened by the Mayor (Dr. F. Liddell), on requisition, was held in the Council Chambers, Town Hall, last evening, for the…

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Facination of Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

As most people are aware, the great card game which has taken Society by storm is "Bridge." Why this game should have attained the…

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The Engineer in Chief's Reports. Department of Public Works. Railway Construction Branch, Sydney, February 10, 1902, Memorandum to the Engineer in Chief Muswellbrook to Cassilis

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 7

This line begins by a back shunt junlion south of Muswelibrook station, on the Great Northern Railway, at 79m, 73 68ch. from…

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The Proposed Railway to Cassilis. Official Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 7

In our last issue we stated that the Railway Commissioners had sent in an adverse report upon the railway to Merriwa and Cassilis, and now,…

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Great Modern Inventions. Railways

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

An American scientitic writer says: From the earliest times until the second quarter of the present century there was no change in the methods of arli[?]cial locomotion. The…

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In a Japenese Railway Car

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

A writer in the "Pall Mall Magazine," in describing scenes in Japanese railways, says when a native lady enters a carriage she slips her feet…

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The Cape to Cairo Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

An agreement has been signed at Brussels providing for currying the Cape to Cairo railway to Victoria Falls, and from Katanga to Lake Kasari, whence there will be a waterway by the Lualaba…

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Campbelltown. Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

An accident occurred at Ingleburn station last evening about 6 o'clock, when a man named Walter Osborne was killed by an excursion train passing at the time. Osborne, in company with a lad named…

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The Proposed Tramway. Public Meeting at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 5

A large and representative public meeting of the residents of East Maitland, convened by the Mayor (Mr. J. H. F. Waller) in compliance with a numerously signed requisition…

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Fatal Railway Casualty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 3

A railway accident occurred at Hackney Downs Station, on the Great Eastern railway line. The axle of an engine broke and some carriages tilted over, Several persons were killed and scores injured…

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The Proposed Railway to Cassilis. Official Reports

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 7

IN a recent issue we stated that the Railway Commissioners had sent man adverse report upon the railway to Singleton and Cassilis, and we are…

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The Engineer-in-chief's Reports. Department of public works. Railway construction Branch, Sydney, February 10, 1962

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 7

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The Rival Railway Routes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 4

In a recent issue of the ARGUS we announced that the Commissioners had re' ported unfavorably upon the proposed railway line from Singleton to [?]…

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Our Singleton Letter. That Afternoon Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1902 · page 4

The afternoon train from Sydney continues to arrive late, sometimes half-an-hour, and frequently longer. Such irregularity, it goes without saying, has been the cause of…

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Rapid Railway Travelling. the World's Champion Break of 439½ MILES

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1902 · page 3

Twenty-six years ago the Pennsylvania Company established a record, which has never since been approached. The occasion was a special train, charactered by the…

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A Railway Matter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1902 · page 3

All old age pensioner named Charles Hogan was before the court to-day charged with travelling in a railway carriage from Burwood to Sydney, without paying his fare. Accused deposed that he had…

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The Very Latest. London, Monday afternoon. the African Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1902 · page 3

The Emperor William's remarks on the proposition for a railway from the Congo to the Sahara have caused much disappointment in Berlin. Germany had, it seems, withheld her consent to Mr. Rhodes'…

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