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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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Bathurst. the Railway Interrupted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 May 1903 · page 3

A big block has occurred on the railway near Newbridge, west of Bathurst. It appears a large body of rock slipped in one of the cuttings, and covered the line for about 600 yards. The mail…

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Latest Hews by Wire. Sydney. an Inconvenient Tramway Block

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 May 1903 · page 3

The whole electric tramway system was thrown completely out of gear about seven o'clock, this morning owing to a slight mishap to the insulating covering of the electric feed cable at Ultimo. It…

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The Glenmore Road Tragedy. Hanna Sentenced to Death. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1903 · page 6

The trinl of David Hanna, charged with wife murder, was concluded this afternoon, when the jury found prisoner guilty of murder, cut they desired to add a strong recommendation to mercy…

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The Electric Trams

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 May 1903 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners have come to the end of their resources so far as the conversion of the tramway service to the electric system is…

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The Late Railway Strike in Victoria

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 23 May 1903 · page 2

The late strike of the drivers and firemen employed on the Victorian railways has now been definitely declared off. It was reported in Melbourne on Sunday evening that…

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Conclusion of the Railway Strike in Victoria. Men Unconditionally Surrender. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1903 · page 11

The Victorian Assembly had another all-night sitting, debuting the Strike Suppression Bill. Dr. Maloney, Labour member, spoke for three hours and a half, and declared that the House, if it chose, could…

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Railway Collision Near Melbourne. a Guard Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 May 1903 · page 1

THE 530 Passenger train from Kew on Wednesday morning ran into a goods train at Hawthorn station. A guard, Willia Lassan, who was…

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Western Railway Line Blocked. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 May 1903 · page 4

THE Western Railwsy Line is blocked in a cutting near a new bridge, owing to a mass of debris (about 600 yards) being on the line. The passengers…

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Stoppage of Electric Trams. The Power-house Fails. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 May 1903 · page 4

OWING to a slight mishap at the Electric Power House, Ultimo, this morning, the entire system of fortyfive miles of electric trains was stopped,…

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Sensational Motor-car Race. Two Hundred and Twenty-three Competitors. Eight Fatalities. Great Speeds Registered. London, May 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 3

The great motor car race from Paris to Madrid, organised by the automobile clubs of France and Spain, was started on Sunday, but owing to the number of fatalities and other accidents, further…

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Culcairn. Railway Guard Fatally Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 3

While a railway guard, named Frank Burke, was engaged shunting a sheep van at Culcairn this morning, he was jammed between the cattle race and the truck, and portion of the race had to be cut…

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A Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 3

Two cyclists in a motor race at Bristol sports collided. One was flung at a speed of forty miles among the spectators, injuring eight and killing two boys…

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The late Railway Trouble

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 4

THE last has not by any means been heard of the Victorian strike. The writs issued by Williams and Smith, members of the Daily Paid Union,…

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Railway Sleepers for South Africa. an Important Contract

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 3

About two months ago Mr. Alexander Bergl, of Capetown, whose representative here is Mr. F. A. Hall, contracted with Messrs. Allen Taylor and Co.,…

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Victorian Railway Engine Drivers. Seeking Employment in other Lands

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 2

SINCE the definite assurance by the Government that acts of intimidation or molestation against loyal and new employees would be rigorously…

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A Fine Motor Car

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 4

On Tuesday morning Messrs. R. Jones and Co., forwarding agents, took delivery at the Mudgee Railway Station, of a fine 10-horse power…

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The Motor Car Casualties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 5

The motor car accidents in France have aused extra precautions to be taken in the Irish race…

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Lighting of Morpeth Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 2

SIR,—The Raworth Progress Committee seems to have roused the ire of the some members of the Morpeth Borough Council by calling attention to the bad lighting of the Morpeth Bridge. The Mayor's…

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Motor-car Road Racing. Extraordinary Pacing. Eight Fatalities Occur. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 1

THE Paris-Madrid motor car race was started yesterday, and provided numerous sensations. Three hundred thousand Parisians…

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The Road Woodville to Wallalong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 2

SIR,—I noticed in your issue of the 26th instant a letter from a gentleman on the Hastings River, and my special attention was drawn to a paragraph therein referring tot he condition of the road…

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