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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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A Long Railway Through Trip

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 3

The London and Northwestern Railway Company will run the Scotch express trains from London to Carlisle without stopping…

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Electric Railways

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 2

THE Chief Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Oliver, has made an utterance which has been long expected from him. It is well known…

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Proposed Singleton to cassilis Railway. Branch from Denman to Muswellbrook. Unfavorable Opinion of the Commissioners. Probable Annual Loss of £23,000

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 4

On Monday the Public Works Committee opened an enquiry into the ex p[?]diency of constructing a line of railway from Singleton to Cassilis,…

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North-Western Railways

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 4

In response to an invitation from the residents of Goondiwindi, Queensland, Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, the New South Wales Minister of…

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Railway Rates

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners bare notified that from 1st June instant the special rate for fodder for starving stock will bo discontinued, and the former rates reverted…

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Solicitor Foe Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 5

Mr. J. S. Cargill has been appointed solicitor to the Railway Commissioners…

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Report of the Railway Commissioners

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 13

Mr. Deanne also read the report furnished by the Railway Commissioners. They estimated the cost of construction at £518,710, and the estimated annual cost (including interest on cost of…

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The Singleton—Cassilis Railway the Report Unfayourable

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 13

The proposal to construct a line railway from Singleton to Cassilis, with a branch from Denman to Muswellbrook, was before the Public Works Committee on Monday afternoon. when evidence was given…

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Express Railway Line. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 4

THE London and North Western Railway Company has decided to run Scotch espressos between London and Carlisle, a distance of 299½ miles,…

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North Coast Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 2

The Brisbane "Courier" writes:—"Our neighbours in New South Wales are very keen upon getting railway connection between Sydney and the Clarence, Richmond…

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Railway Fatality. a Man Mangled

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 2

A Man named William Nixon [?] fatally injured on Saturday night [?] being run over at the level crossing it Katomba station. He had been [?]…

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Muswellbrook-Cassilis Railway. To the Editor of the Chronicle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 2

SIR,—In your issue of the 6th instant you publish a report of the evidence given by the Railway Commissioners to the Public Works Committee re the…

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Motor Intoxication

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 4

THE crusaders against intoxicants should turn some of their energy against motorists. We begin to find out that motor driving produces an…

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The Baghdad Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 June 1903 · page 3

M. Witte, the Russian Minister of Finance, has warned French investors that Russia does not support the Baghdad railway planned by Germany. M. Witte predicts that if the railway is begun it will…

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Bishop's Bridge Progress Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

The regular monthly meeting of the above committee was held at Mrs. O'Brien's on Monday evening, The following members were present:— Messrs. G.E. Edwards (President), in the chair R…

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Late News by Cable. London, Thursday. a Bridge Over Behring Sea

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 3

An offer has been made to the Russian Government by an American syndicato to construct a bridge, 107 miles long, across the Behring Sea., The aren of water proposed to be bridged lies south of…

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The Proposed Tramway Matter Before the Public Works Committee. Suggestion Adversely Commented Upon. the Cost Too Much. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 3

The Public Works Committee to-day opened an inquiry into the expediency of the construction of a line of tramway from East to West Maitland and on to Stanford-Merthyr and Pelaw-Main Collieries. Mr…

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Motor Cab, Works Destroyed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 3

A disastrous fire has occurred at Cannstadt, in Germany, by which the Daimler Motor Car Works were destroyed. Sixty new motor cars were consumed in the fire, including a mercedes racing…

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A Gigantic Bridge. a American Project. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 4

A PROPOSAL to connect America and Asia has been made by an American syndicate, which has offered to Russia to constrict a bridge across the…

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A Motor for [?] Speed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 3

At least one large firm manufacturing dynamos and motors is, says the American Engineer, at work unon a motor that will run at a speed of 10,000…

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