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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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Proposed North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1903 · page 3

Before the Public Works Committee today, Mr. Price gave evidence strongly in favour of the Maitland to South Grafton railway proposal…

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North Shore Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 June 1903 · page 2

If the money market remains tight, as it seems almost cortain it will do, the wildest innovator will soaroely venture to seriously propose…

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Railway Extension. Proposed Singleton to Cassilis Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1903 · page 5

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works met on Monday afternoon, Mr. J. M'Farlane, M.L.A., presiding. M. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A., was…

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The Maitland Tramway. Enthusiastic Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1903 · page 2

A largely attended and enthusiastic meeting of the committee had other gentleman interested in the construction of the proposed tramway from maitland to kurri Kurri and the new wining settlements to…

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Narrabri-Walgett Railway. Meeting at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1903 · page 2

A special meeting of the committee of the Newcastle Chamber of Committee was held yesterday afternoon, with regard to the recent stoppage of work on the Narrabri-Walgett railway. The President,…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1903 · page 4

The Public Works Committee took further evidence in Sydney on Thursday afternoon on the proposal to construct a railway from Maitland to South Grafton. MR. P. H. Morton said he was chairman of directors…

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Done the Railway Company

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1903 · page 6

"I've got the best of this ould railway company for once in me life." "How is that, Pat ?" "I've bought a return ticket to London…

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Singleton-Cassilis Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 4

THE Public Works Committee sitting in Sydney took further evidence on Monday regarding the proposal to construct a railway from Singleton to…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 4

The public works Committee took further evidence in sydney on Thursday afternoon on the proposal to construct a railway from Maitland to south Grafton Mr. P. H. Morton said he was chairman of directors…

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Narrabri—Walgett Railway. Meeting at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 4

A special meeting of the committee of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce was held on Thursday afternoon, with regard to the recent stoppage of work on the Narrabri—Walgett railway. The President…

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Proposed Northern Railways. Before the Works Committee

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 6

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works met on Friday afternoon. Mr. J. M. Farlane, M.L.A., occupied the chair. Mr. J. Thornton, member for the Manning, was…

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Railway Extension. Proposed Singleton to Cassilis Line

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1903 · page 7

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on public works motion Monday afternoon, Mr, J. M 'Farlane, M.L.A., presiding. M.J.C.L. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A., was…

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The Tramway Proposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 June 1903 · page 2

MEMBERS of the Public Works Committee have now seen for themselves what was before Saturday last a matter of hearsay. They have visited the South Maitland coalfield, and…

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Proposed Maitland Tramway Visit of the Public Works Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 June 1903 · page 2

On Saturday the members of the Public Works Committee-Mr. McFarlane, M.L.A., (Chairman), Hon. J. Hughes, Hon, Alex. Kethel, Hon. W. R. Campbell, Ms.L.C.; Messrs. J.S. Hawthorne, S. W…

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Terrible Train Derailment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1903 · page 3

A terrible railway accident has occurred in Spain. A train while proceeding from Bilbao to Barcelona, became derailed in crossing the Montalbo Bridge and fell into the Najerilla River, 30 feet below…

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Proposed Maitland Tramway. Visit of the Public Works Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1903 · page 2

The evidence given before the Public Works Committee at the courthouse, West Maitland, yesterday, was not concluded when we went to press last evening…

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A Terrible Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1903 · page 3

One hundred and ten persons were killed and one hundred injured in the Montalbe railway accident. The engine and 20 cars fell. Numbers were drowned like rats in a trap…

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Railway Fatality in Spain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 3

One hundred bodies have been recovered from the Najerilla River, whore the railway accident occurred. It is estimated that there are still 70 bodies unrecovered…

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Railways in China

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 3

Viscount Cranborne, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated in the House of Commons last night that the negotiations begun in 1809 on behalf of the Poking syndicate to construct…

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Letter to the Editor. the Tramway Peoposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 2

SIR,—Maitland with all its ancient grandness and modern worth is now in the hands of a erew who, I will venture to say, never contributed a cent, towards its prominence, but are at the present day…

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