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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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Letters to the Editor. the Inter-club Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 6

SIR,—I was somewhat surprised to notice in Saturday's issue of the "Mercury" what appears to me to a school-boy's reason for withholding an explanation as to why the Speedwell B.C. refuses…

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The Central Railway Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 4

Anticipating the ceremony of Saturday next, when the Prime Minister of New South Wales is to lay the corner-stone of the tower of the new Central Railway Station, Mr. O'Sullivan…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest on the body of a man named John Delaney, who was run over by a train near Epping. The evidence showed that…

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Cycling. Motoring in England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 September 1903 · page 6

Motor cycling has become so popular in England that the Auto-cycle Club have decided to run a series of reliability trials this year for this class of vehicle only. Hitherto similar trials have been…

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Great Railway Speed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1903 · page 5

A train on the electric railway at Zossen, Prussia, has attained a speed of 114 miles an hour. (Zossen is 20½ miles from Berlin, and is…

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A Threatened Railway Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 September 1903 · page 2

There is a probability of trouble between the Locomotive Engine-drivers' and Firemen's Association and the Railway Department of Western Australia. An Industrial agreement between the…

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Local News. The Railway Refreshment Room

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 September 1903 · page 2

Mr Henry Ballard, the lossee of the Singleton Railway Refreshment Room for some 17 years, has had his tender accepted for the same for another five years, which…

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Railway Servants and Their Debts

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 September 1903 · page 3

IT seems that some railway employees have the failing common to many persons of being rather dilatory in the settlement of accounts, In this…

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Short Story. Crossin' the Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 6

We were sitting round the store, "swapping yarns" with the Four Corners storekeeper, who had recently been elected sheriff, and was thus…

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Central Railway Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 3

Grout preparations have bean made for laying the foundation stone of the Central Railway Station to-morrow. The Premier, the Minister of Works and others intend to deliver addresses appropriate…

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Railway Servants and Their Debts

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 4

It seems that some railway employees have the failing common to many persons of being rather dilatory in the settlement of accounts. In this…

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East Maitland to Pelaw-Main Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 5

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works gave further consideration, yesterday afternoon to the question of the expediency of constructing a line of tramway…

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A Threatened Railway Strike

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 3

There is a probability of trouble between the Locomotive Engine— drivers' and Firemen's Association and the Railway Department of Western Australia. An industrial agreement between the…

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North Coast Railway. Benefits to Be Gained

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 16

The proposed line of railway from Maitland to South Grafton was further considered by the Public Works Committee last week. Mr. Frank Clarke, M.H.R., in evidence, said he…

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The Central Railway Station

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 11

Anticipating the ceremony of Saturday next, when the Prime Minister of New South Wales is to lay the corner—stone of the tower of the new Central Railway Station, Mr. O'Sullivan…

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The "Boss" Railway Station Elaborate Preparations. SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 5

GREAT preparations have been made for laying the foundation stone of the Central Railway Station to-morrow. The Premier, the Minister for Works…

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Central Railway Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 September 1903 · page 3

The ceremony of declaring the corner-stone of the new Central Railway Station, Sydney, to be well and truly laid was performed on Saturday afternoon by the State Premier, Sir…

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Poetry. the Backwards Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 September 1903 · page 5

I know that somewhere there must be A Backwards Road. A road like this, Lending to all lovely times,…

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The Central Railway Station

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 2

The foundation stone of the Central Railway Station—O'Sullivan's folly, it is irreverently styled—was laid on Saturday by Sir John See. Both the…

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North Coast Railway. Further Favourable Evidence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 5

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works met yesterday afternoon under the presidency of Mr. J. M'Farlane M.L.A. The Bishop of Lismore (Dr. J. J. Doyle),…

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