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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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Serious Tram Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 3

Two electric trams collided in George-street West this morning. The shock who sufficient to throw many passengers from their seats, and among those taken by surprise were the driver of the Annandale…

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Tenders for Railway Fencing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 2

Attention is drawn to the advertisement in. this issue, notifying that tenders will be received at the Divisional Engineer's Office, Honeyauckle Point up…

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Our Singleton Letter. Local Railway Depot.—rumoured Removal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 5

Though a period of fifteen months has elapsed since the cleaning shed in the railway yard was swept to the ground by a terrific cyclone, there appears to be no steps taken…

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Railway Statistics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 2

A COMPARATIVE statement has been issued by an official print in Sydney, showing the cost, the business, and the profits of the railways of the Commonwealth in 1901-2. The…

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The North Coast Railway. Visit of the Public Works Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 4

Yesterday, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works (which is now visiting this district, and will afterwards go up the North Coast to take evidence regarding the expediency of…

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North Coat Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 6

It has hitherto been the impression in official circles that the Dungog people as a whole are opposed to the construction of the above railway, but the enthusiasm shown in the collection of…

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Victorian Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 3

The Canadian newspapers congratulate Victoria, on securing an energetic chairman of the State railways in Mr. Thomas Tait, at present malinger of transportation on the Canadian-Pacific railway…

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The North Coast Railway. the Public Works Committee at Morpeth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 2

The members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works visited Morpeth this morning, in order to take further evidence as to the expediency of constructing the North Coast railway…

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Sensation on a Tram. a Driver Fired At

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 2

A SENSATION was produced on a G-lebs Point tram late on Tuesday night, the driver, Frederick Russel', being deliberately fired at by a passenger who…

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South African Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 3

A railway conference has been opened by Lord Milner at Johannesburg. He announced that it was estimated that the necessary extensions of railways would require an outlay of £10,000,000, and that out…

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Tha Grant for District Roads

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 4

As will be perceived by reference to our report of the Singleton Municipal Council, the sum of £150 has been granted for repairs to reads within the municipal…

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Singleton Takes a Road

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 4

In the matter of assisting the sufferers from drought in many parts of the State it is worthy of note that the Singleton Municipal Council has decided to take…

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The North Coast Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 2

The Public Works Committee has been inquiring into the advisableness of constructing a railway from Maitland to Grafton. On reading the evidence,…

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A Sensational Experience Tram Driver Fired At

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 2

A driver on an electric tram named Frederick Russell had a sensational experience on Tuesday night. He was in charge of a car proceeding to…

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North Coast Railway. Visit of the Public Works Committee

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 11

On Tuesday, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works (which is now visiting this district, and will afterwards go up the North Coast to take evidence regarding the expediency of…

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North Coast Railway. the Public Works Committee at Morpeth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 5

The members of the Parliamentary Standing Committed on Public Works visited Morpeth on Thursday, in order to take further evidence as to the expediency of constructing the North Coast railway…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 12

Renewed inquiry is making into the project of contracting a railway from Maitland to South Grafton. Some time since the Public Works Committee conducted a similar inquiry…

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Railway Statistics

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 7

A comparative statement has been issued by an official print in Sydney, showing the cost, the business, and the profits of the railways of the Commonwealth in 1901-2. The…

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Grievances of Railway Employees

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 6

Representatives of the Tramway Employes Union the Locomotive Drivers' and Firemen and Cleaners' Association, and the Railway Traffic Association, in the absence of the State Treasurer, waited upon the…

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Victorian Railways. Proposals to leave Non-paying Lines

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 4

AT Melbourne on Thursday the Minister of Railways received from Mr D. G. Carter, brother of Mr W. T. Carter, ez-M. L.A., an offer on…

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