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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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A Runaway Tram. The Gripman's Coolness

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 4

THERE was a bit of excitement for a minute or two in King-street, near George-street, at about half-past 12 o'clock on Thursday, when the…

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The Central Railway Station

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1903 · page 4

THE handsomest railway station in the world, in the timo of severest drought. Will the country approve of this political piece of extravagance?…

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Assault and Robbery at East Maitland. a Daring Outrage. a Plucky Railway Porter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 2

This morning a daring assault and robbery were committed at Victoria-street station, East Maitland. It is now the custom to send a por[?]er to the station to issue tickets, and this morning Charles Brandt,…

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Bishop's Bridge Progress Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 5

The regular monthly meeting of the Bishop's Brien's Progress Committee was held at Mrs. O'Brion's on Monday night. There was a full attendance of the executive…

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Railway Employees Picnic

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 2

The annual picnic of the railway employees engaged on the Singleton to Tamworth section of the Northern line, including also the Manilla branch, was celebrated on…

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Progress in Motor-cars

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 March 1903 · page 13

The automobile show at the Crystal Palace this week is chiefly notable as illustrating the great strides which this country is making in the manufacture of motor-cars. The…

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The Baghdad Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 3

Baron Goltz, in the course of a lecture at Konisberg, stated that Great Britain had consented to the terminus of the Anatolian (Baghdad) railway being placed at Koweyt, on the Persian Gulf…

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A Railway Robbery.. Daring Assault

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 March 1903 · page 2

ON Friday morning a daring much and robbery was committed a Victoria-street station, East Maitland. It is the custom, to send a…

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The Siberian Railway

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

Owing to the cheapness of travelling, Gorman troops proceeding to the garrison at Kaio-chao Bay, are being sent to China by the Siberian railway…

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Gas Explosion. a Railway Further Killed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 April 1903 · page 1

AT P[?] on Tuesday an explosion [?] at the railway station, at [?] lO o'clock in the morning, whereby a young man named Mayo, a…

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The Motor Casualty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 3

Aunt Zborowakis, a mechanician, was also killed by the collison of the motor car which ran full hilts on a rock of isxty miles an hour…

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Railway Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1903 · page 3

Judge Adams, of the St. Louis District Court, in the United States, has granted a dissolution of an injunction which restrained the officials of the Brotherhoods of locomotive firemen and railway men…

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The Motor Casualty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1903 · page 3

Owing to the accidents to Count Zborewski, the remainder of the motor races at Nice were prohibited…

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Something Like a Railway Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 5

A. central terminal station for London has often been talked of, but New York is talking of building one.It will bo tho railway hub of America…

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Hews by Wire Sydney Tram Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 3

The cars collided at circular Quay this some passengers seeing the danger and others were about to do so when the and they were thrown to the…

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Suicide at Tramworth. Wealth, Poison, Death

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 April 1903 · page 2

THE dead body of a man named William For was found in a paddock, in the vicinity of Tamworth, on Saturday. A bottle containing poison…

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The Baghdad Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 3

The speech delivered by Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Prime Minister, in the House of Commons, in reference to the Baghdad railway and the proposal to accord it British support has caused great…

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The Baghdad Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 3

Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Prime Minister, stated in the House of Commons last night that all questions relating to the Baghdad railway wore still under consideration on the basis that British capital and…

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The Baghdad Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 3

Advices from Berlin say that the number of members of the International Committee of the Central Baghdad Railway is proportionate to each company's share…

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The Control of American Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 April 1903 · page 3

The United States Circuit Court of Appeals has restrained the Northern Securities Company from acquiring or voting on stock of the Northern Railway and the Great Northern Railway…

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