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Railways, roads & transport, 1904

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Railway Picnic

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 4

To-day, a railway picnic, comprising Singleton, Tamworth, and Manilla sections, will be held on the Singleton showground, and, should the weather prove fine, a good…

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Motor-car Improvements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 5

The great exhibition of motor-cars just held at the Crystal Palace, and promoted by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, was attended by more fashionable…

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Railway Picnic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 6

The Singleton Show Ground was the scene of a big picnic on Saturday, when the employees of the locomotive, traffic, and permanent way departments of the Northern…

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Railway Picnic. a Successful Function

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

THE railway employees of the northern section from Singleton to Tamworth and Manilla held their annual reunion at the local showground on Saturday…

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Morpeth Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 8

Sir,—The tram that runs from Morpeth to West Maitland every morning consists of an engine and one carriage only. All the compartments (except four smoking…

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The Central Railway Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 4

The Minister of Works has had under consideration the question of the alteration of the design of the roof of the Central Railway Station. In the complete design a…

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Letter to the Editor. the Morpeth Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 3

Sir,—With reference to the letter-in last night's paper about the Morpeth tram, I aim of the same opinion as the eye-witness that another carriage should be put on the tram…

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The Latest. Transports with Troops. Secret Base of Operations. Chinese Railway Arrangements. Japanese Plan Frustrated. Russian Threats. A Peaceful Suggestion. [By Cable.j London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 3

Correspondents at Tokio state that 200 transports are conveying coal and troops to a secret base 120 miles from Port Arthur…

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Railways Without Trains

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 3

It is settled that New York is to have a railway on the moving platform principle. This new railway without trains is to have a seating capacity for 70,000 passengers per…

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The Romance and Tragedy of Railway Making

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 3
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

The romance of railway is a thing which the poets are very properly trying to make the people perceive The romance of lions and…

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Sensational Motor Car Ride. Brake Refused to Act. MELBOURNE

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 7

M. Robert Harper had a very sensational experience on Monday when coming, with his daughters, down the road from his summer residence at Upper Macedon in his motor…

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Railway Picnic

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 2

The annual picnic of the railway employees of the Singleton to Tam worth, and Manilla section was held on the Singleton Show Ground on…

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Motor-car Improvements

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 11

The great exhibition of motor-cars just held at the Crystal Palace, and promoted by the Society of Motor. Manufacturers and Traders was attended by more fashionable…

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The Central Railway Station

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1904 · page 5

The Minister of Works has had under consideration the question of the alteration of the design of the roof of the Central Railway Station. In the complete design a…

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The Train of Great Luxury

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 4

There will be some dear beds in St. Louis when the Exposition opens there in May, but at the present moment probably the dearest bed of its size in the world is that…

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The Latest. Russian Transport Troubles. Attempts at Train-Wrecking. The Fight at Chong-Ju. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 2

An attempt to wreck trains filled with Russian troops for the Far East at Tartarskys, near Ekaterinburg, has failed…

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The Singleton Cassilis Railway

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 2

We note that the Public Works Committee has reduced its sphere of action to the consideration of five proposed works among which is the proposed Singleton to…

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Railway Trains and Motor Cars the Struggle for Supremacy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 3

Since 1894 tho speed of the motor-car has increased four-feld, and to-day it can hold its own with the fastest railway train. At least twice during 1903 a car covered a kilometre…

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Fatal Tram Accident. a Man Killed. Several Other Persons Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 5

A sensational tram collision occurred about noon to-day. 'On enquiry at the Tramway Department, it was ascertained that two Coogee trams collided at…

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