Formal Opening of Dunolly Ford Bridge. An Interesting Ceremony
Saturday last was a red letter day in Singleton, when the fine new bridge across the Hunter River, connecting Singleton with Dunolly, was formally…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
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The Singleton Argus. Tuesday, September 19Th, 1903. the New Bridge
A long desired want has at length been supplied by the completion of the fine new bridge for traffic across the Hunter River, connecting…
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An elevated railway train in New York encountered an open switch, contact with which precipitated the car to the street, killing 10 and injuring 225 persons…
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Fearing the repatriation of the army and the spread of disaffection, in Russia, it has been decided to employ troops in the work of re-duplicating the Trans-Siberian railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trams and Churches Destroyed [By Cable] LONDON,Monday
Daring the anti-peace disturbances in Tokio, Japan, rioters of the coolio class destroyed 30 electric cars. The destruction of Christian…
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IT has been announced that the New SouthWales Railway Commissioners cannot see their way to agree to the alterations desired by the Queensland authorities in the running…
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Professor Darwin, president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, yesterday opened the bridge over the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi River…
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THERE will be general and genuine rejoicing throughout the Maitland district, that Parliament has at length seen the wisdom of affirming the desirability of carrying out the…
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A late report furnished on the best methods of providing light lines of railways for tracts of State lands situated at distances from centres of…
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The persistency of the Railway Commissioners in refusing the reasonable request of te authorities connected with te country shows to revert to the previous system…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News. Sydney Thursday. North Coast Railway
In the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night the construction of the Maitland—South Grafton Railway was agreed to by [?] votes to 12…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dunolly Ford Bridge. Official Opening. Singleton, [?]
[?] Saturday. Dunolly Ford Bridge, spanning the Heater River, and making a further connecting [?] with the town of Singleton and the village of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Local and General News. The Northern Mail Train
It was recently proposed by the Queensland railway authorities that an alteration should be made in the week-end running of the mail trains between Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dalwood Road. Public Works Department. Sydney, 11th September, 1905
Sir,—With further reference to the petition presented by yon, signed by E. M. Lewes, (Fern Hill, Dalwood). T Enright, S. Jacbs and others,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The History of Australian Bushranging. [All Right Reserved] Part Iv. 1869 to 1878. Chapter Xix. the Relly Gang. How the Special Train Was Saved
The first news of Sherri[?]'s raurd[?] appeals to have been received in Melbo[?]me on the Sunday afternoon by the Ohief Secretary, who immediately…
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Owing to the breaking of a rail in the local railway yard on Thursday morning, a heavy goods engine got off the road, and was only replaced on the line and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tram Conductor's Find A Bag of Sovereigns
Early on the morning of Friday week the attention of a tram conductor was attracted to an old leather bag, which was lying on the footpath near the intersection…
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THERE will be general and genuine rejoicing throughout the Maitland district, that Parliament has at length seen the wisdom of affirming the desirability of carrying out the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland to South Grafton Railway. 'A Great Work
The legislative Assembly, having just affirmed the desirability, by a majority of 30 to 12, of the construction of the above line, a brief history of the movement, which has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Coast Railway. The Construction Moved. Estimated Cost £2,600,000
In the State Parliament on Wednesday, Mr Leo moved—"That it is expedient that the construction of a line of railway from Maitland to South…
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