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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

684 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 35

Cycling. Goulburn to Sydney Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 September 1905 · page 8

Great enthusiasm was manifested on Saturday in the Dunlop Road Race from Goulburn to Sydney over a distance of 1311/2 miles, under the auspices of the New South Wales…

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Railway Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 September 1905 · page 4

In other States, special railway facilities are granted to persons who desire to go into the country districts to inspect lands, with a view to taking up farms. This matter…

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The New Bridge

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 September 1905 · page 2

The new bridge lately completed, linking Singleton to Dunolly.' Is proving a great convenience, ami regular traffic takes place, daily. In addition…

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Topics of the Day. Maitland to South Gra [?] Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 September 1905 · page 2

The next step in connection [?] above railway is expected to be taken [?] to-morrow (Wednesday), when the House [?] be, asked to sanction the introduction and [?] passage of…

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Canadian Pacific Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 September 1905 · page 3

The Canadian-Pacific Railway has refused [?]4,000,000 from a syndicate of leading capitalists of Great Britain, the Untied States, and Canada for the railway company's entire…

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The Motor Face

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 September 1905 · page 4

The motor habit, like some other habits, has supplied the physiognomist with several types of face. The motor "mec," who prefers to be called…

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Jubilee of the Railways. Interesting Reminiscences

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 September 1905 · page 3

This being the jubilee year of the railways in New South. Wales, Mr. John Bald, chairman of the metropolitan division of the permanent way department, took occasion…

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The North Coast Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1905 · page 3

Under this beading the writer of "On the laod " in the "Herald " thas expressed bim elt: "Along the North Coast there will be general rejoicing…

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Creamery Motor Cars

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1905 · page 4

The long distances over which, in many cases, cream has to be conveyed from the diary farm to the butter factory, with the consequent deterioration of the cream…

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Proposed Chinese Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 September 1905 · page 5

The Chinese Government is planning the construction of a trunk line of railway traversing three of the central provinces of China, and extending from Canton to Peking…

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A Chinese Railway. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 September 1905 · page 3

The Chinese Government is planning the construction of a trunk line of railway, which is to traverse three of the central provinces of China, and…

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Some Sensational Motor Mishaps

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 4

The pastime of motoring is still in its youth—its very infancy indeed—yet it is old enough to furnish some amazing examples of its dangers, its…

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Blandford-Timer Road

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 2

Mr. W. M. Fleming, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Under Secretary, Public Works Department:—Sir,—In reply to the letter dated…

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A Useful Motorist. Acts As Postman

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 4

Capt. Hughes Morgan, of Pontwell hall, Breconshire, has performed a notable feat in rescuing the Royal Mail. The Great Western Railway Company recently…

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Maitland to South Graffcon Railway a Great Work

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 9

The Legislative Assembly, having just affirmed 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…

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Jubilee of the Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 14

This being the jubilee year of the railways in New South Wales, Mr. Jonn Bald, chairman of the metropolitan division of the permanent way department, took occasion…

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Railway Jubilee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 September 1905 · page 4

Great interest is being taken by the Railway Department in the celebration to-morrow of the establishment of the railway system in the State, which means its…

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Louth Park and Dagworth Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1905 · page 5

A meeting of residents and landowners of Louth Park and Dagworth was held at Mr. C. Watters' residence, Louth Park, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of taking…

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Railway Jubilee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1905 · page 4

The "Maitland Mercury," of Wednesday, September 25, 1855, intimated to its readers that a special train was to be despatched that morning for Parramatta. The people…

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Cost of Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 September 1905 · page 4

Mr. Chas. Kemp, one of the first Railway Commissioners in New South Wales, replying at Parramatta to the toast of his health, at the luncheon on the occasion of…

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