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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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The Railway Jubilee

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 13

On Tuesday was celebrated the jubilee of the opening of the first railway in New South Wales. That was a section of 13 miles from Sydney to Parramatta. Now, after the lapse of 50 years, there…

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The Railway Celebration

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 7

The exhibition in commemoration of the jubilce of railway construction has proved full of intcrest. The contrast between the engines and carriages in…

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Letter to the Editor. the North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 6

Sir,—With reference to this railway line, arguments against its construction are very generally used 1st, that the inception of the work is a political job to improve the…

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North Coast Railway. Lismore "Snivellers." Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. Briner asked the Minister of Works whether he had noticed in Saturday's "Evening News" a list of persons who were…

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The Railway Celebration

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 2

THE exhibition in commemoration of the jubilee of railway construction has proved full of interest. The contrast between the engines and carriages in…

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Correspondence. the North Coast Railway

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 4

SIR,—With reference to this railway, two arguments against its construction are very generally used. First that the inception of the work is a political job…

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The North Coast Railway

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 4

Sir,—With reference to this railway, two arguments against its construction are very generally used. Ist That the inception of…

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The Railway Jubilee. Correspondent's Ideas

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 4

The jubilee celebration of the railways was marked by the receipt of several humorous communications by the Commissioners…

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The North Coast Railway. (To the Editor of the Chronicle.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 October 1905 · page 2

Sir,—With reference to this railway two arguments are very generally used against its construction:—1. That the inception of the work is a political job to improve the…

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Terrible Death of a Railway Shunter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 October 1905 · page 3

Charles Edward Muston, a railway porter at West Narrabri, met with a terrible death while engaged in shunting operations at the railway yards at West Narrabri at about 11…

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Russian Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 October 1905 · page 3

Russia proposes to construct a railway a thousand miles in length, connecting the Trains-Baikal line with "Assuri, also to include in the next budget a great scheme for…

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Express Railway Engines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 October 1905 · page 7

Writing in the August number of "Pearson's Magazine"—a special railway and travel number, by the way—Mr. G. A. Sekon contributen an interesting article on "The Fascination of…

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Electrification of Railways. Chief Engineer's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 October 1905 · page 4

The report of Mr. Deane, Engineer-in-Chief for Railways and Tramway Construction, upon the Inter-urban railways find electrification of railroads, was laid on the table of the Assembly last night…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 October 1905 · page 4

One of our metropolitan dailies is indulging in somewhat clamorous obstruction to the proposal for the construction of the North Coast railway. It may be that this…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Three People Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 October 1905 · page 5

A frightful accident occurred near. Numurkah (Vic), on Thursday. A party of six persons driving in a buggy across the railway line were run into by a special train…

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Terrible death of a Railway Shunter

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 October 1905 · page 2

CHARLES Edward Muston, a railway porter at West Narrabri, met with a terrible death while engaged in shooting operations at the railway yards at…

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Buggy Smashed by a Train Three Persons Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 5

A terrible- accident, resulting in the loss of three lives, occurred at 7.30 on Thursday evening near Numurkah (Vic.). A special train was returning…

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Railway Ambulance Corps

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 2

The annual meeting and demonstration of the N.S.W. Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps was held in the Sydney Town Hal on Saturday night last, when…

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A Large Claim. Railway Commissioners Interested

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 9

The High Court has delivered judgment in the appeal of defendants against the decision of the Full Court in the action Perpetual Trustee Company versus the Railway…

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Fatal Accident at Narrabri Railway Shunter Crushed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 6

Charles Edward Muston, a railway porter at West Narrabri, met with a terrible death -while engaged in shunting operations at the railway yards at…

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