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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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This Railway Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 October 1905 · page 7

Additional improvements are being effected at the West Maitland railway station. Representations having been made regarding the insufficient accommodation provided by…

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Great Motor Car Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 October 1905 · page 5

The motor-car race for the Vanderbilt Cup [?] yesterday on Long Island, New [?] barbour, over a course of 293 miles. [?] were 19 competitions, and Hemery and…

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Cheap Railway Excursions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 October 1905 · page 4

For some years it has been the practice of the Queensland Railway Department to run special cheap excursions, sometimes from the city to the country, sometimes from the city…

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Dairying : Road to Success

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 October 1905 · page 2

Mr. G. S. Thomson, Queensland Dairy Expert, reporting on a recent visit of inspection and instruction in the Darling Downs district, writes thus on the subject of the…

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Beheaded by a Tram

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 October 1905 · page 4

THE ghastly discovery of a man's head was made by a ganger on the railway line at Princess Bridge, Melbourne, on Tuesday. The features were…

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Tenders for Bridge Work

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 4

Attention is called to the fact that, as will be perceived by advertisement, tenders will be received for painting bridges at Redbournberry, near…

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On the Road Home

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 10

In the divine life we are away from home. "Here we have no continuing city," and it may be a long journey to our desired haven We find it necessary to examine our…

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Blandford to Timor Road

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 2

Mr. W. M. Fleming, M.L.A., is iu receipt of the following letter from the Under Secretary, Public Works Department, re the above:—Sydney, 13…

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A Mah Mangled. Train Fatality at Rockdale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 4

On Thursday night, a passenger by the 7.10 Sydney to Come train attempts to get out at the Rockdale station, apparently while the train…

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Annihilating the Alps. the Greatest Feat of Railway Engineering

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 1

The Simp[?]on Tunnel through the Alps is undoubtedly the greatest fea[?] of railway engineering. A little more than 100 years ago…

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This Railway Station

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 11

Additional improvements are being effected at the West Mailand railway station Representations having been made regarding the insufficient accommodation provided by…

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State Supervision of Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 October 1905 · page 5

President Roosevelt, in the course of his tour of the Southern States, spoke at Raleigh, Virginia. He said he was opposed to the State ownership of railways, but he…

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Russian Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 October 1905 · page 5

Traffic has been suspended [?] five lines of railway converging at Mose[?]ry…

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Railways and Tramways. Last Quarter's Revenue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 October 1905 · page 3

The report of the State Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended September 30. 1905, has been received by the Minister of Railways. The receipts from the railways…

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Russian Railway Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 October 1905 · page 3

It is believed that the Russian railway strikes are the prelude to a general strike at the end of the year. intended to cause a lack of food in the cities of Moscow and St…

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New Soudan Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 October 1905 · page 3

The railway from the junction of the Nile and the Atbara, in the Soudan, to Port Smuden, near Suakim, on the coast, has been completed…

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The Brisbane Mail Train and Muswellbrook Passengers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 25 October 1905 · page 3

IT having been pointed out that owing to the new train arrangements on the northern line, Muswellbronk students attending the Maitland Schools, who have been in the…

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Russian Railway Strikes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 October 1905 · page 3

The railway strikers of Ekaterinoslay have erected baricades. Cossack troops fired on the strikers, killing and wounding a number. A reign of anarchy prevails through the…

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Railway Fatality. Fettlers' Ganger Killed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 October 1905 · page 1

A fettlers' ganger named Keogh was font dead on the railway line, about 100 yards from the Erskineville Railway station, and on the St. Peters…

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Affairs in Russia. General Railway Strike. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 October 1905 · page 3

In consequence of the general railway strike, traffic has been suspended on the five lines of railway converging at Moscow…

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