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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

684 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 35

Railway Strikes. The New Parliament. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 October 1905 · page 3

Railway communication with St. Petersburg and Moscow has been stopped. The strike is spreading in many directions…

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New Use for the Motor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 4

When the motor first came into general use the cry was raised that the day of the horse was over. Since then motors have become the fashion, and yet really good…

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Spring Motor. a New Device For Driving House-hold Sewing Machines

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 4

A new manufacturing concern recently organized at Montreal with a capital of 5500,000, undertakes to manufacture a spring motor, as well as…

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Road Work

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 2

Tenders are invited by advertisement in our business columns for work on the Blandford to Timor Road. Specifications may be seen at the Court House,…

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The Beginning of Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 3

In Sir Horace Rumbold's "Recollections of a Diplomatist" (1892) the author, describing society in St. Petersburg as it was a few years after the…

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Railways and Tramways. Last Quarter's Revenue

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 14

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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Spring Motor. a New Device For Driving Household Sewing Machines

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 4

A new manufacturing concern recently organized at Montreal with a capital of $500,000, undertakes to manufacture a spring motor, as well as…

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Fire at the Werris Creek Railway Station

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 2

The railway station buildings at Werris Creek narrowly escaped destruction by fire on Monday evening last. It appears that between 6 and 7 o'clock flames were…

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A Novel Motor Wheel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 14

There was recently a successful trial in [?] of a wheel for automobiles and other vehicles, it is stated, will revolutionise the [?] industry is the invention of Mr. John C. Ruthe[?]…

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Railways in Java

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 October 1905 · page 6

Early in the morning of a broiling day in Java (says W.J.S., in the S.A. "Register") after having "tipped" about half the servants in the hotel and station, besides the "gharri"…

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Card Playing on the Railways

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 2

The habitual railway traveller knows the virtne of a game of cards as a time-slayer, and it is rarely that a long-distance train gets far from…

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A Railway Ticket Printer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 November 1905 · page 8

Under the name of tesserografo, Count Piscicelli, an engineer of Naples, has issued a machine of his invention for printing and controlling the issue of railway and…

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Railway Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 November 1905 · page 5

The California Limited Mail, running at the rate of 60 miles an hour, became derailed at Kansas City. Thirteen people were killed, and 25 others were injured…

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The Dunolly Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 4

Probably, while Mr Fallick, M.P. is in Singleton, his attention will be directed to the planking of the new Dunolly Bridge across the Hunter River, which is…

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Merriwa Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 2

At the Federal Hotel, Gungal, on Saturday last, Mr. E. Buddcn offered for sale the property, and effects of the late. H. Temki, The property, which consisted of about 120 acres,…

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Looking Back. Reminiscences of Singleton and District. No. 5. Railway to Branxton

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 7

Monday, March 24th, 1862, was a red-letter day at Black Creek (Branxton), for it was on that day that the railway was formally opened and the…

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Railway Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 November 1905 · page 3

The present being the wool season the business on the Northern line is remarkably brisk, trains laden with golden fleece going southwards daily…

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Rumoured Removal of the Railway Depot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 November 1905 · page 5

A number of residents of Singleton and South Singleton attended at the Council Chambers, South Singleton, this morning (Monday), for the purpose of tendering to…

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North Coast Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 November 1905 · page 1

To the other opponents of the North Coast Railway proposal, as [?] "Herald" remarks, must now [?] added the Labor members who have…

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Singleton Railway Depot, Deputation to Mr Jas. Fallick, M.L.A.

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 November 1905 · page 4

A deputation of gentlemen met Mr Fallick, member for the district, at South Singleton Council Chambers yesterday morning, in order to place…

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