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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

684 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 35

Tramps Abroad

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 4

Swagmen, singly or in small, parties, continue to qass throgh the town occasionally. Sometimes, they wander up country in search of that-work that is…

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The Bridge Works

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 March 1905 · page 2

Owing to the incapability of the Fitzroy Dock Works in supplying the necessary iron work in connection with the construction of the new bridge…

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Exciting Adventure Caught by a Train

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 March 1905 · page 4

Two residents of Melbourne have just had an unpleasant experience. They left Loch, and were walking to Nyora along the railway line. When…

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Produce Reports. John Bridge & Co's Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 4

HORNS.—Competition keener and better distributed. HOUSEHAIR.—Market continues to advance. We secured 28d for good…

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Expensive Motor-ride

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1905 · page 8

A gentleman staying at a country house wished to dispose of a fine motor car. "A passing visitor with more money than Brains inquired its price. "Eight hundred pounds."…

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Railway Development

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 4

The Western Canadian believes that the future of the Canadian nation is mainly dependent upon the resources and immensity of the empire-like west…

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Ganada's Progress. What the Railways Are Doing. Great Inrush of People

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 4

"CANADA in the Twentieth Century" is the title of some articles which Mr. T. Clarkson has been contributing to the press of New Zealand. Himself a…

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The Bridge Works

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 March 1905 · page 2

There is an old song entitled "Oft in the stilly night," in which appear the following lines:— I feel like one who walks alone,…

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A Train Off the Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 3

A train was de-railed at Sceaux, France, Several carriages caught fire: three persons were killed, and six injured…

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Application to the Land Board for a Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 2

Before the Local Land Board on Thursday (Mr. J. Vernon chairman, and Mr. Robert Faulkner, J.P.), Robert Dick Wallace, of Killarney, Liddell, made application for a road of access through…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Action Against the Railway Commissioners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 3

The action the Perpetual Trustee Company against the Railway Commissioners concluded to-day. His Honor found the total amount of royalty the company would have…

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On a Railway Station Platform

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1905 · page 3

The following amusing incident occurred recently on a certain railway in the North An early morning mail train was booked to stop at an intermediate station, to put…

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Singleton to Brandy Greek-road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 5

Mr. James Fallick, M.L.A., has been informed by the Under-Secretary of Public Works with reference to his complaint as to the delay in removing the burnt-out…

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Jubilee of the Railways

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 2

In September next New South Wales will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of railways, and the railway staff have under consideration the question…

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The War. Peace Negotiations. President Roosevelt the Mediator. Early Suspension of Hostilities Expected. Manghurian Campaign. Railway to Vladivostock Reported Cut. General Linivitch's Exhortation. London, March 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 5

The "Times Correspondent as [?] learns from unimpeachable sources that Russia and Japan have selected President Roosevelt to act as mediator, and that peace…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 5

William Dwyer, a railway fattier, aged 45, was following his occupation near Hurstville this morning, when the Sydney train rushed by Dwyer had stopped aside on the…

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Motor Market Activity

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1905 · page 7

The great motor show, which closed last Saturday at Olympia, afforded another illustration of the increasing popularity of the motor car. It was also satisfactory as…

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Railway Employees' Picnic

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 April 1905 · page 2

THE annual picnic of traffic, loco., and permanent way employees of the Manilla, Tamworth, and Singleton section of Government Railway was held…

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Great Motor Feats. The Struggle Between the Automobile and Locomotive

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 3

For the Briton a struggle for supremacy of any kind has always a strong fascination, and when the struggle is in the arena of sport it is almost…

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From All Sources. Solar Motor Pumps

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 April 1905 · page 4

A company has been formed in America, of Boston, New York, and London capitalists, for the manufacture and installation of solar motors,…

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