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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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Bicycle Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 August 1906 · page 4

Elsewhere the attention of cyclists is drawn to the fact that the second annual Great Northern Speedwell Bond Race, Singleton to Newcastle, a distance of 50 miles, will be brought off on the…

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Railways and Tramwaya

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 August 1906 · page 4

THE annual report of the Railway Commissioners for the financial year ended June 30 laat, shows the total earnings to have been £5,086,274, as…

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Muswellbrook Letter. Muswellbrook and Merriwa—a Motor Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 August 1906 · page 6

For a long period the residents of Merriwa and district bare been desirous of getting a railway, so that they might benefit by a more rapid system of transit for their products and requirements to and…

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Adelaide. Collistion with a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 3

While the Melbourne express train was approaching the crossing at Unley Park, Adelaide, Arthur Foster, aged 55, a market gardener, who was driving four hourse and a…

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Overtaken by a Train. a Narrow Escape

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 4

Mrs Brooks, residing at Pelaw Main, was walking across the railway bridge over Hebburn Dam, about 1 o'olock on Tuesday, when she was overtaken…

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Motor 'Bus Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 3

The inquest on the ten victims of the [?]dcross Hill accident, near Brighton, used by the break away of the motor [?] has concluded. The jury found that…

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The Tramway Trouble. Board of Inquiry Appointed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 1

The names of the three gentlemen who have been selected as a board of inquiry to investigate the grievances of the members of the Tramway…

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France Plans a Conquest of the Air. Secret Agent Buys the Wright Aeroplane for the French War Department

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 4

If the conquest or the air is not soon achieved it will not be the fault of the French aeronauts. As is shown by the following article which…

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Railway Racing. How Rivalry Conquers Distance

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 1

On July [?] the Great Western Railway (England) opened its new short cut to the West. This line avoids Bristol altogether, and…

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Building a Motor Car

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 4

Few people realise in viewing the finished product from the modern automobile factory the amount of labour anxiety unavoidable delays…

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The New Railway Terminus. Opened on

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 6

On Saturday last the new metropolitan terminus of the railways of New South Wales was officially opened by the Premier, the first…

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Mudgee—cobborah Railway. a Decision Arrived At

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 3

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works came to a decision yesterday with regard to the proposed railway from Mudgee to Cobborah. On the motion of Mr. W. F. Hurley, M.L.C.,…

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Road to Ruin

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 7

Begins when constipation and biliousness fasten themselves on you, and drag down your health. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cure those disorders and…

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Train Dashes Into Lorry

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 5

While the Melbourne express was approaching the crossing at Unloy Park (S.A.) on Thursday morning, Arthur Foster, 55 years of ago, a market…

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Train-wrecking Lunatic. Schoolboys Assist Capture

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 3

The dangerous lunatic, Caleb Joslah Daniell, who on Wednesday night, 23rd May, escaped from the Cornwall County Asylum at Bodmin for the second time…

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Local and General. Road Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 4

Mr. Bennett, member for Durham, has received intimation from tho Public Works Department that the Minister has, in response to representations of the Woodville Progress Committee, approved of…

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Wattagan-laguna Road [To the Editor]

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 2

Dear Sir,—A little time ago a letter appeared in your paper with the signature affixed “Fair Play,” and containing some statements concerning…

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Motoring. the Calm Chauffeur

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 3

Mr Edgar Wallace writes in the "Daily Mail" of 17th May:— "Do you do much motoring?" I made a flippant reference to the…

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Railway Companies at War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 3

Papers by the last English mall, up to 18th May, stated that the cordial understanding between Great Britain and France has led to the inauguration of a…

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Trampled to Death. an Explorer's End

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 6

The "Express" correspondent writes from Geneva on 15th:— Mme. Streun has just received details of the death of her husband, Dr. Streun,…

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