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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

940 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 47

When Ranji Stopred the Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 3

Being under engagement to take a cricket team from Cambridge to play in a local match, Prince Ranjitsinhji got an eleven to-gether and went to the railway station on…

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Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 3

'A collision at Salcoats station Injured 70 passengers, 15 seriously…

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Killed on the Railway. Riding on the Buffer

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 4

Thomas Bannon, a railway workman, who boarded the Melbourne express train at Tailem Bend, on Saturday morning, fell on to the line at the…

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Tram Collision [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 2

There was a tram collision a little after 8 o'clock this morning on the line to the Haymarket. One of the cars left the rails and collided with…

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Railway Freights. Report of the Commissioners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 6

The report of the Railway Commissioners in connection with the representations made by certain country municipalities for a reduction in the rates and fates charged on the New South Wales railways…

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The North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 4

The Maitland District Stock Inspector, Mr. W. J. J Powell, left for Taree to-day, accompanied by Inspector Usher, who is about to traverse the route of the proposed North Coast railway from Maitland to…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 3

The railway authorities received advice this morning to the effect that a hotelkeeper named McHugh, of Uralla, was knocked down by a goods train at that place at 2 o'clock…

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The Pacific Railways Large Fortunes Made [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 2

There is wild excitement in New York, in money and share markets, owing to unexpected dividends having been declared by the Union Pacific…

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An Aeroplane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 3

[?]tos Dumont has made a satisfactory [?] with a new aeroplane of 50 horse [?]…

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Realistic Entertainment. Railway Collision by Arrangement. Great Spectacle Near New York

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 6

Realism in entertainments has been brought to great perfection—probably nowhere so much as in the United States. On the afternoon of…

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Revolutionary Russia. Railway Strike Feasible. Cossacks Rise. Peasants Burn State Forests. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 3

An attempt has been made to poison General Trepoff, the Dictator of St. Petersburg. who is in a critical state. His cook and three other servants have been arrested for…

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Agitation for a Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 4

As will be perceived by advertisement, a public meeting will be held at the Mechanics' Institute this afternoon, at 2.30 p.m., when resolutions…

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Road to Ruin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 6
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Begins when constipation and [?] fasten themselves on you, and drag [?] your health. Chamberlain's Stomach [?] Liver Tablets cure these disorders, and [?]…

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Road Work Tenders

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 4

Attention is directed to an advertisement in this issue, by which it will be perceived that tenders are invited for the renewal of the Third Class Culvert,…

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When Ranji Stopped the Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 5

Being under engagement to take a cricket team from Cambridge to play in a local match, Prince Ranjitsinhji got an eleven together and went to the railway station on the appointed morning…

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Bridge Required. Public Meeting 'At Singleton. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 5

'A' public meeting was held this afternoon at the Mechanics' Institute in connection with the agitation for the construction of a bridge in the vicinity of Dight's Crossing…

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Zanzibar's Sultan. Motors Too Fast

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 3

The young Sultan of Zanzibar, who is on a visit to "London, has so far graduated in the ways of Western civilisation as to have incurred the…

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Reduction of Railway Charges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 3

In the scheme of reduction of railway freights and charges submitted by the Railway Commissioners there is no reference to any desirable alternation in the recently…

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Manchrian Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 5

It is reported that Mr. Jacob Schiff, of New York, is a arranging to float a loan of [?]0,000,000 on the Southern Manchurian away…

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