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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

940 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 47

Motor Car Experiences

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 4

A party of Masonic brothren left Singleton on Wednesday night in a motor car to attend the installation journey thither, we understand, was…

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Motor-car Championship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 October 1906 · page 3

[?]national Tourist Trophy arranged Automobile Club has been won by [?] drove a 20-hourse-power Rolls[?] The race was held on the Isle…

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Chinese Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 October 1906 · page 5

The first section of the Peking-Kalgan railway him been opened. When the line is extended to Kiakhta it will bring Peking within 12 days of London…

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Passenger Traffic Increase on Last Year's Railway Returns

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 October 1906 · page 3

An indication of the favorable season inland is afforded by the large number of country people who are at present in Sydney, att[?]acted in a considerable…

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The Central Railway Station

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 October 1906 · page 2

At the opening of refreshment rooms at the new Central Railway Station, Mr. Lee, the Mtnister for Works, was able proudly to inform his hearers that,…

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The North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 October 1906 · page 3

The Minister of Works gave notice in the Legislative Assembly last night of his intention to move the restoration to the notice paper of the bil authorising the construction of the North…

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New Railway Rates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 October 1906 · page 3

Yesterday's "Government Gazette" contains a number of new regulations in regard to railway rates. Included amongst them is a provision that reapers, harvesters, and…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 October 1906 · page 2

The construction of the North Coast railway, which has been talked about for to many years, and which has been made much more imperative by the opening of the northern…

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Where the Roads Cross by Ella Guggenheimer

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 4

The girl sat by an open fire, looking with a sad smile on her lips at the ugly token of friendship that lay in her lap. It was an elaborate…

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Cheap Railway Excursions

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 2

The cheap excursion trains which ran last week to and from Sydney were well patronised, 4250 country people booking, a fair proportion of whom were first-class…

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The Maitland Tramway. the Bill Introduced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly Thursday evening, Mr. Lee moved, "That it is expedient that part of the proposed tramway from East Maitland to Stanford-Merthyr and Pelaw-Main collieries, viz.,…

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North Coast Railway. a New and Favorable Outlook

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 2

All those who have consistently advocated the construction of the North Coast railway, says the S. M. Herald, will learn with pleasure that the somewhat dubious…

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Bishop's Bridge Progress Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 2

The Bishop's Bridge and Sawyer's Gu[?] Progress Committee) held their usual me[?] meeting on Monday evening last, at Mrs. J. Farrell's when the following members…

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The Tramway Enquiry

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 8

The tramway enquiry is becoming tedious. So far very few real grounds of complaint have been disclosed. The lot of the guards and drivers, notwith…

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The Tramway Deputation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 3

Last week's deputation to the Minister for Works to urge the immediate commencement of the work of constructing the tramway from East to West Maitland and thence on to…

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The Maitland Tramway. the Bill Introduced

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday evening, Mr. Lee moved, "That it is expedient that part of the proposed tramway from East Maitland to Stanford-Merthyr and Pelaw-Main collieries, viz.,…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 4

The construction of the North Coast railway, which has been talked about for so many years, and which has been made much more imperative by the opening of the northern…

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The North Coast Railway. a New Outlook. Report by the Commissioners. No Estimated Loss

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 11

All those, who have consistently advocated the construction of the North. Coast railway will learn with pleasure that the somewhat dubious recommendation of the line by the…

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Motor-omnibus Companies [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 4

A scheme is afeet to amalgamate the metropolitan motor-omnius companies into one company, with a capital of £4,000,000…

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A Motor Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 October 1906 · page 5

[?] thousand spectators witness [?] Cup motor race at Long [?] of France, with a…

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