The Maitland Tramway. Mr. Lee's Intentions. Railway Line Hay Be Resumed. Sydney
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 7
In the Legislative Assembly, this afternoon, Mr. Gillies asked the Minister of Works—Will be inform me when he intends to introduce the measure for the construction of the tramway line from…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 3
A railway mystery, which has so far defied solutlon, is being investigated at Handsworth, near Birmingham. Shortly after six o'clock on the…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 6
At Quincey, Illinois, the tramear companies have adopted a ticket which they, hope will help tram conductors to identify passengers riding with transfer…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 December 1906 · page 4
Also in Singleton Argus
The Railway Department advertises the running of an excursion train to Sydney and intermediate stations at the specially low fares of 1½d per mile first-class and 1d per…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 December 1906 · page 3
He was an engine-driver coming off duty as I spoke to him, and after some persuasion, he agreed to tell me all about engine-driving. When he had run his engine to the shed, seen…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 December 1906 · page 1
An express train was wrecked in a cellision southwards of Lynehburg, Virginia. Mr S. Speneer, president, and Mr Sehuyler, director of the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1906 · page 5
In an action in No. 1 Jury Court, in which the plaintiffs, George Arthur Vivers and Atlan Leigh Vivers, claimed £3000 from Isaac Phizackerley, a manufacturer of bicycles, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tenders for Road Work
Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 2
Attention is directed to the advertisement in this issue calling for tenders for road -work. Tenders will be received up to Friday, 14th December,…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 2
The bill for the construction of the first section of the tramway from East Maitland to the South Maitland coalfields passed its third rending in the Upper House last…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 2
Mr. F. G. Compton, secretary of the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce, has received the following communication from the Railway Commissioners :—"Office of the…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 4
George Crossman- guard on the goods train which arrived at Penrith from Wallerawang on Tuesday morning, met with a terrible accident,…
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The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 2
A man named Robert Henry Gravlin, aged 37, committed suicide on Saturday night by throwing himself in front of a moving tram. The unfortunate man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to the Editor. Railway Management and the Maitland Chamber of Commerce
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 5
Sir,—In view of the very strong protest made by the president of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce against the grossly unjust railway rates charged on the Hunter…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 3
[?]nce given before the Royal Commis[?] appointed by the Viceroy of Ireland [?]ire late the freight rates on Irish [?]ys showed that the rate for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Road Monster
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 8
Cranking, squeaking, grumbling, grinding, Smoke and dust together blinding, Humbling, grumbling, groaning, pumping, Slowly, surely, bumping,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor-car Romance. Millionaire's Daughter and Chauffeur
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 3
Novelists have substituted recently the chauffeur for the coachman or riding-master of the old romance as the hero with whom the young lady of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Tramway
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 5
The Minister of Works says as soon as the Loan Bill is passed. He intends to push on with the East to West Maitland tram line…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 4
The Railway Department announces the issue of holiday excursion tickets to and from all stations, commencingr on 13th hist. A special…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 December 1906 · page 4
The Minister of Works intends to push on with the North Coast railway as soon as the necessary funds have been made available. Surveyors have already gone out, and the working survey of the…
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