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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 62

Fell Off a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 April 1907 · page 3

George Smith, aged 25, was found dying on the railway lino near Croydon Station yesterday morning covered with blood and dazed He explained that he left Sydney by a late…

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Brisbane Mail Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

The irregular running of the mail train from Brisbane to Sydney, and its frequent late arrival, has on several occasions formed the subject of correspondence between…

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Brisbane Mail Train

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 2

THE irregular running of the mail train from Brisbane to Sydney, and its frequent late arrival has on several occasions formed the subject of…

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Motor Car for £40. Edison's New Battery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 April 1907 · page 4

In fifteen years from now! Edison prophesies that the horse will be a curiosity. The modern Wizard of Orange has, we are assured in the…

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Brisbane Mail Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 April 1907 · page 1

The irregular running of the mail train from Brisbane to Sydney, and its frequent late arrival, has on several occasions formed the subject of…

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Fall From a Bridge

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 April 1907 · page 3

A married man named Sydney Johnson, 50 years of age, who- was engaged in making alterations to a bridge at Perth (W.A.), on Monday…

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Woman Falls on Railway

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 April 1907 · page 2

Mrs Law, a resident of Hawksburn (Vic), was standing on the local railway station on Tuesday afternoon with her sister, when she suddenly…

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Aged Tramps

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 April 1907 · page 2

Among the anon trumping through the country currying their swags, or, to put it in swag vernacular, "humping bluey on the wallaby," are some…

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Tramway Construction

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 2

A FULL exchequer inevitably brings pressing demands for tramway construction. There are a number of localities on the fringe of Sydney…

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A Railway Signalman. Dies in His Box. Discovered by Delay

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 6

The "Daily Mail," of February 4th, reports:—A signalman has been found dead—apparently after being seized with a…

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A Railway Signalman. Dies in His Box. Discovered by Delay

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 6

The " Daily Mail," of February 4th, reports:— A signalman has been found dead—[?]pparently after being seized with a fit—…

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Railway Changes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 4

Mr John H. Bull, for the last two years stationmaster at Nundah, has been transferred to Mulgrave, on the Richmond line, and his place is filled…

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The Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 April 1907 · page 2

The Mayor of East Maitland (Alderman J. H. F. Waller) in reply to a petition signed by a number of ratepayers, has convened a public meeting to be held in the Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday evening…

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The Tram Sheds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 2

The question of the location of the tramway, sheds in a question which of all questions should be left entirely to the departmental authorities to settle solely in the public…

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Northern Railway Matters. Newcastle to Relieve Sydney's Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 3

The Minister of Works, Mr. C.A. Lee, who has returned to Sydney from a visit to Collarendabri, was entertained in that town at a banquet. Mr. J.A. Campbell, of Dungalear…

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Letter to the Editor. the Tram Sheds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 3

Sir,—In your advertising columns of the "Mercury" last evening my attention was drawn to a notice of a public meeting to be held in East Maitland on Wednesday…

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The Railway Commissioners [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners will probably leave for a trip throughout the north next week…

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Serious Railway Accident Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 2

A young married man named. W. E. Weston, who is a clerk, residing at Campsie, attempted to board a moving train at Marrickville this…

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Railways and Tramways. Revenue Returns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 5

Mr. T. R. Johnson, the Chief Commissioner of Railways, has issued his quarterly report on the working of the railways and tramways, which states that the earnings…

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Railways and Tramways

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 April 1907 · page 3

For the quarter ended March 31 the railway revenue shows an increase of £145,363, compared with the corresponding period last year…

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