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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 62

Casino-Tenterfield Railway. New Survey Made

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 4

SPEAKING at the opening at the Casino Show last week, the Minister for Works (Mr. Lee) stated that he had put surveyors on the proposed Casino to…

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Muswellebrook Letter. Visit of This Railway Commissioners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 7

On Monday afternoon Messrs Johnson, Kirkcaldie, Richardson the Railway Commissioners, accompanied by a staff of official, arrived in Muswellbrook by special…

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Latest News by Wire. Press Association. Sydney. Serious Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 5

Annie Miller, aged 16, a resident of St. Petters, met with shocking injuries this morning while travelling by train to Sydney. The carriages being crowded, she was forced to ride…

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Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 May 1907 · page 5

A sensational collision occurred this morning in George-street A motor car. owned by Mr. B. U. Macphan, hotelkeeper, containing a gentleman and two ladies, besides the driver was…

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Motor Car and Tram Collision. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 3

A meter-car, containing the driver and two ladies, collided with a tram in George-street to-day, when the moter-car was completely wrecked…

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Tenterfield to Casino Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 2

The project for connecting the northern rivers coastal districts with the main northern line has been before the public of New South Wales for upwards of twenty years. In 1883…

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Railway Rolling Stock

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have opened tenders for the supply of 250 steel goods waggons, and of three tenders sent in the lowest was for…

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Bullock on the Railway

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 4

A bullock caused a great deal of excitement on the railway between Burwood and Strathfield, on Monday, holding up the traffic for about 10…

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Serious Railway Accident Young Girl Mutilated [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 May 1907 · page 2

A young girl named Annie Me[?] who resides at St. Petors, and is employed in a city [?]oot factory, was coming to town this morning by…

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Melbourne. Fall From a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 3

A young man between 17 and 20 years of age, who is supposed to have fallen out of the Sydney express last night, was picked up by the driver of a goods train this morning, near Barnawatha, Victoria. He…

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The Railway Commissioners

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 2

A deputation from the Progress Associa­tion interviewed the Commissioners at the Railway Station on Monday afternoon. Mr. C. Hargraves acted as spokesman for…

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Motor Omnibus Slang. Wildly Classical

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 4

With the motor omnibuses there has come a new "slang" language. It has evolved from the brains and tempers of drivers and conductors…

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The Motor-car. Some of Its Uses

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 5

"Toot, toot, toot!" went the horn of the big motor car as It thumped along the road. But old Farmer Giles, who who was very deaf, walked on quietly…

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Cow on the Railway Line. Engine Driver Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 3

A serious accident occurred last evening at Redbank a station on the southern railway a few miles from Brisbane. A train of coalladen hoppers for Woolloongabba was…

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For Motor Airships. the "Daily Mail" Prize

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 3

There is now a "boom" in aeroplane making in this country, due to the "Daily Mail's" offer of L10,000 for the first successful flight from London to…

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Wingen. Deputation to the Railway Commissioners

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 2

A DEPUTATION from the Progress Association interviewed the Commissioners at the Railway Station, Wingen, on Monday afternoon…

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Roads at Vacy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 13

The councillors of the Bolwarra Shire visit to Vacy on Saturday last (at the request of councillors Tucker and Corner, who represent A riding) for the purpose of inspecting the…

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Public Park, Water Supply, & Cessnock-kurri Road

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 2

The Under-Secretary and Mr. Charlton were at once driven to Mr. Geo. Brown’s recreation ground, where a deputation—Messrs. Shedden, Hill,…

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For Motor Airships. the "Daily Mail" Prize

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 3

There is now a "boom" in aeroplanemaking in this country, due to the "Daily Mail's" offer of £10,000 for the first successful flight from London to…

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Railway Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 6

On Wednesday a deputation from the Progress Committee, comprising Messrs. A. S. Brown, J.P., J. Richardson, and Arnold waited upon Mr. A. Thomas…

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