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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 62

North Coast Railway. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 2

The lowest tender of those received for the construction of steel bridges and approaches to the Hunter and Paterson Rivers, in connection with…

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The Railway Crisis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 5

The Free Labour Congress has resolved to condemn the action of Mr. Richard Bell, M.P., Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. Mr. Collinson…

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French Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 5

A train conveying King Alfonso and Queen Ena and her son, was accidentally derailed, at Cherbourg, France. The Royal visitors are expected to arrive in London to-night…

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Railway Progress in the State. Works in Hand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 5

It has been asserted in some quarters that the railway administration of the State is not moving fast enough to keep pace with the development of the country. This…

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A Train Derailed. Royalty Escapes. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 2

A train convoying [?]ing A[?]ronso of Spain and Quen Ena and her son was accidentally derailed sit Cherbourg, France. One of the railway employees…

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Railway Crisis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 3

Mr. Lloyd George, president of the Board of Trade, is hopeful of a peaceful settlement of the railway men's question…

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Fatal Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 3

A goods train at Lavore [?] collided with a passenger train. The drivers of both trains were killed, and II others injured…

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British Railway Trouble. Great Western Employees Loyal. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 2

At a special staff meeting at Paddington to-day, at which 850 employees of the Great Western Railway Company of all grades were present, it was…

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A Railway Promotion

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 2

The Singleton friends of Mr Cecil Ogden, son of Senior-Sergeant Ogden, of East Maitland, who a little while back was employed at the local…

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Calabrian Road a Royal Experience

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 4

A correspondent writes in the "Westminster Gazette":—"Much public money was voted, and much was privately bestowed, for the relief of distress in…

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Railway and Tramway Finances

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 4

Up to June 30 the amount spent on railway lines open for traffic in this State was £44,700,230. The net earnings after paying working expenses for the year ended June 30 amounted to £2,209,655, and…

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Letter to the Editor. the Maitland Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 5

Sir.—In connection with the building of the, tramway now being proceeded with between East and West Maitland, will you grant me space to make a suggestion which…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Tram Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 5

Two trams collided at Newtown this morning, with the result that a passenger named John Plummer had his foot severely crushed. The cars did not suffer any damage…

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Railway Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 5

[?]Lloyd George, President of the Board of [?] addressing the Welsh National Liberal [?] at Rhyl, Flintshire, appealed to the [?] support him in every fair step to…

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The Maitland Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 4

The work of constructing the East to West Maitland tramway is being pushed on Steadily. The ra[?] have been laid to within fifty yards of the East Maitland side of Victoria Bridge, while about…

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Calabrian Road a Royal Experience

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 7

A correspondent writes in the "Westminster Gazette":—"Much public money was voted, and much was privately bestowed, for the relief of distress in…

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Harlequin Trains. Modern Railway Travel

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 3

Railway wonders, so far from ceasing, are accumulating as the love of travel grows stronger. There are other things on the English railways…

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Muswellbrook-Merriwa Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 2

The Chief Railway Commissioner will arrive in Muswellbrook on Monday night next, for the purpose of personally examining the proposed railway route…

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Railway Couplings

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 8

Mr Fleming asked the Colonial Treasurer,—In view of the many accidents, falal or otherwise, which occur in the coupling of railway trucks, will…

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Our Muswellbrook Letter. the Proposed Merriwa Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 2

The Mayor, learning yesterday morning that the Railway Commissioners arc coming to Muswollbrook on M[?] next to examine the country through which the proposed…

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