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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 62

Indian Railway Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 5

The Bengal-Nazpur railway men have resumed work…

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Railway Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 5

While crossing a bridge between Hospital at and Cambrils, North-eastern Spain, the Vale [?] express became derailed and fell into the river beneath. Twenty people were killed and…

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Local and General. Cheap Railway Excursion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 November 1907 · page 2

There will be a cheap excursion train from West Maitland on Wednesday, Dec. 11, leaving at 3.20 p.m, and tickets will be issued at the single fare for the double journey with minimum of 7s 6d…

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Concord Tram Explosion

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 November 1907 · page 2

The inquiry into the' cause of death. of the two tramdrivers, John M'Culloch and, Alfred Murdoch Barelay, who lost their lives as the result of the…

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Motors in Collision

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 November 1907 · page 3

While riding a motor cycle at Bisley. Major-General Sir Henry Colville came into collision with the motor car of Brigadier-General Sir Henry Rawlinson,…

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Wool and Produce Reports. The Australian Mo[?]tgage, Land and Finance Co. Limited. John Bridge and Co. Limited, Daigety and Co. Limited. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Limited [?] James and [?] Limited

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 5

Wool.—While the earlier sales of the past week were very disappointing to ownes, the market exhibited a better tone at the end, closing rates were with a [?]een…

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Cheap Railway Excursion

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 2

There will be a cheap excursion train from West Maitland on Wednesday, Dec. 11th., leaving at 3.20 p.m., and tickets will be issued at…

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Britain's Railways. Who Owns Them ? Shareholders and Investors

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 6

The British railways, unlike those of Belgium and some other countries, were built not by the state, but by the enterprise of individuals,…

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Weather and Grime. the New Railway Calendar

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 3

Is the unusually large number of offenders in the present New Bailey calendar (the second largest in thirty-five years) due to the bad weather of the…

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Britain's Railways. Who Owns Them? Shareholders and Investors

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 7

The British railways, unlike those of Belgium and some other countries, were built not by the State, but by the enterprise of individuals,…

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Presentation to Railway Officials

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 4

Engine-driver Mitchell and Fireman Costello, who were in charge of the down north-western mail train when it became derailed at Breeza on November 2, were yesterday…

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Our Singleton Letter. Accident on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 4

Yesterday a railway [?]ttler named James Murphy, residing in South Singleton, whilst working near the Ravensworth Station, slipped and fell upon the rails, dislocating…

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Very Latest Cables. London, Friday afternoon. Indian Railway Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 5

The Indian railway men have resumed work, having assented to the dismissal of Engliken, one of the strike leaders, for whose support they purpose raising funds…

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Railway Collision. Many Passengers Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 11

A serious railway collision occurred on Saturday afternoon at Gracemere, on the central Queensland line. A train, consisting of seven trucks fully loaded, and carriages, bound from Rockhampton to…

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Moree to Mungindi Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 9

A deputation representing the Mungindi Railway League, and the woolbroking firms of Sydney, who are interested in the north—west portion of the State, waited upon the Minister…

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Walgett Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 3

The Minister of Works has been urged to make the line of railway to Walgett now under construction, available for truffle at once. Mr. Collins, M.L.A., accompanied by…

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Cheap Railway Excursion

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 4

There will be a cheap excursion train from Singleton on. Wednesday, Dec. 11, leaving at 2.5 p.m., and tickets will be issued at the single fare for the…

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Indian Railway Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 5

The Conciliation Hoard forced a connection and settlement in the late railway strike…

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Railway Pooling Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 5

[?] Great Northern and the Groat Central[?] companies are arranging a pooling [?] with a view to avoiding excessive com[?]…

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The Maitland Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 2

[?]rmation has been received by a member of the Maitland Tramway League, from a reliable source, that there is every, probability, providing immediate action is taken, of the…

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