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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 62

Road-makinK Extraordinary

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 2

In heavy black soil, or in country where it is difficult to get stone material for road-making the experiments which are being made in America should…

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North Coast Railway

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

In responses to a largely signed requisition the Mayor of Dungog has convened a public meeting for the purpose of protesting against the proposal to have the railway station at…

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Railway Matters Public Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 2

What were hitherto, but murmurs of discontent against the railway station injustice, have gathered so in volume that just now they are very…

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The Purple Motor-car

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 6

The collector of customs at Punxatawney, Ariz, in despair, called on Chief Barnes to help hun to check tho wholesale smuggling over the…

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The Future Motor Car. Interesting Discovery

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 3

The boy who after studying the epitaphs in a churchyard, asked where all the bad people were burled, might be disposed, if he were a Student of the…

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Neath Colliery. First Train of Coal

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 3

Work at this colliery is progressing wonderfully well, considering the battling the management had with a phenomenal flow of water for…

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The Purple Motor-car

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 6

The collector of customs at Punxatawney, Ariz, in despair, culled on Chief Barnes to help him to check the wholesale smuggling over the…

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The Future Motor Car. Interesting Discovert

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 3

The boy who, after studying the epitaphs in a churchyard, asked where all the bad people were buried, might be disposed, if he were a student of the…

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North Coast Railway. Station at Dungog

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 3

Upon the return to Dungog from Tares of Mr. Usher, railway inspector, he was met by Mr. G. S. Waller, president of the Shire Council, Mr. M'Namee, P.M., and Mr. Buldock,…

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Scene at a Railway. Mother and Child's Narrow Escape

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 1

A remarkable scene of excitement was witnessed on the Port Melbourne platform of the Flindersstreet railway station on…

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Railway Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 March 1907 · page 4

A young man named Alexander Whitelaw, residing in Stammers, was knocked down by. a train this morning in the yard at Darling Harbor…

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East Greta Railway Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1907 · page 2

Our minoa representative states that the passenger traffic on tho East Greta Company's railway on Saturday was exceptionally heavy, owing to the schools exhibition in Maitland. The total number…

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Railways and Trams. a Week's Revenue

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 1

The railway revenue for the week ending February 23 amounted to £88,414, as against £79,423 for the corresponding week of last year—an…

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Franco-spanish Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1907 · page 3

The Governments of Franco anil Spain have agreed to construct a railway through the Pyrenees…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 2

A public meeting was held at Dungog on Tuesday night for the purpose of protesting against the adoption of the site chosen by Mr. Usher for the railway station at Dungog…

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Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 2

Andrew Bishop (57), a resident of Woodville, fell off a tram at the corner of King and Pitt streets, Sydney, yesterday, and received such injuries that he was admitted to…

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A Runaway Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 3

Twenty-five goods trucks and a brake van broke away at Turramurra on the North Shore line, last night. Being down hill, the runaway train got up considerable speed…

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Block Signalling on Railways. Alarming Revelations in America

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 1

Heretofore block signulling has been regarded as the one effective means of preventing the appalling catastrophes which occur with such…

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A Novelty in Tramway Tickets

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 3

At Qnincey, Illinois, the tramear companies have adopted a ticket which they hope will help train conductors to identity passengers riding…

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Railway Shortcomings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 3

A motion brought forward by Mr. W. Harvey, M.P., condemning, as excessive, the hours worked by railway servants was agreed to in the House of Commons…

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