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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Shocking Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 3

A shockins fatality occurred at the Hamilton railway station, a few minutes after 11 o'clock on Wednesday night the victim being a young man about 2[?] years…

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Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 4

A ballast train, while returning from Blackall extension to Jericho (Q.), on Wednesday night, ran into a bullock on the line. Several trucks were…

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Railway Robberies. Detective Convicted. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 6

The arrest was recently effected of a detective named Brooks, who was in the employ of the London and Northwestern Railway Company, on charges…

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Very Latest Cables. London, Monday afternoon. Railway Thefts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 5

Henry Lee, clerk in the London and NorthWestern Railway parcels office, has been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for theft. Five others were remanded…

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Milk Van on Fire. Railway Sensation at Liverpool

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 2

When the Goulburn express train was entering the approach to Liverpool railway station on Friday afternoon, the townspeople noticed that the milk…

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Railway Meeting

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 2

A meeting in connection with the Minembah to Morrissett Railway will be held at 8 p.m. to-morrow evening at the Council Chambers, for the purpose…

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Bishop's Bridge and Sawyer's Gully Progress Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 4

The annual meeting of the above committee will be held at the Wentworth Hotel on Monday evening next at 8 o'clock. Nominations for the executive must be in the…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Railway Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1908 · page 3

In the SUpreme Court to-day, John Beilby Smith, dentist, sued the Rilway Commissioners for £2000 damages for injuries received in a railway accident at Werris Creek in June last…

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Railway Robberies

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 April 1908 · page 2

Henry Slee, a clerk in the parcels office at Euston station, the London terminus of the London and North-Western line, has been sentenced to 18…

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Railway Development Minembah to Morrissett

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 April 1908 · page 2

A public meeting, convened by the Singleton Progress Association, was held at the Council Chambers last evening, for the purpose of forming a league…

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Singleton Letter Mi-nembah to Morrissett Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 3

On Wednesday evening a meeting was held at the Municipal Council Chambers Singleton for the purpose of forming a league in connection with the movement to have a line of railway…

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Serious Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 5

Particulars of a railway accident near Harefield show thata special stock, train. comprising two engines and 10 trucks, when on the down crude became uncoupled in…

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Case Against the Railways. Removing a Sick Passenger

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 4

THE right of the Railway Commissioners to remove a passenger from a train if he is regarded as being too ill to travel was the subject at issue in…

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Railway Train Accident. Tracks Derailed. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 4

A special stock train comprising two engines and forty tracks, was proceeding to Wagga to-day, when four miles from June the trucks became…

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Suggested New Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 4

Recently the Hinton Progress Association communicated With the Bast Maitland Municipal Council, directing attention to what it doomed a necessity, viz., an alternate…

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Grants for Roads and Bridges Refused. Mr. Lee and Local Government

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

What the Minister of Works had to any to two deputations which waited upon him in order to induce him to make grunts for alleged needed works should be of…

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Motor Omnibus Man. a Day in His Life. Trying Ordeal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 3

Apropos of the recent strike of motor 'busmen in London a contributor to the " Daily Mail" of 4th January wrote as follows:—…

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A Flooded Railway Line. Collarenebri and Wagett

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 5

The mails and passengers are still being carried on trollies to Collarenebri East no train having run since the 13th ultimo. No goods are being carried consequently there…

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Railway Dangers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 12

The New South Wales railways enjoy and deserve a splendid reputation for safety for travellers. It is imperative that this reputation should be maintained, and any practices that…

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Railway Sensation at Liverpool

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 14

When the Goulburn express train was entering the approach to Liverpool railway station on Friday afternoon, the townspeople noticed that the milk van attached to the passenger…

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