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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

1,332 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 67

Burglars at Cooma. Railway Safe Blown Open

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 2

A DARING burglary was committed at tho Cooma Railway Station early yesterday morning, the safe being blown open, and £149 in…

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Railway Accidents

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 2

Prior to the rising of the legislative Assembly on Saturday, Mr O'Sullivan referred to the replies made by the Treasurer to questions regarding the…

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Russian Affairs. Completing Siberian Railway London. April 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 3

M. Stolypin, Premier of Russia, spoke in the Duma yesterday on the necessity of completing the Siberian railway as originally proposed. White admitting that the railway…

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Inspection of Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 4

Mr. Newell, an officer of the Public Works Department from Newcastle, accompanied by the Mayor (Major Cracknell), Alderman Russell and Taylor, the council's overseer…

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Bridge Accidents. Unpleasant Experiences

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 3

Whilst painting the Nowra Bridge on Saturday one of the young men engaged on the work had rather an unpleasant experience. When working on…

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Fatal Train Accident. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 2

Connie Riley, a middle-aged woman, seriously injured while boarding a train for Guildford at the Central Railway Station on Saturday afternoon, died…

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Drought-stricken Districts. Train Loads of Starving Stock

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 4

The Orange district, with others, is feeling the effects of the dry season, which is on a par with the drought of 1902. The surrounding district is in a…

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New York to Paris Motor Race. Across Snowy Fields. Vivid Description

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 3

Signor Antonio Scarfoglic, one of the drivers of the Zust car in the New York to paris motor race, continues the relation of his struggles to Chicago in thue brilliant despatch to the London…

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Shipping Inconvenienced. Railway Commissioners Blamed. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 5

The recent arrangements made by the Railway Commissioners at the coal shipping yards, at Carrington, is causing very considerable inconvenience and loss to shipping companies, and is even…

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Russian Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 5

The Duma has adopted the Amur railway bill…

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The Great Motor Race

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 3

Owing to a thaw, the Alaska route for the motorists engaged in the New York to Paris race has been rendered impracticable, the competitors going…

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The Drought Districts. Train Loads of Starving Stock. Orange

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 4

SINCE March 28, 82 cattle waggons, 495 sheep trucks, and 388 D-trucks, filled with starving stock, have passed through the district en route…

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Shortage of Railway Trucks

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 2

IN the Assembly, the other evening, Mr. Fleming asked the Colonial Treasurer,— (1.) Is it a fact that there is a constant demand for at least one-third more stock…

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Year in a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 5

From Salzburg writes the vienna correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph") comes a story of an extraordinary bet made by a commercial traveller, resident in that city, which he has just…

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Train Transit for Farm Produce

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The strikes, the week, and the bar harbour troubles of the steamship people. show up once more the disabilities that farmers on the coastal rivers labour under…

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Bishop's Bridge Progress Association. (From our Correspondent.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 6

The seventh annual meeting of the above association was held at Mr. V. Moore's Hotel on Monday evening. The vice-president (Mr. A. Spinney) occupied the chair…

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School at Redbournberry Bridge. Department of Public Instruction, Sydney. 7th April, 1909

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 3

Sir.—Referring to the formal application for the establishment of a public school at Redbournberry Bridge (Singleton Common), I have the honor to…

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Private Land Subdivisions. Railway Facilities

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 5

BONA FIDE land seekers with a fair amount of capital have had excellent opportunities during the past three months of seeing first-class properties…

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Railway Smash at Murrurundi. Mail Trains Collide. Many Passengers Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 5

Just now Maitland is the abiding-place of sensations and alarms, the proximity of the town to the scene of the brutal murder at allandale having agitated the community…

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