Defence of Sydney. General Gordon on the Harbour Bridge
Brigadier-General Gordon, giving- evidence before the Royal Commission into the question of providing better communication between Sydney and North…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
1,332 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 67
Late Cable News. London, Saturday. Team and Train Collide
A collision between an electric tramcar and a train occurred on the San Martin railway, in Buenos Ayres, by which five persons were killed and 25…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Railway Accident
An accident of a very serious nature happened to Mr. Walter Thorpe, railway stationmaster at Gunnedah. It appears that while engaged in shunting on Sunday night Mr. Therpe was drawn under a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General. Cheap Railway Excursion
There will be a cheap excursion train from West Maitland on Monday next, leaving at 5.45 a.m. The fares will be at the rate of single fare and quarter for the double journey…
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There can be no question of doubt about the railway traffic—both goods and coaching—in connection with the West Maitland station being in a healthy and flourishing condition. Each month…
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The "Railway News" announces that the Great Central, Northern, and Eastern Railway Companies, with a capital of £160,000,000 and owning 2408 miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murrurundi Railway Accident. Charge of "Negligent Omission."
J. B. Dwyer (night officer) and W, Gibson (shunter) were brought up at the Murrurundi police Court on Monday afternoon, and tried for "negligent omission" in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway Work Steadily Proceeding
Steady progress is being made in connection with the work of constructing the first section of the North Coast railway, and daily increased activity and the widening of the scope of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of a Motorist
Cedrino, the well-known motorist, was killed on the Baltimore track yesterday. He was racing, when his ear skidded and overturned, with the result that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boys Hold Up Train
Three masked boys stopped and robbed a train in Montana, United States of America. Hundreds of passengers on the train became panic stricken. A rancher, who attempted to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chief Railway Commissioner
The Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce has been notified that the Chief Commissioner of Railways will pay an official visit to Maitland on the 11th instant, arriving at 9.15 a.m. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Tramway
Through the representations of Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., Mr. Frank Ward, secretary of the Maitland Tramway League, has been informed that the Minister of Works has consented to receive a deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horse Killed on the Railway
The goods train timed to reach West Maitland at 4.30 o'clcok, ran into a horse which had strayed on the railway on the East Maitland side of the High-street gates this morning, and literally cut it to…
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According to the "Daily Express" the Mid[?] Company may join the three other [?] in a proposed working arrangement to [?] competition. The proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed by a Motor Car
Reginald Gibbs, a young man, was placed on his trial at the Criminal Court to-day for the alleged manslaughter of Henry Weller. The Crown Prosecutor explained that deceased was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boys Hold Up Train
Three masked boys stopped and robbed a train in Montana, United States of America. Hundreds of passengers on the train became panic stricken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raworth Road and Drain
The difficulty which has arisen in connection with the Raworth drain and the Raworth-Pitnacree road, which the Tarro Shire refuse to recognise owing to the fact that they have not been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General. Another Horse Killed on the Railway
Another horse was killed on the railway at High-street about 6.30 last evening by a train of empty coal waggons coining from Newcastle. The animal got on the line through the gate…
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A meeting of members of the Maitland District Tramway League will be held in the Mayor's Room, Town Hall, to-morrow (Friday) evening, at 7.30 o'clock, to arrange for a deputation to interview the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Railway Facilities
Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., has made further inquiries at headquarters regarding the matter of improvements to the railway station at West Maitland and the yards and also with respect to the…
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