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Railways, roads & transport, 1909

1,317 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 66

Tramway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 March 1909 · page 2

Mr. Edward Spinney, of Bishop's Brige, met with an accident in High-street near Church-street on Saturday eveing. He was driving a pony which became fractious…

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The Maitland Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 4

Complaint having been mode with regard to the discontinuance of the practice of running each tram up to the sheds at East Maitland, and 'subsequently round the loop…

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Tramway-car Seized

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 2

To the right were ploughed field [?] the desperadoes from Chingford-road [?] electric tramway. They broke through [?]hedge and bounded across there [?]…

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A New Motor Cycle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 3

The "Max" motor cycle is a light and comfortable machine of the "runabout" type (writes a correspondent in the "Scientific american"), intended for short-distance…

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China Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 5

The British Government has authorised Sir [?] Jordan, its Minister at Peking, to the representations to China in regard to the [?]observance of the contract for the…

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Bulga Bridge

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 2

The Under Secretary for Public Works has forwarded Mr. J. Fallick, M.L.A., formal acknowledgment or receipt of a letter from Mr. H. E. A. Park, dated…

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Chinese Railway Loan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent at Peking states that it is expected that the German loan for the Canton-Hankow railway will be withdrawn because of the opposition from…

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Chinese Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 3

China is taking active steps to meet British wishes to prevent obstruction of the British section of the Tientsin-Yangsze railway construction works…

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Motor Cab Collision. Maximum Penalty Imposed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 3

At the Paddington P[?]kee Court on Monday, before Mr Raraett. S.M. a motor mechanic, Kenneth Gilroy, was charged with having negligently driven…

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Singleton to Cassilis Railway

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 2

About a week ago Mr J. Fallick, M.L.A. forwarded a letter from Mr. H. A. E. Park, of Bulga, to the Department of Public Works, urging the…

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Aeroplane Flights

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 5

[?] at Pau. France, watched two [?] of Mr. Wilbur Wright on his [?] the second flight Mr. Wilbur [?] accompanied him…

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Railway Picnic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 3

The yearly picnic of the railway employees and their families connected with the section of the Northern line from Singleton to Tamworth will be held on the local show ground…

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Electric Railways. Rapid Progress in America

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 4

The superiority of electricity over steam, not alone for suburban railways, but for all kinds of railroad operation, is strikingly illustrated by the experience of the St. Clair…

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The Maitland Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 4

A few days ago Mr. Frank Ward, secretary of the Maitland Tramway League, wrote to the Chief Railway Commissioner with regard to the delay in commencing the work in connection with the…

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Very Latest Cables. London, Thursday Afternoon. Motor Cars in Warfare

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 March 1909 · page 5

In order to test the practicability of motor cars in actual warfare, the Automobile Association conveyed a battalion of guards in full strength with baggage from…

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Aeroplane Flights

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 3

King Edward, at Pau, France, watched two successful flights of Mr Wilbur Wright on his aeroplane. In the second flight Mr Wilbur Wright's sister…

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Railway Disaster. a Runaway Train London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 3

A railway disaster has occurred in Montreal. The Canadian-Pacific express train from Boston dashed, at the rate of forty miles an hour into the…

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Mr. Wilbur Wright's Flifht. Terrified Houses on the Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 2

In brilliant sunshine, Mr. Wilbur Wright made two fine aeroplane flights in Pau France, on Saturday afternoon, February 6. One of them lasted fifteen minutes, during…

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Motor-car Mystery. Accident on a Welsh Cliff

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 3

Mystery surrounds the story of a motor-car accident in North Wales on Saturday night (said the "Daily Mail" on Wednesday, January 6), when Miss…

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Rival Railway Routes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 3

Some years ago the construction of a line of railway between Singleton, and Cassilis was a burning question locally, and there appeared to be pretty fair prospects of its…

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