Bicycle Road Race
A sweepstake road race was held on Saturday, under the auspices of the local Bicycle Club. The race was from Neath to Cessnock and back,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
1,317 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 66
The Urgent Railway Question
The following letter appeared in the Daily Telegraph.—Your capable sub leader of the 15th iest., lays stress on the loss and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbrook-m[?]rriwa Railway. the Minister Favourable
Mr. Thomas, M.P., on behalf of Mr. Fleming, M.P., on Friday introduced to Mr. Leo, the Minister of Works, a deputation which urged the construction of a railway from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality at Homebush. Stationmaster Killed
Mr. Albert Francis Ellis, 58, who had been for about six years in charge of the Homebush railway station as stationmaster, was knocked down and killed by a train…
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Sir,-A list of the seventeen estates that it is proposed to resume has just been published. The area is given as 406,000 acres; no estimate of the cost is…
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Recently G. C. Bodkin, a worker at Clarence, near Lithgow, at the request of the union, visited Cowra to see if the dispute then in progress could be settled…
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The Peking correspondent of the "Times" states that President Taft telegraphed to the Regent of China emphasising in friendly but unmistakable terms American rights in the Canton—Hankau…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Railway Smash. Train Falls Over Bridge. Two Killed, Fourteen Injured. Brisbane
A serious accident occurred to the passenger train which leaves Roma at 6 30 am. on Saturday. The train, when on a spot 175…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Invention. Mr. Watts' Bream
[?]ty years ago, Mr. A. J. Watte, a in Perth, hegan to see visions and dreams of the conquest of the air. at his earnings in the purchase of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Very Latest Cables. Aeronautic Classes. Generous Gift for Aeroplane. London. Monday afternoon
The Imperial College at Kensington, the North-ampton. Polytechnic, and the Regent-street Polytechnic have commenced classes for the study of aeronautescs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Accident. Toowoomba Residents Injured
In addition to those already mentioned the following resident of Toowoomba were in the accident:—Mrs. Merritt, suffering from shock; Mr. W. Smith, contractor, slight injuries to the back…
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While Dr. Haris, locum tenons for Dr. King, who was recently temporarily disabled through a fall from his bicycle, was returning from Ally[?]brook last evening Per…
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It is not considered likely that the Railway Commissioners will much longer tolerate the waste of time inflicted upon long-distance Northern passengers by running the mail trains from…
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The tenders which opened last month for the second section of the North Coast railway from Dungog to Gloucester, have not yet been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbrook-Merriwa Railway. the Minister Favourable
Mr. THOMAS, M.P., on behalf of Mr. Fleming, M.P , on Friday introduced to Mr. Lee, the Minister of Works, a deputation which urged the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Muswellbrook to Merriwa Railway. Deputation to the Minister
Mr Thomas, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Works on Friday a deputation which asked that a line of railway be constructed from Muswellbrook to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Disaster in Queensland. Two Passengers Killed. Several Others Severely Injured
The passenger train which left Roma for Toowoomba at 6.30 a.m. on Saturday, was derailed shortly after midday on Saturday, at a spot about five miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways and Population
It is an elementary principle that population follows railways, or, as it may be otherwise expressed, railways induce settlement. The experience…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Muswellbrook-Merriwa Railway. The Minister Favourable
Mr Thomas, M.L A., on behalf of Mr Fleming, M.L.A, on Friday intro duced to Mr Lee,.the Minister of Works, a deputation which urged the…
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Satisfactory progress continues to be made with the first section of the North Coast railway. The great majority of the men are now employed between Wallarobba and Dungog, the…
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