Floods at Bathurst. Railway Line Damaged
Floods, greater in their magnitude and more serious in their consequences than those which occurred 10 days ago, devastated the Bathurst district on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
1,317 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 66
The Maitland Tramway. Official Opening
A largely-attended meeting, under the [?] of the Maitland Tramway League. was [?] Town Hall last evening, for the purpose [?] arrangements for the official opening of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local and General News. Opening of the Tramway
A meeting of residents of East Maitland will be held in the Council Chamber, East Maitland, this (Wednesday) evening, to consider what steps…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Keeping House for a Railway
A writer in "Chamber's Journal" gives some interesting particulars of the work involved in providing minor goods and chattels and foodstuffs for a great railway, selecting one of the big…
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Complaint is made regarding the bad state of the North Coast Railway crossing at Rutherford, and Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A. has been invited by the Oakhampton and…
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At the request of the general meeting held at East Maitland last night, in connection with the opening of the Maitland tramway, Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., wired the Minister of Works…
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The contractors for the Gloucester-Taree section of the North Coast railway, Messrs. Rhys-Jones, Carter, and Company, Limited, lodged their security deposit, £8550, with…
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Another special trial was made of the Maitland tram this morning, for the purpose of ensuring everything being in correct working order in readiness for the opening…
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A largely-attended meeting of representative citizens of East Maitland was held last night in the council chamber, Mechanics' Institute, for the purpose of making arrangements for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Extension to Merriwa. Deputation to This Minister. Sydney
A large deputation to-day asked the Minister of Works to again refer to the Public Works Committee the question of extending the Northern railway from Muswellbrook to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mingled Metre. on the Roads
The road winds onward long and white, It curves in many coils, and crooks A beckoning finger down the height; It calls me with the voice of brooks…
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In regard to the matter of completing the tramway so far as the bridge is concerned, Mr. John Gillies has received a letter from the Public Works Department, dated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Muswellbrook to Merriwa Railway. a Favourable Reply
Mr. W. M. Fleming, M.L.A., accompanied by Messrs. Price, Fitzpatrick, Carmichael, Dooley, J. Miller, and R. Jones, Ms.L.A., and Messrs. R. G. D. Fitzgerald and J. C. White,…
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The subject of the connection of the Merriwa district with the main Northern line by a branch line of railway has again been brought under the notice of the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letter to the Editor. Maitland Tramway
Sir,—As a citizen of Maitland I am delighted to see that our long-looked for tram service is now an established fact. And I feel sure that anyone who has at all studied the reports of proceedings since…
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In reply to his telegram to the Railway Department yesterday regarding the opening of the tramway between East and West Maitland, and suggesting that the running…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The French Motor Races
According to the "Figaro," it is possible that the French President, M. Loubet, may attend the Gordon-Bennett race, and the Grand Prix de I'Automobile Club de…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Use for the Motor Car
The Great Western Railway Company has been the first of the great English railway corporations to awake to the fail that motor-cars can be utilised with…
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I've done with Gainsborough, straw and toque, My dresses are bound with leather, I turn up my collar like auto-folk,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Flight by Aeroplane. Wright's Record
Mr. Wilbur Wright, the American aero-planist, surpassed all records in mechanical flight on December 18 (says the "Daily. Mail") by remaining in the air for un hour…
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