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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

1,527 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 77

Awful Tram smash. San Francisco

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 2

A horrible tram smash occurred yesterday in Oakland. Two trolley-cars laden with picnickers, chiefly women and…

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Ruin for Motorists. Terrors of New Legislation in Austria

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 3

Consternation has been caused among motorists by the new law regulating motor traffic, the full import of the measure having been expounded by Dr. Emil…

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Public Works Committee Muswellbrook-merriwa Railway. Hearing in Singleton. A Misapprehension

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 May 1910 · page 3

The Public Works Committee, compris ing the Hon. F. FJowors, M.L.C. (Chair nan), Hons. W. F. Hurley and W. Dick, MsL.C, and Messrs Davidson, Dacey,…

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All British Aeroplane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 5

Sir Mar[?] Samuel has donated 1000 guineans to the Aero Club funds to constant an all-British aeroplane for Mr. Graham White's flight from London to Paris…

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John Bridge and Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 1

Last week's sales resulted in the establishment of a higher basis of values for opossum skins than has over been known before in the history…

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The Bridge of Blessings. Britain's Greatest Triumph in Egypt. "The Egyptian question is a question of irrigation."—Nubar Pasha

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 6

The sun was blazing hot at nine in the morning as we trotted across the desert on our way to the great Dam. Yet along the river front at Assuan a pleasant breeze…

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Kidnapped by Motor-car. Woman Abducted on Her Way to Church

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 2

'An extraordinary daring attempt to kidnap a young married woman is reported from St. Etienne, Paris. The wife of a local wine merchant when walking to church…

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The North Coast Railway. Taree-gloucester Section

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 7

Good progress continues to be made with the work on the Taree-Gloucester section of the North Coast Railway. The contracters. Messrs. Smith and Timms, are…

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Chinese Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 5

The shanghai corresponded of the "Morning post" reports that an agreement for a loan of [?]4.000.000 for the construction of the new Tientsin Pukow railway has bee[?] signed. The loan will…

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Railway Construction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 4

Comcident with the railway policy of the Stute parliament, announced last week by Premier Wade, interest has centred in those schemes which are already projected…

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Railway Time-table

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 2

Some changes for the winter passenger traffic on the Great Northern railway line have been announced to commence from Sunday next :—On the Northern line the train now departing from…

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Control of Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 3

[?] Correspondent of the Times" [?] that the situation in Congress is [?] integread" Republicaus in the Senate [?] the Republican leaders to accent…

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Motor Fatality in Berlin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 3

Count Oriola, a member of the German Reichsting, who has been Field in a motor accident in Berlin, left a fartune of [?]3,000,000…

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Government Railway Policy a "Death-Bed Repentance."

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 3

In the opinion of Mr. Beeby, the Labor member for Blayney, the railway policy of the Government, enunciated by the Premier last week, is to be…

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New Winter Railway Time Table

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 2

The winter time-table comes into force on Sunday next. Only one alteration in existing arrangements is involved, and that is that the passenger train—Sydney…

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Opening Up Pilliga. Railway to Be Built

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 3

"The Government has decided to build a line into the Pilliga Scrub. The railway is going into the scrub :you can make up your minds about that."…

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Tramway Superintendent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 4

Mr. N. J. Munro, an officer who has been 25 years in the Railway and Tramway Department, and who has been acting as relieving officer at Broken Hill, Newcastle, and other tramway…

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U. S. Railway Workers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 5

Arbitrators have awarded the Baltimore-Ohio rates of wages to trainsmen and conductors on New York lines east of Buffalo, similar to the Delaware-Lackawanna and…

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The Muswellbrook—merriwa Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 3

According to published accounts the good people of Singleton were recently surprised when at the sitting of the Public Works Committee they were informed that the residents of Merriwa and…

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[?]wellbrook—Morriwa Railway

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 4

[?] Public Works Committee met [?] Parliament House on Tuesday to [?]ther consider the expediency of constructing the railway line from…

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