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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

1,527 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 77

North Coast Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 16

The weather conditions during the past few months have been most favourable for the work of railway construction, and considerable progress has been made on the…

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Victorian Railway Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 15

A statement has been issued by the Victorian raiLWay Commissioners, sHow In the position of the railway accident, and fire insurance fund, at the close of the…

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French Railway Strike. Paris Isolated. London. Oct. 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 2

Five hundred railwaymen in Northern France have struck, but the passenger traffic is unaffected. Reuter's correspondent at Paris states that the…

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French Railway Strike. Intimidation Rampant. London, October 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 5

According to the Northern Railway Company of France, the majority of the platform and station hands will remain on duty. The strikers are firing revolvers at those remaining on duty,…

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French Railway Strike

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 2

There is a great strike of railway employees in progress in France. Passenger traffic is completely suspended, and a famine is…

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Government Action. Railways to be Kept -Bunning

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 7

M. Briand, Prime Minister, and M. Mulerand, Min. for Works and for Posts and Minister for Works and for posts and Telegraphs, declare that the railway…

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Railway Smash in Queensland. Warned Too Late

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 2

Two trains left Houghton Valley for Charters' Towers on Tuesday morning, at 10.30, loaded with timber and coke, running some distance apart. All went…

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French Railway Strike. Paris Food Supply Short. Electricians Stop Work. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 3

owing to the railway strikes in France, British passenger traffic to the Continent is demoralised. On the last trip of the boat from Calais to Dover there was not…

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Bush Fire Case. Verdict Against Railway Commissioners

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 2

An action commenced before Mr Justice Sly and jury In the Wagga Circuit Court on September 30, in which Mrs Mary Elizabeth Watson, of Gerogery East…

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French Railway Strike. Serious Fighting. Troops Charge the People. Five Thousand Miners Lose Work. (By Cable). Paris

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 October 1910 · page 3

The situation in Paris is very grave and hostilities of a seroius nature has begun. Blood flowed this morning. The police…

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Very Latest Gables. the French Railway Strike.contlict Over. London. October 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 October 1910 · page 3

In the midwya [?] in France the men in pairs are gradually resuming. The latest news from Palis is that M. Briand. the Premier has smashed the stile. Which is now practically…

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John Bridge & Co.'s Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 3

Fur Skins.—Everything under this heading was practically unchanged, except opossum, and these were reported as being 1s to 2s per dozen lower. Our…

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Very Latest Cables French Railway Strikes. Bomb Exploded. London. Oct. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 5

A bomb exploded in Paris at midnight the residence of M. Massard, a municipal councillor. Three people were injured considerable damage was…

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Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 4

Mrs. Thos. Judge, of High-street, met with an accident, last evening that might have had very serious result. She was a [?] on a [?] proceeding to Church-street, and being under…

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French Railway Strike. More Leaders Arrested. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 4

The ringleaders of the strike were arrested at the office of the socialist organ "L'Humanite," where they had foregathered. The arrests were made in the…

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Another Transandine Railway. Buenos Ayres

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 2

Another Transandine railway, to cost nine million pesos of gold, from Argentine to Chili, has been authorised…

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Railway Worker Murdered

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 October 1910 · page 2

The Commissioner for Police at Brisbane has received advice from Jondaryan to the effect that a man named Kelly, working on the railway near that place,…

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John Bridge and Co. Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 1

Fur Skins: Everything under this heading was practically unchanged, except opossum, and these were reported as being 1s to 2s per dozen…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 5

An unknown man was Knocked down and cut to pieces by a train near Horns[?] last night. His head was completely severed…

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French Railway Strike. Resumption Op Work. London, Oct. 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 October 1910 · page 5

The committee of the French railwaymen on strike has decided to recommend the men to resume work everywhere. A bomb which was flung at the entrance of a…

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