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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
1,611 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 81
The Imperial Government is arranging for the construction of a railway connecting the Nigerian tinfi[?]lds at Bauchi with the Barodano trunk line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What is regarded by the police as a deliberate attempt to wreck the mail train from Launceston took place shortly after 6 a.m. on Sunday. As the train approached the city…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A question which embraces public health and public utility is being discussed by the British engineering journals, viz., whether the dust which arises from tarred roads is injurious to the eyes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Monday afternoon the Local Government Association waited on the Chief Railway Commissioner with regard to carriage of gravel and metal for road-making purposes. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Bohemian twin sisters, Yosefa and Rosa Blazok, who are inseparablys [?] together by a ligament in the same fashion as the Siamese twins, on arriving from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday was the closing date for tenders for the construction of the ninth section of the North Coast railway. Only two tenders were received, but the prices were not made known. Either the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday afternoon a shearer named James Mack (45) was run over on the railway line near Cleveland-street tunnel, Redfern, and fatally injured. When…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The claims branch of the Victorian Railway Department is still engaged in settling claims for compensation received from passengers and relatives of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Following upon the verdict recently given for £3120 damages in an action brought by Mrs. Watson against the Railway Commissioners in respect of a bush fire last year, many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What is regarded as a deliberate attempt to wreek the mail train from Launceston to Hobart (Tas.) took place shortly after 6 a.m. on Sunday. As the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sale Council (Victoria) is leading a movement for the purpose of securing, if possible, the construction of a railway line through Gippsland to the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Frederick Herbert, who was empoyed on a ballast train between Fassifern and Awaba, met his death in a shockingly suddoe manner, while at work shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A young man named Joseph Milligan, a resident of Bolwarra, was the victim of a railway accident last night. Milligan was travelling with a companion on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Brigades Commission sat again to-day. Mr. Charles Bown, chairman of the late board gave further evidence of the transactions of J. T. Bown and company…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious motor accident occurred between 8 and 9 o'clock on Wednesday at Lyndoch (S.A.) A motor car, driven by Mr. Bert May,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The proposal to connect Newcastle with the South Maitland mining townships by a more direct line than the present was referred to by speakers at the East Greta Company's luncheoh to the Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A powder magazine in the Keating mine. Raderburg, Montana, has exploded. Six people were killed, and two others were injured. The force of the explosion was heard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A strike has paralysed the traffic on 1000 miles on the Mexican branch of the Southern Pacific Railway Company. The company refuses to grant demands for increased wages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wanganui, Now Zealand, boasts a well-equipped fire brigade, and claims the distinction of having been the first Australasian town to adopt self-propolled fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →M. Brequet made a world's speed record biplaning with a passenger at Douai. He covered [?] miles in 69½ minutes…
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