The Railways. Government and commissioner
The Premier (Mr. M'Gowen) on Tuesday night made an important statement regarding the attitude of the Government towards the Railway Commissioner…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
1,744 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 88
Road Machinery
In view of the attitude of the Wallarobba Shire Council in regard to the road making plant that it was suggested they should…
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Heel and toe, to the West I go, Apace to the redbreast's ditty; Sinless eyes on the smokeless sides, Three leagues away from the city!…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wickham-hexham Road. Tarro Shire Council Blamed
A deputation, [?] by Mr. Estell, M.L.A., asked the Minister of Works yesterday to repair the road between Wickham and Hexham. It was stated that the road was in the Tarro…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Muswellbrook-merriwa Railway
During, the past week or two several, surveyors and other Government officials have visited Muswellbrook for the purpose of making investigations and obtaining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allyn-Paterson Railway League
A meeting of the Allyn-Paterson Rivers District Railway League will be held in Allyn-brook Hall on Tuesday night next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Railway Accident. Young Man's Sad End
STANLEY ASHER, a fine, strapping young man, employed as a porter at Tarro, was fatally injured on Wednesday morning by being…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bishop's Bridge Races
The race meeting held at Bishop's Bridge on Saturday last was well attended. The racing was good and an enjoyable afternoon's sport was witnessed. Mr. J. B. Spinney, as…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railway Porter Mangled. Pell Between Train and Platform
A shocking railway accident occurred at Tarro on Wednesday morning, when Stanley Asher, a young man employed as a railway porter, was crushed between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Song of the Road
Heel and too, to the West I go. Apace to the redbreast's ditty; Sinless eyes on the smokeless skies, Three leagues away from the city!…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Minister and Railway Commissioner
Referring to Mr.Dacey's complaint about being merely "a rubber stamp," Mr.Billaon, minister for railways in Victoria, says be is not aware that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Commissioner and His Critics
Speaking at the presentation or medals and cretificates to the members of the Newcastle Railway and Tramway Ambulance Class, Mr. T. R…
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Whether our new railways and large duplications are constructed by day labour or under the contract system, it is very necessary that special attention should be paid…
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The English railways have decided upon further curtailments of their services. The Maitland Railway is advancing sums from the understanding that the unemployed will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chapel Built by Tramps
In the hills near Garrison-on-the-Hudson, New York, is a handsome, substantial chapel, which will long withstand the dements and be pointed out with pride by the wandering…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shocking Railway Accident. Young Man's Sad End
Stanley Asher, a fine, strapping young man, employed as a porter at Tarro, was fatally injured on Wednesday being crushed between a moving passenger train and the platform, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Navvies' Strike. Four Hundred Men Out
On Monday morning some hundreds of men on the ninth section of the North Coast railway, South Grafton, known as "Two-mile Camp," refused to turn to, and were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Control. Commissioner's Power Absolute
Replying to a deputation from Newcastle which waited upon him requesting, among other things, that a level crossing which had been closed by the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Cross Country Railways Gilgandra to Curlewis Favoured
For years the western pastoralists have clamoured for cross-country lines, but there having always been a number of rival routes, so far nothing has been decided…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →American Railway Disaster. Several Lives Lost. Danville (Iii.) March 8
Five persons lost their lives, and many others are believed to be dying, as the result of a railway smash on the Wabash line. The train was derailed, but the cause of the…
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