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Railways, roads & transport, 1913

1,906 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 96

Motor Car Fuel

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 2

London, Tuesday.- British Motor Car Company has fitted 1500 cars With a device for'burning a mixture of paraffin and petrol, the cost being 10[?]d…

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Main Roads

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 6

The Minister for Works, Mr Griffith, states that the claims received from the local bodies respecting main roads are out of all…

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Road to Timber Reserves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 4

At the instance of Councillor Hector, the Tarro Shire Council Sought co-operation of the Lake Macquarie Shire Council in endeavouring to secure a special grant for…

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Main Road Maintenance. Scientific Methods Advocated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 7

The opening of the 13rd session of the Engineering Association of New South Wales was held in Sydney on Thursday evening. The president (Mr. G. A. Julius) was called…

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Mme. Sarah Bernhardt. Exciting Motor Accident Los Angeles, March 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 5

Madame Sarah Bernhardt, while our motoring met with an exciting accidents, A motor truck collided with her automobile, and almost completely wrecked it…

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N.s.w. Government Railways. Easter Holidays Chief Excursion Trains

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 3

CHEAP Tickets at Single Fare and a Quarter for the Double Journey (minimum rates 2s first-Class,and 1s second-class) will be issued by the…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool. Market. John Bridge and Co.'s Report

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 6

No sales have been held this week, but the same inquiry shown for any wools available, but, of course, the quantity is very limited. London news…

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Trial of 20 Motor Bandits. the Intellectual Anarchist. Paris. Feb. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 10

The trial began to-day of the seventeen surviving men and three women of the gang motor bandits who for many months last year terrorised Paris. The gang was…

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The Gay City of Genoa. Drawback of Dilatory Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 9

"A Wanderer," writing from Genoa to the London "Daily Mail" states:—I want to reason with the Italian Government and people. I want to offer to their…

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Annual Railway Picnic. Trip to Quirindi

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 7

The annual picnic of the railway employers belonging to the Singleton, Tamworth, Manilla and Baraba section of the Great Northern line was held in the new…

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Railway Construction Work

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 7

At the railway men's picnic at Quirindi on Saturday, Mr. W. G. Ashford. M.L.A., complained of the slowness with which the railway duplication works have been…

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Motor Smash. Four People Badly Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 16

Mr. E. K. Wolstenholme a well-known Bathurst orchardist, states that on Thursday, when coming into Bathurst from Mudgee, on his motor bicycle, and when about twelve…

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North Coast Railway. Work Pushed On

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 6

Good progress is being made with plate-laying at this end of the South Grafton-Glenreagh section of the North Coast railway. The foundations for the…

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Road-making Machinery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 4

The use of road-making machinery by municipalities and shires is proceeding with fair rapidity, but not so quickly as would be the case if the economic…

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Taree Show Special Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 4

Taree's first show special involved no loss to the M.R.A. and H. Association, as the revenue from it aggregated £118/5/10, or £36/15/ above the guarantee, a very good…

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Railway Time-tables

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 2

Residents of the mining towns often complain that Government railway time-tables are not procurable at railway stations on the East Greta Company's lines. The…

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French Motor-car Bandits. Speeches and Poetry From the Dock. Paris, Feb. c

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 3

The second day of the trial of the twenty surviving members of the noto[?]s baud of intellectual Anarchists known is the motor bandits to-day was occupied by the…

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Motor Bandits. Sensation at Freman[?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 3

A men named Breadon, who is an engin[?]or and sarveyor, told the Fremantle police a sensational story. He says he was Thursday night,…

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Snowed-up Train. Christiana, March 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 5

The train which was showed-up near Bergen during the recent storm is still unable to proceed on its journey and ski-runners are now conveying food to the passengers…

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Road Plants in Country Districts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 2

A rather serious situation has arisen in connection with the administration of shire councils employing road-making plants in the Wagga district. These plants, worked…

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