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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

1,556 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 78

The Railway Murder. Starchfield on Trial. London, Tuesday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1914 · page 5

Extraordinary interest is being taken in the trial at the Old Bailey of John Starchfield on the charge of the murder of his son, whose strangled body was found in a London…

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Free Travelling. School Children and the Railways

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 April 1914 · page 2

In the State Legislative Assembly on Monday evening Mr. Henley asked whether it was correct. as stated in the press that the Government was about…

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Motor Driver Sentenced. Five Years' Gaol

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 April 1914 · page 3

Arthur Brown, the motor-car driver who had been found guilty of manslaughter, was brought up at the Central Criminal Court,Sydney, on…

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Railway Bridge Collapses. Twenty Lives Lost. Batavia April [?]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 2

A train was delayed on a bridge near Tanjong, Priok owing to a collision with a buffalo, and in a few minutes the bridge collapsed, the engine and five carriages…

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Telarah and Rutherford Proposed Tram Extension

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 4

Mr. S. W. Conyers, of the Public Works Department, who has [?] deputed by the Minister to visit Maitland in [?] with the proposed tramway [?] from…

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School-Children and Railway Travel

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Henley wanted to know whether it was a fact, as reported, that Cabinet was about to consider a…

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North Coast Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 9

We learn that an effort will be made to run a train from Taree to Kendall during Easter week. It appears that the arrangements cannot…

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A Neath Case. Horse and Motor Cycle Collide

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 3

A case, arrising out of the death of a horse at Neath, was decided in the Kurri Small Debts Court on Wednesday, when John Bailey…

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Railway Boiler Bursts. Coal Train Wrecked

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 11

A serious railway accident occurred at Port Augusta (S.A.) on Saturday afternoon, resulting in an engine, tender, and 26 trucks, valued at £6000, being smashed to peices…

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Across the Sea by Aeroplane. Mr. Wanamaker's Plans. a Dream of Science. New York, Feb. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 13

Mr. Rodman Wanamaker estimates the cost of the large aeroboat now building here to fly across the Atlantic next summer at £10,000, and he is prepared to spend £20,000…

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Picture Shows on Railway Trains

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 7

The long and somewhat tedious journey across Siberia by rail will shortly be rendered more agreeable by a novel means. It is stated in the…

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East Maitland Railway Station

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 4

Lieut.-Colonel Nicholson, M.L.A., has received a communication from the office of the Chief Commissioner of Railways addressed to the Town Clerk, of which the…

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Railway Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 4

L?eut.— Colonel Nicholson, M.L.A., is in receipts of an official communication from the office of the Railway Commissioners, acknowledging receipt of his endorsement on…

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Railway Fatality. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 5

A man was run over and cut to pieces last night near Gosford by the Brisbane mail train. He is believed to have been a ganger named Costello, but the identity of the…

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Chinese Railways. London, April 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 5

The Peking correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that a British firm has obtained the Nanking-Hunan railway construction concession, which is the most…

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The Five Grey Bandits. Flight in Motor Car with £2000 Jewels. Paris, Feb. 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 12

A daring band of burglars is at work in the Riviera. Early yesterday morning four men, masked and wearing grey suits and grey caps…

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The Railway Murder. Starchfield on Trial. London, Tuesday evening

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 2

Extraordinary interest is being taken in the trial at the Old Bailey of John Starchfield on the charge of the murder of his son, whose strangled body was found in a London…

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British Railway Men. National Union Recognised. London, March 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 2

The railway companies have appointed a committee to meet a committee from the executive of the National Union of Railway-men to discuss the conditions of…

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The Railway Commissioners

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 6

The appointment of Mr. Harper, Mr. Richardson, and Mr. Fraser, as Railway Commissioners, is considered to be more judicious than sending to…

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Free Travelling. School Children and the Railways

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 1

In the State Legislative Assembly on Monday evening, Mr. Henley asked whether it was correct. as stated in the press. that the…

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