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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

1,556 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 78

Letters to the Editor. the Long Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 4

Sir.—Your correspondent, Mr, John Dodds, is to be congratulated on the letter on the above subject in your Tuesday's paper. I see by the report of the…

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Construction of Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 4

Mr. Holman, in his policy speech at Cootamundra, had, 113 was to be expected, a good deal to any about the country's railways. The railways are far and away the State's…

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Killed on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 5

The body of William Maxwell, aged 18, a junior porter on the railway, was found lying near the rails between St. Leonards and Artarmon. It is supposed he either fell…

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The Exeter Railway Disasters. Damages for Negligence

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 2

In No. 1, Jury Court, Sydney, on Tuesday, the Public Trustee, as administrator of the estate of the late Alfred Charles Bray, brought an action against…

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Railway Smash Averted. Two Trains in Danger. Guard Prevents Disaster

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 3

The presence of mind of a railway guard is said to have saved the Parramatta train which left Sydney at 12.45 p.m. on Saturday from a possible…

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Road Dungog-Gresford

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 7

There, was a time when the residents of the Dungog and Gresford districts looked forward to the constructions of a road to connect…

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Letter to the Editor. Our Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 5

Sir,—Paragraphs and letters have frequently appeared calling attention to the Long Bridge That it is bad will not be denied but that is not the only piece of…

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Sydney to Newcastle Road. Wollombi Resident's Opinion

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 4

Mr. Thos. Barr, of Wollombi, writes as follows to the "Gosford Times" concerning the above road:—"In a recent issue a…

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Late Trams

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

In connection with the Maitland Musical Society's production on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings next, trams will leave Hunter-street for…

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Uncompleted Railways. Statement by Mr. Griffith

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 3

Mr. Griffith the Minister of Works in referring to a statement of Mr. Wade's to the effect that all the money sunk in the 14 uncompleted railway lines now under…

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City Railway Expansion. Electric Underground Rail Way Approved

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

It is estimated that about 50,000 suburban railway passengers engaged in business iu Sydney arrive every day between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.,…

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Double Motor Fatality No Bill Filed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 2

The Attorney-General has declined to file a bill against Stanley Clarke Greenaway, who was committed for trial by the Acting City…

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Stable Aeroplane Flight

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 16

Colonel Seely, speaking at the Wilbur Wright memorial banquet, held under the auspices of the Aeronautical Society on May 19, said that he had had the stability…

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The Wrong Seat. Train Passenger Fined

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 6

At the Wollongong Police Court on Friday, Robert Frew was charged that he did unlawfully take possession of a seat in a second-class railway carriage which had…

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Express in Peril. Boy's Train-wrecking Plot

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 5

How a Leeds to London express escaped being wrecked, with probable heavy loss of life, was related before the West Riding magistrate, who ordered Charles Griffiths, a…

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American Train Robbers. Pendleton (O.), July 3

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

Three robbers attacked the passengers in a car, on the Oregon - Washington railroad. During the fight that ensued a passenger, who happened to be a deputy - sherin…

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City Railway Expansion. Electric Underground Railway Approved

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 6

It is estimated that about 50,000 suburban railway passengers engaged in business in Sydney arrive every day between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 a.m.,…

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"New" Jerusalem. 'Delivered' to Improvements Tram Cars and Ferroconcrete

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 July 1914 · page 5

Demolition again threatens the historic walls of Jerusalem, press reports state, although the assault this time is not to be made by a hostile army, but by…

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Motoring Tragedy. Los Angeles, June 25

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

An automobile containing three men and two women dashed over Floofoot Bluff, White Point, a few miles north of San Pedro…

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Paris Day by Day. Murder on a Railway. Paris, May 15

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

An extraordinary crime was committed this morning, on the Nord railway, when a signalman was shot and killed in his box a few hundred yards from the station of Saint…

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