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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

1,556 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 78

A Huge Claim. Railway Corruption. New York, July 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1914 · page 5

A minority of the shareholders in the Now York, New Haven and Hartford Railway Company are fining Messrs. William Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, Lowis Ledyard, and other…

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Motor Dashes Into Log. Narrow Escape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 July 1914 · page 7

Mr, L. Leeds (of Messrs. J. S. Leeds and Company), and Messrs. James Dalton, jun., and H. Glasson (of Dalton's, Limited), were motoring near Dalton's Kangaroobie Station, about…

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East Greta Railway Fatality. Adjourned Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 July 1914 · page 5

The adjourned inquest touching the death of john McInerney, an old resident of Fishery Creek, who was Monday, killed at what is known as Mclnerney's Crossing, on…

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Trans Australian Railway. Section Earning Revenue

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 July 1914 · page 4

At the Port Augusta end of the transAustralian railway 95 miles of rails have already been laid, and that section of the line was thrown open to limited…

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Railway Corruption. a Huge Claim

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 July 1914 · page 2

New York, Monday.—A minority of the shareholders in the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railway Company are suing Messrs. William Rockefeller,…

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Horse Shies at Tram. Constable Seriously Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 July 1914 · page 2

A hourse attached to a dray, shied on the Botany road, Mascot, this morning just as a tram was passing. The shafts crashed through the…

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Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 July 1914 · page 1

Mr John M'Inernoy, a very old resident of the Maitland district, was killdont of the East Greta railway on, Monday, when he was knocked, down by a…

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Home - Made Aeroplane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 5

Mr. Delphos Badgery , the Moss Vale airman, and son of the late Mr. Andrew Badgery, f Sutton Forest, made a very successful flight around Jimburien. Hill in an aeroplane built…

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Wangat Road. To the Editor

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 6

Sir—I ask space per medium of your columns to refer to the statements made at the recent meeting of the Wallarobba Shire Council…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing.—Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing Facts. 1.—A General Survey of the Situation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 5

Among the several schemes of momentous national import that have been undertaken by successive Federal Governments since the inception of the…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing.—Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing Facts. I.—a General Survey of the Situation

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 5

Among the several schemes of momentous national import that have been undertaken by successive Federal Governments since the inception of the…

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Bishop's Bridge Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 4

Further particulars regarding the sad fatality at Bishop's Bridge yesterday show that the unfortunate man. Henry Thomas Whyburn, 37 years of age, was out in the bush with his…

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The Muscle Creek Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 2

At a recent, meeting of the local Municipal Council the Mayor reported that the Muscle Creek bridge was in a dangerous state and a…

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North Shore Bridge. Definite Promise

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 7

The Premier replied on Friday to a published Statement of the secretary of the Sydney and North Shore Bridge League, suggesting that the Government was insincere in regard to the…

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The Great Western Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 4

Penrith is just celebrating a centenary which is of great historic interest in the settlement of the Australian Continent, the centenary of the commencement of the…

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Man's Narrow Escape. Falls Between Train and Platform

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 7

A young man made an attempt to board the 11.20 train for Homebush on Saturday night at the Central Railway Station, Sydney, as it was moving out, but slipped between the train and…

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The Miracle Train. Is It a Commercial Possibility?

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 12

The Flying Train is a marvel certainly. I have just come from seeing it, and ray mind is awhirl with the possibilities it suggests. There is so much more behind the…

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Landslip on Railway Line

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 10

A serious landslip occurred on the Southern railway line, near Exeter, on Tuesday night. Without any warning tons of soil came down, completely blocking both lines…

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The National Railway. Vital Link Missing.—Condobolin-Broken Hill Cap. An Analysis of the Position, and an Array of Convincing Facts. 1.—A General Survey of the Situation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 3

Among the several schemes of momentous national import that have been undertaken by successive Federal Governments since the inception of the…

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State Coal Mine. Surveying Railway Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 2

Mr. A. E. Amphlett, Government Surveyor, and his party are at present in Lithgow surveying the proposed route of the railway line in connection with the State coalmine…

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