Railway Expenditure
The attention of the Minister of Works has been drawn to the effect that it is his intention to double the railway construction now being carried on in this State, and that…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
1,556 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 78
Aeroplane Fatality Paris, Feb. 3
Licutenant Deivort and Captain [?] fell white aeroplaning at. Bourges yesterday, and were both killed…
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The quarterly railway returns, just published, show the way in which the wind is blowing. There is an increase of £235,000 in the revenue from the railways, and…
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Some excitement prevailed at Junee on Sunday night. As the mail train was about to leave the platform, a terrific report was heard. The train had…
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The German railway from Dar-es-Salam, in German East Africa, to Lake Tanganyika, has been completed. The line will exercise an important influence on the economic…
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A committee meeting of the Motor Cycling Club was held, at which the run card for the balance of the season was drawn up. On Saturday the 7th the club is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Serious Railway Collision Breakdown in a Tunnel. Great Damager to Rolling Stock. Newcastle Thursday afternoon
A serious collision occurred this morning between Adamstown Station and Cardiff Tunnel between goods trains. Extensive damage was done to rolling stock, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Larkin's Failure. Tramway Losses Cheerfully Borne. London, Feb. 4
Mr. Murphy, chairman of the Dublin Tramways, at a meeting of the company, stated that the strike had caused a shrinkage of £20,000 in the receipts, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Grievances. Round-table Conferences. Capetown, Feb. 4
Mr. H. Burton, Minister of Railways, replying to a deputation from the Cape railway drivers and firemen, yesterday accepted the suggestion for the holding of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Horses Killed by Train
When the Sydney-Glen innes train was leaving Muswellbrook about 12.30 a.m. yesterday morning, and was crossing Hill-street, in the [?] of the Bank of…
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The following officers have been elected:—Rector's warden, Mr. E. Troy; people's wardens, Messrs. A. Spinney and H. Dean; committee, J. Spinney and J. Carter…
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The recent local government elections have brought up the perennial subject of controversy, "Our Roads, and how to improve them." We are frequently told by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Road-making Plant. Enterprise of West Maitland Council
New methods, of road-making are rapidly supplanting antiquated conditions of working. Scientific measures are being widely adopted, consequently many local authorities are…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sad Occurrence at the Railway Station. Man Drops Dead
The passengers who, yesterday forenoon, were waiting on the platform at the local railway station for the arrival of the Sydney bound train,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fowl Play. the Motorist's Menace
Toot, toot, too-o-o-t! (writes Ian Hay in the "Dully Mail"). The punctilious motorist, bowling along the open highway at 20 miles an hour, had espied…
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Senior-constable Dolman and Constable Chinner at Cessnock succeeded in effecting an arrest in connection with the case, mentioned in last evening's issue, of a…
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Giving evidence before the Federal Royal Commission on Powellised Timber at Parliament House, Adelaide, on Wednesday, Joseph Timms, a railway contractor,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Johnson's Farewell. Development of Railways
Mr. Johnson, late Chief Commissioner of Railways, was tendered a farewell reception by the technical officers of the Railway, and Tramway Department in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Russian Railway Issue. St. Petersburg, Feb. 1
A 4½ per cent. railway loan of £26.000,000, at about 93. is to be issued on February 15…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Murder. Verdict Against Father. London, Jan. 30
The inquest was concluded to-day into the death of William Starchfield, aged 7, who was found strangled in a railway car at Shoreditch…
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