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Railways, roads & transport, 1915

1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 62

Bulgarian Railways. Sofia

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 2

A Ministerial order definitely suspends railway communication with Turkey. Petrograd, Monday…

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MUNITIONS. Railway Men's Offer

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 2

The Deputy Chief Commissioner is in receipt of further offers from railway men to assist in the local manufacture off munitions. Communications…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 July 1915 · page 6

The construction of the fifth section of the North Coast railway, which has been proceeding apace for some times past, is now being somewhat interfered with, as the war…

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Russia's Giant Aeroplane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 5

The giant illa Mormouretzi aeroplane fought three German machines in the vicinity of Cholm (40 miles eastward of Lublin), at an altitude of 8000 feet…

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Storming Gallipoli Heights. Terrific Bombardment. an Aeroplane Attack

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 6

Sergeant Bert Markwell, of the Divisional Ammunition Column, who when last heard from was on board a transport off the Dardanelles, has written to his…

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Railway Men and Recruiting. a Union Resolution. Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 2

The Newcastle enginedrivers, firemen, and cleaners have resolved, at a meeting, that in view of the Government closing the half-year with a surplus, it…

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Motor Laundries at the Front

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

The latest use to which the automobile has been put by the warring armies of Europe is that of a laundry for the field hospital corps. The…

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Wise Tramp

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 4

He was nothing but a tramp, a modest, retiring, tramp, one of Nature's noblemen kind; and when in answer to his timid knock a young matron opened the…

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Bishop's Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 10

" At a meeting of the Girls Patriotic League held on Saturday, great enthusiasm was shown. The members are all working hard to complete the first case of goods to…

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The Cross Roads of Love Chapter Xv. (Continued)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 4

At the first glance Ramsay had recognised Vinney. He remembered having seen him in the shop in Marketstreet, Barnchester…

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Motor Laundries at the Front

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 5

The latest use to which the automobile has been put by the waning armies of Europe is that of a laundry for the field hospital corps…

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Desperate Struggle Railways Still Intact. Russian Public Confident. London, July 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 5

The public are absorbed in the desperate struggle for Warsaw. The communiques show that the Russians are holding all vital points on the front, and the essential…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 3

The construction of tho fifth section of the North Coast railway, which has been proceeding apace for some time past, is now being somewhat interfered with, as tho war…

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Singleton Police Court. Thursday, July 22nd. (Before Mr R. H. V. Allnutt, P.m.) Drunk in Railway Carriage

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 4

A man, prosecuted by the Railway authorities for having been drunk in a railway carriage, was ordered to pay a fine of £1, with 11/- costs; or go to…

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Electric Railways; Mr. Cann's Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 7

The Minister for Public Works, Mr. Cann, who has charge of the City Railway Bill, now at its second roading stage in the Loglsiative Assembly, says that it is proposed to…

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North Coast Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 4

The construction of the fifth section of the North Coast railway, which has been proceeding space for some time past, is now…

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Damaged Wool Consignments. Railway Commissioners' Attitude

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 4

We have been requested by John Bridge and Co., Ltd., to publish the subjoined correspondence:— Sydney, June 10, 1915…

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Silent Snipers. British Used Armoured Motors

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 4

London, Friday.—The "Times" correspondent at Mitylene states that, the Turko-German shipers are now using a new device to render their shots…

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John Bridge and Co, Ltd., Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 July 1915 · page 1

Wool.—We sold greasy fleece from Moree to 15½d at our Monday'a sale. The wool was of excellent length, and for all such lots the demand is exceed…

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