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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 62

Norton Griffiths Contracts. Railway Lines Handed Over

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 September 1915 · page 2

A batch of railway works has been handed over by the State Government to Messrs Norton Griffiths and Co. for construction under their contract…

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School Children on Railways

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 September 1915 · page 5

Mr A. Griffith, the Minister for Education, states that as the railways arc owned by the whole public, and not only by that section whose children…

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Western Front Raid on Prussian Town. Military Railway Blown Up

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 September 1915 · page 6

London, Thursday.- Russian reports recieved at Amsterdam show that the french air raid at Snarbruck (in Prussia, south-east of Sàrlouis), had…

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Shocking Train Accident. Baby Killed; Mother Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 September 1915 · page 1

An accident which was attended with fatal results to a baby and terrible injuries to the mother occurred at Punchbowl railway station on Friday night…

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Decentralisation Railway Wanted. Public Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 September 1915 · page 3

On Saturday morning last two motor cars set out from Wingham for what is known as Rock's Crossing on the Nowendoc River. The Wingham contingent comprised:—Mr…

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Roxburgh Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 15 September 1915 · page 2

The following letter from the Director General of Public Works to Mr. M. Abbott, M.L.A. has bean handed to us for publication:—Sydney, 9th September, 1915. Sir,…

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Railway Employees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1915 · page 3

The railway employees at the Darling Harbour traffic depot are at present more or less restive over a matter which they claim amounts to unfair treatment. The…

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Industrial. Railwaymen's Demands. London, Sept. 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 September 1915 · page 5

The executive of the National Union of Railwaymen has commenced a week's conference at Swansea. Railwaymen, who ask an immediate advance of 10/ weekly,…

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Aeroplane Duel. Thrilling Combat. London, Sept. 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 5

Reuter's Agency in Paris states that one of the most thrilling aeroplane duels during the war occurred on Monday. A British machine, espying a more powerful German…

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Railway Collision. Trail of Accused

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 5

Signalmen Meakin and Tinsley and Fireman Hutchinson were charged before the High Court in Edinburgh with culpable homicide in causing the collision between a troop…

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Railway Workers Advised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 5

The Railway Conference has urged branches to refrain from il-advised actin, pending the completion of negotiations with the railway companies…

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Motor Tractors for £4O

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 6

Henry Ford, the great American motor car manufacturer, philanthropist and sociologist, has announced that he has perfected a…

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Railway Men's Pay. Substantial Increases

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 3

The long expected award covering the employees of the East Greta and Aberdare Railways was gazetted on Wednesday last. This award…

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Row on the Railway. Soldiers' Quarrel. Man Run Over by Train and Fearfully Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Saturday, A fight is alleged to have taken palce among a number of soldiers on the Granville railway station late last night. In the…

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The Cross Roads of Love Chapter XXX.—Continued

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 September 1915 · page 4

As the yellow flare again lit up the gruesome place, Audro, with a fastbeating heart, laid his hand on the key and threw the door open…

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Sectional Unionism. Railway and Tramway Employees

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1915 · page 11

In the School of Arts last week, Mr. Claude Thompson, general secretary of the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and. Tramway Service Association, delivered…

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Central Railway Station. to Be Completed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1915 · page 13

Mr. Cann Minister for Works, has advised the Premier that the preliminary staging in connection with the completion of the Central Railway Station in Sydney is being…

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Industrial. Railwaymen's Demands London. Sept. 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1915 · page 2

The executive of the National Union of Railwaymen has commenced a week's conference, at Swansea. Railwaymen, who ask an immediate advance of 10/ weekly,…

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Railway Men's Pay. Substantial Increases

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 September 1915 · page 6

Mr Claude Thompson, general secretary of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, writes:— "The long-expected award covering…

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Troop Train Attacked. by French Aviators. Paris. Sept, 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 September 1915 · page 5

Telegrams from Switzerland state that two French French surprised a German troop train between Donaneschingen and Villigen. They swooped up anil down the train on…

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