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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 62

New Railway Time-table

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 November 1915 · page 6

The now railway time-table will come into operation to-morrow (Sunday), November 14. The Brisbane mail will arrive from Sydney at 8.55…

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"The Tumbler." Aeroplane That Annoys the German Gunners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 2

"Our aeroplanes are marvellous," says a quartermaster-sergeant, writing from the Flanders front to his home in Leith. "One in particular," he says in his letter…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 4

Good progress is being made with railway work between Wauchope and Kempsey. A quantity of steel work for the Wauchope Bridge has arrived. At Cooperabung the…

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Classification of Main Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 4

Mr. R. E. Jones, Local Government Engineer, received a deputation at, the Tarro Shire office, East Maitland, this morning, the members of which urged upon him the…

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Selling Wool & Produce Inspection of "John Bridge" System

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 3

Over 150 country newspaper proprietors visited the wool and produce store of John Bridge & Co. on the 29th October last, for the purpose of making…

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Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 4

When coming down Campbell's Hill last night in his motor car, Mr. Fred Eales, of Duckenfield, met with an accident, in which he had a very lucky escape from…

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Bottle Thrown from Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1915 · page 4

On November 7 a bottle throw from the up Melbourne express, between Maldon and Picton, struck and badly injured a fettler. The Chief Commissioner for Railways drawns…

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Road-making Machinery. Questions in the Council

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1915 · page 2

At the meeting of the West Maitland municipal council last evening answers were given by the town cleark (Mr. W. J. Saunders) and clerk of works (Mr. C. S…

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Selling Wool & Produce. Insie[?]tion of J Hn Bridge" System

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 November 1915 · page 1

Over 150 country newspaper proprietors visited the wool and produce store of John Bridge & Co. on the 29th October last, for the purpose of making…

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Sydney Wool and Produce Reports FOR week ending November 13 1915: John Bridge and Co. Ltd., Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 17 November 1915 · page 1

Wool. — At our Thursday's sale we found the market at its best, all sound wools being appreciably dearer. We sold the well known Laura clip from Bundarra to 18½d…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 November 1915 · page 5

The decapitated body of a girl between 15 and 16 was found on the railway near Lewisham station at four o'clock this morning. The trunk was between the rails of the up…

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Beheaded on Railway Line. Unknown Girl' s Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 November 1915 · page 2

Sydney, Wednesday.—The decapitated body of a girl, aged between 15 and 16, was found on-the railway under the West-street bridge, near Lewisham…

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Third Rail Test. Railway Gauge Unification

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 November 1915 · page 1

At Tocumwal, on the border of New South Wales and Victoria, an official test was made on Friday of the Brennan and the Wilkius switch points,…

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Railway Trouble Threatened. Increased Wages Demanded. Seven Days' Notice

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 November 1915 · page 2

Members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers employed in the railway service are dissatisfied with the rates of pay they are receiving under the…

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Roads Blocked

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 2

Dr Lane, who has been relieving Dr Bowker for a few days, had a run of bad luck on Monday night. He received an urgent call to Wards…

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North Coast Railway. Cost of Construction

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 7

In the Legislative Council yesterday, Sir Allen Taylor moved the adjournment of the House to draw attention to the cost of construction of the North Coast, railway…

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Third Rail Test. Railway Gauge Unification

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 8

AT Tocumwal, on the border of New South Wales and Victoria, an official test was made on Friday of the Brennan and the Wilkins switch points, operating a…

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Attempted Train Wrecking. Youth Sentenced

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1915 · page 9

In the Adelaide Criminal Court, before Mr. Justice Gordon and a jury, Sydney Smith, aged 17, was arraigned on a charge of having placed four sleepers and an iron gauge on…

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Anti-zeppelin Aeroplane. New British Machine. Christiania, Nov. 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1915 · page 12

The "Aftenpostens" London correspondent describes the British anti-Zeppelirr aeroplane of two-hundred horse-power, which rises eight thousand feet in twenty…

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Local and General News. Bishop's Bridge Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 November 1915 · page 4

A meeting of the committee which conducted the recent Bishop's Bridge race meeting in aid of the Dr. Murry Orphanage will be held in St. John's Schoolroom…

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