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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 62

Darling Harbor Railway. Trouble

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 December 1915 · page 5

The Chief Commissioner, having refused to reinstate a man suspended for alleged insubordination at Darling Harbor, that depot has been declared…

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Motor Car and Cycle, £300 for Broken Leg

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 December 1915 · page 6

Sydney, Friday.—Wallace M'Donald, a bricklayer, obtained a verdict before Mr' Justice Pring and a jury to-day for £300 owing to alleged negligence of an…

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Darling Harbor Railway Trouble. Signs of Spreading

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 December 1915 · page 6

Sydney, Friday.—The Darling Harbor strike shows signs of spreading. At a meeting at the Trades Hall today an endeavour was made to see Mr…

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Submarine. Destroyed by Aeroplane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1915 · page 5

In the "Matin" (paris) British Sub[?]lientienant Viney and French Lieutenant Desineay describe the destruction of an enemy submarine off Middlekerke (Belgian coast)…

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State of Cessnock Shire Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1915 · page 4

Owing to the continued dry weather matters are beginning to look serious so far as the roads of the Cessnock Shire are concerned (writes our Mines…

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Furious Outburst. Kaiser's Road to Constantinople

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1915 · page 7

German fury at the measures to block the Kaiser's road to Constantinople is vented in a communique circulated by the official Wolff Agency on October 7. Rage…

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Drunkenness on Trains. Action by Railway Authorities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 December 1915 · page 3

The Railway Department has been disturbed by the disclosures regarding the behaviour of certain sections of military men in the metropolitan district, who evade…

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Local and General News. Railway to Merriwa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 December 1915 · page 2

The Merriwa "Standard" says that a start is to be made at once to complete the Wybong Bridge, the bridge inspector and his men having…

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The Very Latest. Mesopotamia. German Fears and Aims. Sinai Railway. Geneva

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1915 · page 5

The Geneva "Journal de Geneva", states, that the Germans place great stress on the efforts by the Turks in Mesopotamia, which is being connected with Persian…

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Presentation to Railway Official

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1915 · page 4

Mr.O. James, formerly District Superintendent of Railways at Goulburn, who has been transferred to Orange, was presented by the outside traffic staff of the Goulburn district with a pair…

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Fatal Fall From Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1915 · page 5

Sergeant Norman Neal, a guard at Liverpool concentration camp, was fatally injured late night by falling off a train. HIs head was badly smashed, but despite…

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Motor Mechanic Fined. License Suspended

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1915 · page 3

John Craufurd, motor mechanic, of Randwick, appeared before Mr. Macfarlane, S.M, at the Central Summons Court, Sydney, to answer a charge of having, on…

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Wallabies Start. 365-Mile Tramp

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1915 · page 2

The north-west route march to Sydney was commenced yesterday. This will probably be the longest march yet proposed, as 356 miles have to be covered to march Sydney. The…

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Railway Improvements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1915 · page 4

Very shortly, it is expected, the traffic overbridge at Regent-street will be opened for traffic. The steel and brick work have been finished, and the metalling of the…

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The Railway Service. New Pay Rates

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 December 1915 · page 2

Sydney, wednesday.—Mr Crow, representing the unions, has been advised by the Railway Commissioners that all workers and assistants in the service…

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An Open Road

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 5
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

"Germany claims neither supremacy nor tribute. What she does demand is an open road for the development of her strength and compensation for the…

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Better Roads Cut Living cost

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 2

The building of good roads is the most important factor which the shires and municipalities must consider in the next few years. The…

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Upper Hunter Dry Road

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 2

A meeting of the Upper Hunter Dry Road Committee was held at Moonan Flat on Saturday afternoon last. Owing to a…

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News by Wire. Motor Car Accident. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 5

Through being run Into by a motor car in Centennial Park early this morning, Miss Maud Norris received concussion of the brain, and Private Charles Mackie, on leave…

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