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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

1,232 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 62

Proposed Tramway Extension

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 4

The Director-General of Public Works has written to Lieut-Colonel Nicholson, M.L.A., under date February 1, as follows:—" Referring to the letter dated December…

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The Denman-muswellbrook Motor Lorry Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 6

Nearly all the money required for the purchased of a motor lorry for the use of Australians at the front has been raised in Muswellbrook and Denman. Readers are aware that…

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Bridge Making Attempt. Builders Scattered. Material Seized. Cairo, Feb. 3, 10.30 p.m

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 3

Last night the Turks, south-east of Ismalia, planned an attempt to cross the Canal. They were allowed to bring the…

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The Very Latest. Canada and United States Frontiers. Attempt to Blow Up Bridge. German Arrested

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 2

Vancouver, Tuesday Night.—An attempt has been made to destroy the railway, bridge across St. Croix River; the international boundary between the…

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Motor Boat Regulations

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 3

Those who own motor boats [?] 20 feet and over are required to have their boats registered, if they intend letting the boats for hire or reward in carrying…

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Aeroplane Attack. Copenhagen, Jan. 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 12

Berlin newspapers are circulating a report that aeroplanes drooped bombs on Dortmund (20 miles north-east of Essen), doing considerable damage. Twenty-one…

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Aeroplane Attack. Copenhagen, Jan, 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 12

Berlin newspapers are circulating a report that aeroplanes dropped bombs on Dortmund (20 miles north-east of Essen), doing considerable damage. Twenty-one…

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The Enemy in Canada. Railway Bridge Destroyed. Montreal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

The railway bridge connecting Montreal with Halifax and other Atlantic points, has been destroyed by dynamite. Eagerman, and officer on the steamer Van…

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The Enemy in Canada. Railway Bridge Destroyed. Montreal ,Tuesday

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

The railway bridge connecting Montreal with Halifax and other Atlantic points, has been destroyed by dynamite. Eagerman, an officer on the steamer Van…

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A War Picture. on a Hospital Train. Relief From Horrors

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 5

The ambulances drive up from the direction of the thunderstorm that never ceases, thread their, way through the litter and confusion of the marshalling yard at…

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Germany's Threat. to Destroy British Shipping. the British Attitude. German Aeroplane Captured. Fighting in Poland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 5

Germany's warning to peaceful shipping approaching the west and north coast of France has aroused indignation in Sweden, it is interpreted as a fresh blow at the…

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The Dusty Road. Putting Tommy to Rest. Pen Picture of War

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 5

"Funeral party here, sir," says the orderly, putting his head in at the door of the sunny orderly-room. You look out of the window and see that a company has been halted in…

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Bridge Making Attempt. Builders Scattered. Material Seized. Cairo, Feb. 3, 10.30 p.m

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 3
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

Last night the Turks, south-east of Ismalia, planned an attempt to cross the Canal. They were allowed to bring the…

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Motor Lorry Fund

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

Mrs. E R White, president of the Denman Branch of the Red Cross Society, desires to acknowledge recipt of the following further donations to the motor lorry fund:—Mrs…

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Motor in War. Triumph of Touring Car. Doing a Glorious Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 5

The Allies and the Germans live on their motor car service. So says John Prislean in London Daily Mail. The chief point which strikes one about the…

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Dubbo-young Motor Car Test

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 8

The day of high cost in motor car travelling has past, judged by, the Dubbo-Young run by the famous Humberette, 2-seater car (costing £190), for…

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North Coast Railway. Proposed Deviation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 10

A public meeting at Grafton was addressed by delegates from Woolgoola in favour of causing further inquiry respecting a deviation in the North Coast railway…

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Serious Explosion. Motor Launch on Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon a sensation was caused in Lavender Bay, near the baths, when flames shot up from a motor launch in which a party of about 16 persons was…

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The Patriotic Fund. Votes to French, Motor Lorry and War Food Funds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 6

Important business was transact at a combined general meeting, of the Maitland and District Patriotic Fund and the mayoress' Patriotic Fund, held at the Town Hall…

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