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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1916

1,310 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 66

Dubbo-werris Creek Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 2

Operations in connection with the construction of the Dubbo-Werris Creek railway line are proceeding satisfactorily. Pickering's gang is now…

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Propposed Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 2

The Council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce recently considered a letter from the secretaries of the Western Decentralisation League…

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Tram Collision. Three Women Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 4

A tram coming down George-street, Sydney, at 4.30 yesterday afternoon towards Circular Quay ran into the rear of another our damaging a portion of the car…

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North Shore Bridge. Bill to Be Introduced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 2

Mr. Cann, Minister for Works, intimated yesterday that early in the coming session he will ask Parliament to piss a measure authorising the construction of the Sydney…

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Railway and Tramway Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 4

The Executive of the Railway and Tramway Service Association is considering the advisability of urging the Government to secure the passing of a special act to…

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The Bathurst Robbery. Railway Clerk Committed for Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 6

The case arising out of the robbery of £535 in gold and notes from the Bathurst railway station some weeks ago, when the booking clerk, Herbert Arthur Elbourne (23),…

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Railway Damaged. Washaways on Southern Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 6

Washaways occurred on Tuesday night on the Cooma line between Queaub van and Tuggeranong, and also between the latter place and Royella. They were so far apart…

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Aliens Dismissed. Victorian Railway Works

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 4

The Victorian Railway Commissioners, when reducing the staff at the Newport Workshops, found some 70 men at work there bearing foreign names…

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Railway Commissioners

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 1

The State Cubinet on Monday considered,a bill to reconstitute the Board of Railway Commissioners, and to provide for a different system of…

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Motor Cycling Record

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 3

At Werribee (Vic.), on Tuesday, J. Booth, on a 7-h.p. Indian, broke, the world's motor cycling'record for half a mile. He covered the distance in 18…

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The Railways. Increase of £1,000,000 in Wage Account

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 7

The Minister for Education spoke on Tuesday night at a meeting of the Annandale Political Labour League, concerning the recent industrial claims affecting the wages of…

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Railway Commissioners

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 1

The State Cabinet on Monday considered a bill to reconstitute the Board of Railway Commissioners, and to provide for a different…

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North Shore Bridge. Bill To Be Passed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 8

One of the first things Mr Cann will ask Parliament to do after the resumption of the session will be to pass the necessary bill authorising the…

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A Soldier's Death. Fall From a Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 15

Private Thomas Francis McGrath, aged 19. of B Company, Fourth "Battalion, encamped at Liverpool met with fatal injuries near Gosford on Sunday morning…

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Bonuses and Speeding Up. Opposed by Railway and Tramway Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 6

At the annual conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Service Association in Sydney this week, a motion was moved, on behalf of the Randwick branch…

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Tramp Through Snow. Nurses Ordeal in the Balkans. London, Dec. 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 11

[?] of their long west ward trail through Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania still clinging to their topboots and uniforms, a large party…

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The Bathurst Robbery. Railway Clerk Committed for Trial

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 16

The case arising out of the robbery of £535 in gold and notes from the Bathurst railway station some weeks ago when the booking clerk, Herbert Arthur Elbourne 23)…

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Tram Collision. Three Women Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 13

A train coming down George-street, Sydney, at 4.30 on Tuesday afternoon, towards Circular Quay ran into the rear of another car, damaging a portion of the latter car…

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No Speeding Up " Rail and Tramway Men Object. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 6

A motion was passed at the annual conference, of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association opposing the bonus, and a committee of fire…

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Australian Motor Requirements. Dodge Brothers' Car. Specially Adapted to Colonial Needs

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 3

The advent of Dodge Brothers' new car in the Australian market has been welcomed by many interested in the introduction of a car especially…

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