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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1916

1,310 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 66

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 16

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 16

Travel-worn but cheerful, with the mud of their long westward trail through Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania still clinging to their topboots and uniforms, a large, party…

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Randwick Workshops Strike. Deputation to Railway Commissioner. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 3

A deputation representing the whole of the unions concerned in the Randwick work-shops dispute presented an ultimatum to the Deputy Chief Commissioner which they…

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Tramway Mechanics. Out on Strike

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

About 500 mechanics employed at the Randwick. tramway workshops struck work on Monday morning in sympathy with a number of shop boys who were dismissed…

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Sydney City Railway. Work to Start in April

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

The Minister for Public Works announce on Monday a start will be made with the construction of the City railway in april next…

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Travelling with Fever. Railway Passenger Fined

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 8

Carl William Bradhurst was brought before the Central. Police Court, Sydney, on Thursday, to answer an unusual information…

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A Doctor Fined. For Assaulting Railway Porter

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 8

W. H. Read, a medical practitioner, was proceeded against at the North Sydney Police Court on Thursday on a charge of assaulting John Joseph…

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The Motor World. Dodge Brothers Motor Car. A Great Success

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 3

First shipments of the Dodge Brothers Motor Car have been landed, and more than fulfil the, anticipations formed concerning the general excellence of…

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Cyclist and Motor

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 6

Mr Harry Buchtmann, of Boundary street, Singleton, was the sufferer in what, may be termed a two-chapter accident on Tuesday night last. He is…

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Wheat Capsized. Accident to Goods Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 6

An accident occurred at Clyde on Saturday, when a southern goods train was being shunted into the reception yard. The axle of one of the trucks broke, and…

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Italy. Railway Collision. Rome

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 5

A passenger train from Ancona for Castlellamare came into collision with a troop train at Pedaso station. Ten people were killed, and 40 injured…

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Randwick Tram Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 March 1916 · page 5

The Randwick tram-shops trouble trouble gives no promise of the immediate Settlement that was hoped for this morning. The boys who are on strike held a meeting outside the…

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North Shore Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 3

In the Assembly last week the Minister for Works proceeded with his motion that it was expedient that the construction of a bridge to…

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Trans-australian Railway. a Difficult Situation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 2

In September last Mr. D. L. Gilchrist, who had been employed as clerk in the Kaigoorlle depot of the trans-Australian railway line created a stir by making grave…

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Motor Car Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 2

A motor car struck a train at the level crossing at Nelson, (N.Z.) on Saturday. The driver, Hallam, was thrown between-two waggons over the…

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Wheat Capsized. Accident to Goods Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 6

[?] accident occurred at Clyde on Saturday when a southern goods train was being shunted into the reception yard. The axle of one of the trucks broke, and…

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Sydey Wool Sales. John Bridge & Cp. Ltd., Averages Holding Well

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 1

It has been our privilege recently to report a number of sales by John Bridge and Co., in which the averages have stood out well. At their most…

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Slow-down Advocates. Denounced by Railway.. Commissioner

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 2

Addressing a meeting of railway men at Newcastle on Saturday, Mr. Milne, Assistant Commissioner for Railways, aid that the pollution of the…

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Motor Car Bogged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 2

The unusual sight of a motor car being bogged in our streets was witnessed in Sydney Street on Tuesday when a locally owned car became…

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Italy. Railway Collision. Rome

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 5

A passenger train from Ancoma for Castlellamaro came into collision with a troop train at Pedaso station. Ten people were killed, and 40 injured…

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