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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1916

1,310 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 66

GANGER v. Railway Commissioner. Important Industrial Case

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 June 1916 · page 5

A matter of important to railways gangers was decieded by the chief Industrail Magistrate (Mr Addison) at the water police Court, Sydney…

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Railway Women. Their Quickness and Adaptability

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1916 · page 2

The railways to-day represent a very vital link in the chain of the wonderful mechanism of warfare. The paramount consideration of the railway companies is the…

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Scientific Striking. Why a Tramway Employee Was Dismissed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1916 · page 3

The case of Arthur W. Buckley, tramway traffic organiser of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, has been brought under the notice of the Deputy…

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Fatal Motoring Accident. Boy Killed at Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon the coroner at Goulburn held an inquest at Collector touching the death of a boy named Reid. The evidence showed that on the previous afternoon…

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Carlingford to Singleton Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 4

An agitation is on foot to obtain a railway from Carlingford to Singleton, and at the meeting of the Baulkham Hills Shire Council it was decided to co-operate with…

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Train Detrailed. Accident at Riverstone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1916 · page 6

As the 5.40 train from Sydney to Richmond was leaving Riverstone last night, it jumped the points at the end of the platform on at a line leading to a siding. After travelling…

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Motor Car Turns Turtle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 June 1916 · page 3

A motor car accident which might have bad very serious consequences occurred on the Nundle Koad near Piallamoreon Sunday afternoon. It appears that Mr Johnson, of…

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Crockery at Railway Stations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1916 · page 4

A new regulation covering deposits on crockery at Railway stations will come into force on Saturday. Station masters and other officers have been notified that from July 1…

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Railway Workers' Union. Important Development. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1916 · page 4

There was an important development in the Industrial Court to-day in connection with an application for the cancelation of the registration of the Railway Workers and…

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Accident to Stock Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 June 1916 · page 5

A combined goods and live stock trains became divided in the Culerin-Breadlebane section, about 50 miles from Sydney, last night. The rear portion collided with…

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Motor Tax

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 June 1916 · page 4

Mr. Black Chief Secretary, states that it has recently been discovered that certain persons have obtained "public vehicle" licenses under ordinance 47 of the Local Government…

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Railway Proposal. Carlingford to Singleton

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1916 · page 3

An agitation is on foot to obtain a railway from Carlingford to Singleton, and at the meeting of the Baulkham Hills Shire Council it was decided to…

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An Interstate Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 3

Documents are being prepared to convent the Railways standing Committee into a Royal Commission to work with the Public Works Committee of New South Wales, which…

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Victorian Railway Men. Increased Pay Sought

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 11

A deputation, representative of enginemen and firemen and [?], employed on the State railways, waited privately on the Victorian Railway Commissioners and asked for…

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Scientific Striking. Why a Tramway Employee Was Dismissed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 14

The case of Arthur WV. Buckley, tramway traffic organiser of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, has been brought under the notice of the Deputy…

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Fatal Motoring Accident. Boy Killed at Goulburn

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 10

On Saturday afternoon the coroner at Goulburn held an inquest at Collector touching the death of a boy named Reid. The evidence showed that on the previous afternoon…

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Railway Smash. Sheep and Cattle Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 5

A railway accident near Broadalbane on Wednesday night caused considerable delay to the traflic on the southern line, the mail train arriving in…

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The Railway Depot

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 6

A report having gained currency in town that the of the railway depot from Singleton was contemplated, it was folt that such a stop would be…

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The City Railway. Excavating in Three Months. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 6

The Minister for Works anticipates that there will be no delay'in building the city railway. The exeavations will be started within three months. The…

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Sensational Smas[?] Runaway Horses and Motor Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 July 1916 · page 5

There was a sensational co[?] Campbell's Hill last night, when [?] runaway horses dashed into a moto coming in the opposite direction, [?]…

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