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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1916

1,310 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 66

Railway Construction

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 8

The estimates of expenditure for public works and other expenses to be provided out of loan moneys, submitted in the…

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Women for Railway Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 7

During the past six months women have made an appearance in a number of walks of life which hitherto were considered to be exclusively reserved for men. One of the…

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Deluge of Rain. Railway at Stanford-merthyr Damaged. Stanford Merthyr

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 21

The thunderstorms experienced last yesterday afternoon was particularly, heavy at Stanford-Merthyr, where a perfect deluge of rain was experienced, accompanied…

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Opening of Railway to Belmont

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 4

The opening of the newly-constructed line connecting Newcastle with Belmont, Lake Macquarie, should prove of great convenience to tourists, shortening the…

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Motoring Fatality. a Priest Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 23

Father Barron (Bourke), Father O'More (Wilcannia), and Father Carrol (Brewarrina) left Brewarrina about 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning for Bourke, accompanied by Mr…

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New Railway Commissioners. Mr. Fraser Chief

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 24

At a meeting of the State Cabinet Mr. Fraser was appointed Chief Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Milne, Deputy Chief Commissioner, and Mr. J. H. Cann, ex-Minister for…

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Opening of Railway to Belmont

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 4

The opening of the newly-constructed line connecting Newcastle with Belmont, Lake Macquarie, should prove of great convenience , to tourists, shortening the…

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New Railway Commissioners

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 1

At a meeting of the Cabinet this week. Mr Frnser was appointed Chief Commissioner for Railways; Mr Milne, Deputy Chief Commissioner; and Mr…

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Railway Traffic Award. Substantial Increases in Pay

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 6

The long-looked-for award of the Railway Traffic Board was issued yesterday. A large number of employees are affected, and the award is one that…

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Railways in the Air. Over Niagara's Whirlpool by Cableway. an African Line and Troublesome Lions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 December 1916 · page 7

The recent completion of an ingenious aerial railway over the Whirlpool, some three mile below the famous Niagara Falls, calls attention to the use to these cableways, as they are…

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Holiday Train Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 December 1916 · page 4

Boxing Day is one of the most popular holidays of the year, and there is always a big exodus of town and district residents to Newcastle and other seaside pleasure resorts,…

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Daylight Saving. Effect on Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1916 · page 3

The Premier (Mr. Holman), on behalf of the Railway Commissioners, has been in communication with the Commonwealth Government respecting the Daylight Saving Act,…

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The City Railway. Eastern Section to Be Completed. Pleted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 December 1916 · page 5

The Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Ball) states that the Government proposes to proceed with what is known as the eastern section of the city railway—…

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Australian Aeroplane Squadron. Sydney, December 23

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 1

The Secretary of State for the Colonies has notified Mr. C. Alma Baker, the organiser of the Australian Battle Squadron Fund, by…

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German Plan in Roumania. to Keep Open the Road to Bagdad

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 7

The German Socialist weekly "Arbeiter politik" carries on the remarkable exposure of German Imperialist aims in the war begun by the Bremen "Burgerzeitung." The paper asks…

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Dashed Against a Tree. Railway Worker Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 3

David Fleming, 37, a railway worker, who lives with his wife and two young children at the Tumbaramba Railway Construction Camp, near Wagga, left the camp to catch…

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Daylight Saving. on the Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 2

The N.S.W. Railway Commissions have issued instructions to thier employees that clocks on all stations are to be put forward an hour at 2 o'clock on Monday morning. At…

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The Muswellbrook—merriwa Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 2

The residents of Merriwa are naturally looking forward with eagerness to the opening of the railway which is expected to take place early in the new year and thus extend…

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Gresford Motor Lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 4

Messrs. Grey and Hancock intimate by advertisement in this issue that thier motor lorry will leave Gresford at 5.30 a.m. on New Year's Day to meet the excursion train at Paterson at…

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Motor Revenue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 4

During the your an amount of £131/9/6 was collected at the West Maitland Police Station under the Motor Traffic Act for new registrations, transfers, renewals of…

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