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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

1,378 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 69

Str[?]ers Refuse to Resume. Tramway Workshops' Trouble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 10

The [?] unions conferred on Friday afternoon and decided to make straight-out a de[?]lte request to the boys at the tramway workshops, Randwick, to resume…

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Sydney City Railway. Government and Railway Commissioners

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 11

A disagreement has arisen between, the State Government and the Railway Commissioners in regard to the construction of the first section of the city railway in…

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Uniform Railway Gauge. South Australian Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 3

The Premier of South Australia (Mr. Vaughan), when in Melbourne last week, referred to the question of uniform railway gauge, which, he said, was of great…

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New Garage at Cessnock. the Motor Car Industry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 9

A new up-to-date motor garage for, Messrs. A. E. Sternbeck and Son, of Cessnock, was formally opened on Wednesday afternoon in the presence of a…

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Motor Launches and petrol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 July 1917 · page 3

Mr. W. Bennott, M.L.A., has received the following information from the Superintendent of the Explosives Department, in reply to his inquiry recording the application…

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Tramway Boys Still Out

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 July 1917 · page 4

The Randwick boys are still on strike. The chief Commissioner will thus be compelled to close down the shops tonight throwing one thousand men out of employment…

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NEWS By Wire. Surprise for Motorists Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 5

Motorists in the city got a great surprise this morning, being stopped by policemen who demanded their names and addresses, and compelled them to show their licenses…

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The Randwick Boys Still Refuse to Work. Dislocation of Tram Service. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 2

The Randwick tramway workshops' boys refused to resume work to-day. The Commissioners informed the unions that the Randwick works will be closed…

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City Railway. All Work to Stop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 July 1917 · page 7

When sufficient work has been done to enable the unsightly obstruction to the lower end of macquarie-street,sydney,within the old Government house grounds area to be…

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Attempts to Wreck Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 July 1917 · page 2

Three deliberate attempts, were made on Monday to derail the train on the Western line. At about 3 o'clock the driver of the train on the up line near…

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Motor Collision. Alleged Negligence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 July 1917 · page 4

Further evidence regarding the sensational meter collision, which occurred on the Maitland Cessnock Road on June 10, was taken at the West Maitland police Court today…

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City Railway. Work to Cease

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 July 1917 · page 1

At the conclusion of a meeting of the State Cabinet on Tuesday, the Acting-Premier, Mr Fuller, said:—We have reaffirmed our previous decision…

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The City Railway. Statement by Minister. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 July 1917 · page 2

Mr Ball to-day said: “It is plan that when the cessation of work on the city railway will be complete, excavations and fences will be left…

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Motor Collision. Alleged Negligence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 2

Further evidence regarding the sensational motor Collision, which occurred on the Maitland-Cessnock Road on june 10, was taken at West Maitland Police Court yesterday, be,…

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Progress of Revolution. Train Loads of Refugees. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 4

A cable to a San Francisco Chinese news paper from Peking says that fighting began yesterday at Lang Fang, 3[?] miles south-west of Peking, between the Monarchial and…

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Progress of Revolution. Train Loads of Refugees. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 4

A cable to a San Farncisco Chinese newspaper from Peking says that fighting began yesterday at Lang FAng, 35 miles south-west of Peking, between the Monarchial and…

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Cessnock District News. Proposed New Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 2

The secretary of the Cessnock District Chamber of Commerce. Mr. C. Ker,r is in receipt of a plan showing the route of the railway of a plan showing the route of the railway proposed to be constructed by the…

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Cessnock District News. Proposed New Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 2

The secretary of the Cessnock District Chamber of Commerces. Mr. C. Kerr, is in receipt of a plan showing the route of the railway proposed to be constructed by the…

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Tramshop Boys. Strike Likely to Last

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 7

The strike at the tramway workshops at Randwick is not likely to be soon over it is, in fact, fast resolving itself into a fight to a finish. The Railway…

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"Berlin to Bagdad" Railway. What the Germans Intended

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 July 1917 · page 4

With the Turco-German forces driven from Bagdad and making as rapidly as they can in the direction of the other terminus of the Kaiser's visionary…

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