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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

1,378 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 69

Regular Tram Time Table Teaching Tram Drivers. 50 Passed for Duty

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 August 1917 · page 3

Commencing to-day, arrangements are being made to run a regular tramway time-table. An instructional class for tram…

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Germans Shell Rheims Big French Air Raid. Enemy Railways and Barracks Bombed. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 August 1917 · page 2

A French communique reports: In Belgium the artillery duel is most violent in the region of Hurtebise, on both banks of the Meuse…

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Recruiting Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1917 · page 4

Particulars of the demonstration that has been arranged for Friday afternoon next on the arrival of the recruiting train from Ten-terfield are published in an advertisement in…

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The Recruiting Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1917 · page 4

It is unfortunate for the recruiting train movement that the disastrous Industrial, upheaval that is agitating tho State, and promises seriously to cripple the…

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The Strike Debate in Parliament. Object of Card System. Economic Working of Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1917 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly last night, Mr. Fuller; the Acting-Premier, made thte following statement with regard to the strike:—The returns so far to hand show that 102 men…

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Albury Railway Men. Join Strikers. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1917 · page 5

Albury railway men look a ballot on Monday night, and decided by a large ma-jority to so out on strike, and practically all of them stopped work yesterday…

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200 Trams Running. Officers Dismissed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1917 · page 5

The Acting-Premier has announced that special stops are being taken to deal with all cases where picked are preventing men from resuming work…

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Railway Waitresses. Refused Re-empuloyment Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1917 · page 5

a number of waitresses who left the Central railway station rooms on Monday turned up yesterday morning, but the management refused to re-employ them…

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Queensland Railway Strike. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1917 · page 5

The Queensland railway strike may land to a split in the Labour party , and the Premier (Mr. Ryan), leader of the party, may endeavour to from a National Government…

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Quiet at Newcastle. Half-hourly Trams. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1917 · page 5

Locally the strike presents few features of interest to the general public. It is computed that thers are now on strike in this State some 30,000 men, and from what…

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Recruiting Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 5

The citizens of East Maitland are invited by the Mayor (Aid, W. M. Porter) to attend the civie reception to the staff and recruits to be held in the Town Hall, West…

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Recruiting Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 2

A public meeting ,was held, at the held at the shire chambers,Cessnock, on Monday evening to make arrangements in conncetion with the recruiting train the shire president,…

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Northern Recruiting Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 2

After a number of conflicting reports regarding the Northern Recruiting Train, we are authorised to state definitely that the men will arrive here…

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Win the War League. Recruiting Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 2

A mooting of members or Die Win the War League Was held in the Mayor's room, Town Hall, last evening, the chairman (Mr C.J. Mannall): presiding. There was a large…

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Train Smash. Pointsman's Mistake. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 6

A message from petrograd states that midway between Petrograd and Moscow a pointsman by mistake switeched the express into a siding. The express dashed into a…

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Spanish Strikers. Derail Train. MADRID,Wednesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 6

Strikers derailed a train at Fuen[?]na by blowing up the rails. The engine and cars fell over an embankment. Unsm[?]ful similar attemp[?] were made…

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A Train Wrecked. 25 CASUALTIES. London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 2

The Spanish Embassy announces that general tranquility prevails throughout the country. The railways are working (almost normally. The…

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Third German Aeroplane. Interned in Holland. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Amsterdam, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 2

The third German aeroplane has landed in Holland within a week. The pilots and observers were interned. Five German torpedoers towed a…

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Queensland Railway Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 4

At the opening of a convent at Townsville (Q.), Bishop Shiel, in the course of his address, soundly condemned the Queensland railway strike which he believed to be the…

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Trains and Trams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 5

Tho Chief Commissioner states that a steady stream of men are two returning to work on the trams and trains, and the former services will he extended probably…

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