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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

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Lochinvar Railway Fatality. Death of Othol Byrne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1917 · page 10

The adjourned inquest touching the death of the young man Othol Theo Byrne, the victim of the railway fatality at Lochinvar on the 15th instant, was held…

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East-west Railway. "Generous Consideration" for South Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1917 · page 11

In the South Australian Legislative Assembly yesterday, questions were asked regarding the facilities to be afforded members of the State Parliament to attend the…

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Motoring Notes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 November 1917 · page 9

One of the biggest motor-building firms in America instructs its employees in safety-working by exhibiting to them moving picture films descriptive of the…

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Motor Car Overturns. Two Men Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 November 1917 · page 8

A car, carrying six people, met with an accident between Mullumbimby and Billinudgel late on Tuesday. The occupants were Mr W. J. Milgate, a…

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Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 November 1917 · page 6

Reuter's Petrograd correspondent reports that 25 were killed and 70 severely injured, mostly soldiers, in a collision (between an express and a troop train on the Viadikavkas…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 November 1917 · page 4

A party of railway officials from Sydney visited the Wauchope to Kompsey section of the North Coast line last week for the purpose of inspecting the line, prior to its…

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Infant Found on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 November 1917 · page 4

A reward of £100 is offered by tho State Government for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of a now-born male…

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East-west Railway. Official Opening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 November 1917 · page 8

Further information with regard to the opening of the Trans-Australian railway line on Monday next is to the effect that the ceremony will take place at a point 320…

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A Den of Thieves. Chaos in Railway Departments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 November 1917 · page 4

From a city of order Berlin is beginning become a city of disorder, as a long and bitter report in the Berlin "Daily Paper" ("Tageblatt") clearly shows. In the…

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Tee Crowded Roads

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 November 1917 · page 3

Mr. Ward Price writes:—As I made my way back from the broken front, the whole sky was constantly flashing with the glare of explosives, and of vast…

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The Great Italian Retreat. Scenes on Roads. Rapid Enemy Advance. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 November 1917 · page 3

Accounts coming in of the evacuation of the inhabitants of Friulia poignantly recall the first days of Belgium's retreat. The advancing enemy hordes are laying…

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Motoring Notes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 November 1917 · page 3
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

One of Die greatest drawbacks of electric lighting systems in the risk of the lights becoming suddenly extinguished through a short circuit, It is very necessary to have the…

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Railway Casualties. a Shocking Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 November 1917 · page 3

A man named Percy Carlton Shields, aged 30, a carter, living in Richmond, met with a shocking death at the goods siding at Richmond Station on Friday…

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The Ladies' Road. Brilliant French Achievements. Six Months' Battle. Test of French Courage London, Mon. Night

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 6

Reuter's correspondent with the French army wrote on August, 28:—There have been battle, episodes, of the great war which kindled and…

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North Coast Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 November 1917 · page 1

A party of railway officials from Sydney visited the Wauchope to Kempsey section of the North Coast line last week for the purpose of…

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Overloading the Railway System. (To the Editor.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 November 1917 · page 6

Sir,—The Railway Commissioners' report for the last financial year is full of interesting matter as usual. It shows, for instance, that the…

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Motoring Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 November 1917 · page 3
Also in The Maitland Weekly Mercury

One of the greatest drawbacks of electric lighting systems is the risk of the lights becoming suddenly extinguished through a short circuit. It…

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East-west Railway. Official Opening

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 November 1917 · page 14

Further information with regard to the opening of tho Trans-Australian railway line on Monday next is to the effect that the ceremony will take place at a point 320…

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