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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1918

905 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 46

Murman Railway. Finnish Attacks. London, Monday Night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 July 1918 · page 6

Stockholm newspaper report that Finnish Gaurds are attackingthe Murman railway in the direction of Kandalaksha and Kem, and are 30 miles from the railway…

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Motor Accident at Kempsey

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 6

Tuesday morning, last week, a motor car party, which included Mr Montague Smith (Engineer Dumaresque Shire, and formerly at…

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German Aerodrome Burned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 6

Amsterdam, Wednesday Night.—A fire turned a new German aerodrome at Nivelles, Belgium, and also 22 aeroplanes. It is stated that German…

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Aeroplane Workers' Strike. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 9

The Press Bureau reports that the Minister of Munitions conferred with parties concerned in the strike at the Alliance aeroplane works. Neither side was free from blame…

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Affairs in Russia. Allies Assistance. Guarding Murman Railway. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 2

An Allied force, at the request of the Russians, is guarding the Murman Coast railway against the Germans. A Russian official message states that owing…

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Motor Car Collision. Man Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 8

A motor car dashed into a stationary steam waggon on the South Head road this morning with such impact that it was practically buried under the waggon and absolutely…

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Jewellery Robbery. Motor Car and Jewellery Disappear

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 6

Another jewellery robbery was committed in Sydney on Monday. Mr. J. H. Rosobery, a wholesale jeweller, visited the offices of Angus and Coote (jewellers). He arrived at…

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Railway Workers. Alleged Conspiracy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. Four men, John Alfred Warland (railway contractor) Frederick David Cryer (ganger), Samuel Walter York (foreman fitter), and…

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Charge of Stealing Railway Property. Four Men Remanded

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 5

Four men, John Alfred Worland, railway contractor, Frederick David Cryer, ganger, Samuel Waiter York, foreman fitter, and Arthur Simmons, railway…

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Bishop's Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 July 1918 · page 6

A large number of Bishop's Bridge and district friends gathered at Mr. Martin Ekert's residence on Wednesday night last to bid farewell to Pto. Bert Ekert, who has to sail…

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Canadian Railways. Great Strike Avoided. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 July 1918 · page 6

The threatened railway and telegraph strike in Canada was avoided when the Government War Board adopted the M'Adoo award rates, as paid in the United States…

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North Coast Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1918 · page 2

This is how the "Bulletin" looks at our railway:—Already there are hints about a closure of the unfinished North Coast railway. It is a long…

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Railway Finances

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 July 1918 · page 2

The finances of the Railway Department for the year ended June 30 are expected to show a surplus of about £16,000. This will be against a…

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Scone to Tamworth Road. the New Deviation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 7

At the last meeting of the Upper Hunter shire Council, the President, Councillor H. L. White, submitted the following minute:— For some years the Government has…

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Second Letter to an American Woman. on the Road to Paris, May 9th, 1918

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 6

Madam: We are finishing tho journey of which you thought so much and of which you asked me to send you a report. Yesterday morning we visited Verdun. You know…

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Alien Enemy Fined. Motor Trip and Camera

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 2

Ernest Pantzer, 29 years of age, was at the Glebe Police Court, fined £2/10/, in default 21 days hard labour, for that he, being an alion enemy, did on or about June…

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Homeville-Farley Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 4

A meeting will be held in the Victoria Hall, Homeville, on Monday night next, at eight o'clock, to consider the abandonment by the shire council of the opening of a road from…

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Bishop's Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1918 · page 7

A large number of Bishop's Bridge and district friends gathered at Mr. Martin Ekert's residence on Wednesday night last to bid farewell to Pte. Bert Ekert, who has to sail…

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Allyn and Paterson. Proposed Road Deviations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1918 · page 2

The member for Durham (the Hon. Walter Bennett), who is anxious to have the proposed deviation on the roads loading up the Paterson and Aliya Rivers got under way,…

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Railway Vandalism

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1918 · page 2

The Chief Railway Commissioner states that there appears to be a reerudescence of destruction of departmental properly in railway carriages…

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