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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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Railway Revenue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 4

In connection with the revenue returns for the railway, the receipts amounting to £3350, collected at Church street station, were for December, and not November is…

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Night Flying. Strafing a Hun Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 16

On the night of which I am about to write we were to take our aeroplane across [?] for the first time. it was an ideal night for the experiment…

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United States Railways Three Alternatives. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 5

A message from Washington states that Mr. McAdoo told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that there are three alternatives to solve the railways problem in…

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Rail Motor. Lismore to Grafton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 14

The Railway Commissioners are having a vehicle converted into a rail motor for use on the Lismore-Grafton line. Both passengers and mails are to be carried…

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Crowded Railway Carriages

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 2

During the recent holidays many complaints were to be heard as to the inadequacy of the accommodation provided on the railways. It must…

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Train' Derailed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 5

While a goods train of six trucks, containing coal and break van were being shunted at Valley Heights early this morning, the train ran back and was derailed. Four…

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Belmore Bridge Repairs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 6

Just before Christmas, a gang of Works Department hands arrived in Maitland and made preparations for a start, early in the new year, with repairs to the Belmore…

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Road Wanted

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

The Hon. Walter Bennett is appealing to the Stroud Shire Council to construct a motor road from Karuah to Tea Gardens. If this were done,…

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A Railway Runaway Fall Over Embankment. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

Five loaded coal hoppers, one open waggon, and the guard's van of a goods train, which arrived at Valley Heights, broke away while shunting…

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Aeroplane Services Annihilating Distances. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 5

A message from London states that Holt Thomas and Co., aeroplane manufacturers, upon being interview stated that they are confident that within a reasonable time a…

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Time-keeping System. Adelaide Railway Workshops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 7

Some interesting observations were made by Mr. P. A. Anthony, a visiting railway expert, in a report to the Government regarding the management and conditions of…

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Railway Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 5

A Number of railway carriages crashed into the buffers of the dead and at Hurstville this morning. The impact was so severe that the foremost carriage was forced completely up…

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Maitland Tram Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 4

Recently, pursuant to a rumour which was widely circulated, Lieut. Colonel Nicholson, M.L.A., interviewed Mr. E. J. Doran, State Tramway Traffic Manager, in regard to a…

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Main Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 2

The long spell of dry weather is having a had effect on some of the main roads of the shire, many of which, are badly cut up in places. The trouble is that it is useless…

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Aeroplane Services. Annihilating Distances. Vancouver

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 3

A message from London states that Hull Thomas and Co., aeroplane manufacturers upon being interview stated that they are confident that within a reasonable time a…

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Committed for Trial. Attempted Train, Robbery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 6

Wilfred larsen a young man was charged at the Bathurst police Court with having at tempted to rob james Whelan the driver of the from mail train on the night of…

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New Tank Engine. for N.s.w. Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. E.S. Lucey, chief mechanical engineer of the New South Wales railways, has designed a small tender, which, attached to a m[?]in-line locomotive (with its toudere…

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United States Railways Three Alternatives Vancouver

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 12

A message from Washington states that Mr. McAdoo told the Senate interstate Commerce Committee that there are three alternatives to solve the railways problem in…

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Useful Railway Invention. New Shunting Engine. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 7

Chief Railway Engineer Lucy has designed a small detachable tender to be used with the ordinary locomotives, the ordinary tender having been removed,…

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Extremists Hold Railways. London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 7

An Amsterdam message says the Spartacusians occupied the central railway offices at Berlin after the Government guard surrendered, while the German…

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