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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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Quorrobolong Road. (To the Editor.)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 2

Sir,—Kindly allow me a small space in your valuable columns to draw attention to the shocking state of the road between…

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Motor Fatality. Car Leaves Tack and Capsizes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. Cecil John Jackson, manager of the produce department of Marks and company's stores, Mudgee, was killed as the result of motor car accident on Wednesday…

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The Recent Railway Fatality. Death of Mr. Albert Gallagher

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 2

Referring to the fatal accident which occurred at the Attunga railway station on Monday afternoon last, when Mr. Albert Gallagher,…

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Death at Bishop's Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 4

The death of William M. Cook occurred at Bishop's Bridge on the 18th instant after two and a half years' illness from an internal complaint. He was born at East…

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Sensational Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred abou 6 o'clock on Tresday morning last on the Wnterloo Range. It appears that a car, owned by Mr. N. J…

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Maitland, Tram Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 4

Lieut Colonel Nicholson, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from Mr. E. J. Doran, tramway traffic manager:—"With reference to the interview that you…

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Turkish Railways. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 5

Constantinopla reports: The British and French have taken over the administration of the Turkish railways, including the Bagdad railway…

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Motor Car Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 January 1919 · page 1

While returning home from Emmaville, seven miles from Mudgee, Cecil John Jackson, 30 married, with two children, general manager of Marks…

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Commercial. Sydney Markets. John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 25th January:— Homebush Fat Stock Sales

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 4

Shèep-Another heavy aupply of 42.000: quality only medium, Market in regular for other than prime, for which firm values are ruling. Prime lambs are…

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Railway Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 4

Time was when Anniversary Day was one of the of the chief public holidays of the year, and great crowdes of holiday seekers hied themeselves off to Newcastle and other popular…

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Yarrowitch Land for Returned Men Railway to North Coast. Repatriation Committee Call Fou Report As to the District's Suitability

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 3

Considerable local interest is being evinced in a proposal to urge the Government to make available a big tract of land in the Yarrowitch…

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Importance of Railways

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

The Gulf country lies partly in Queensland and partly in the No[?]ern Territory, for Queensland is keenly interested in the Federal Go…

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Land of Promise. Gulf Country. Mr. Theodore Enthusiastic. What a Railway Would Do

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

Thousands of square miles of territory practically unoccupied—rich, deep, black soil—a network of rivers that are never without water—…

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The Motor Scout. Adriatic Adventures. Brain.nerves. and Hearts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 3

A motor scout a little longer than a gondola ?came sidling into the pier, and a tall, well-bufit man or about thirty, who had been signalling on deck, rose up and…

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Tramway Men's Dictum. Passengers Must Wear Masks

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 2

Meetings of tramway men at various depots have expressed the unanimous opinion that passengers on trams must wear masks or the tramway men will…

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Railway Men's Demands. a Stoppage Threatened. London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 2

The railway men's conference in London carried a resolution taking a serious view of the Premier's so-called apathy respecting the railway men's demand…

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East-west Train Stopped

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 6

The Commonwealth Minister for Works and Railways Mr. Groom has received an [?]mation that it was the intention of the Western Australian Government to hold up the…

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Gresford Foot Bridge. to the Editor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 3

Sir,—The motion of tho councillors in placing the obstructions at [?] end of the Gresford foot bridge near St. Ann[?] Church seems very hard to understand…

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Railway Restrictions. Alleged Violation of Agreement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 4

The Acting Prime Minister (Mr, Watt) referring to the action of the New South "Wales Government in preventing further overland passenger traffic from Victoria [?]…

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Infuriated Bullock. Charges a Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 9

A sensation was caused on the railway between Ashfield and Summer Hill last week by a mad bullock, which hung up the traffic for some time. About 5 o'clock the officials…

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