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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

1,194 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 60

Railway Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 8

The Kurenda police have advised the Queensland Commissioner of Police that the early passenger train between Cairns and Herberton yesterday morning caught fire…

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British Railway Men. Principal Tubes Stopped. National Strike Threatened. London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 2

The tube stoppage affects all the principal underground stations, except the direct railway and also the local elevated electric service on the…

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Railway Clerks and War Cabinet. London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 2

An announcement has been made that the War Cabinet will take up the railway clerks association's demand for recognition which Lord Stanley…

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Gresford Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 2

Sir, -In reply to Mr. A. C. Lawric's letter He says that the F. and S. Association did not move in the matter at all till after the council had creeted the turnstlies on both…

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Attempted Train Hold-up. "Deadwood Dick" Enterprise

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 6

Sentence was passed at Bathurst by Judge Armstrong on Wolfren Larson who had pleaded guilty to a charge of assault in connection with the sensational incident on the…

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News by Wire. Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 5

An unknown man endeavoured to board a train at Erskinville railway station this morning, when he slipped between the plat form and carriage, the wheels of which…

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South Australia. Transcontinental Train Cancelled

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 6

Three cases of influenza have been admitted to the Exhibition Hospital since Wednesday, making the progressive total fifty-nine On Wedensday…

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Up the Road with Sallie

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 2

The select photoplay, "Up the Road with Sallie," showing at the Picture Theatre to-night (Saturday), is one that will delight all classes of…

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Attempted Train Hold-up. "Deadwood Dick" Enterprise

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 2

At Bathurst on Thursday sentence was passed on Wolfren Larsen, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of assault in connection with the…

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Wearing Masks on Railway Premises

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 2

A new railway regulation says that no person shall, until such time as the State of New South Wales is declared free from…

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French Railway Fatalities. Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 5

Five were killed on the paris-Metz railway under [?] puzzling to the authorities, On optering a tunnel two German Conches wine filled with obnoxious gas…

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Railway Strike Spreading. Vancouver

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 5

The strike is spreading to the railways running to South-Western England, The trains are not operating to Exmouth Exeter, and Plymouth…

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Railway Worker's Injuries

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 7

An application was made to Judge Sch[?] sitting in the Sydney District Courtara the Workmen's Compensation [?] the rick O'Brien, general labourer [?]…

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The Motor Scout. Adriatic Adventures. Brain Nerves and Heart

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 13

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

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Railway Settlements. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 13

The Press Bureau reports that representatives of the Railways Executive Committee and the Railwaymen's Union have signed an agreement establishing the principle of…

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Dash Through Fire. Motorists' Exciting Trip

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 16

Messrs. F. H. Croaker. H. E. Mitchelmore, H. Inglis, Angus Gunn, and F. Sanderson had an exciting trip in a motor car from Wagga to Kosciusko. When in the…

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Railway Restrictions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 9

The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt.) referring to the action of the New South Wales Government in preventing further overland passenger traffic from Victoria, said:…

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Railway Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 5

The Kuranda police have advised the Queensland Commissioner of Police that the early passenger train between Cairns and Herberton. Wednesday morning caught fire…

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British Labor Troubles Outlook Very Grave Railways Paralysed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 5

London, Thursday.—The authorities take the gravest view of the strike deadlock. There is no immediate prospect of improvement, and even a fear…

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Pneumonic Influenza Local Railway Restrictions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 6

Mr H. C. Moss, stationmaster at Singleton, informs us that, owing to the influenza epidemic, there will be no Brisbane mail trains from Sydney this…

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