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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

1,556 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 78

Motorists' Lucky Escape Motor Car Falls Ovkr Precipice

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 4

On the Armidale-Kempsey-road, Mr. J. Lepetit's motor car was being driven to Kempsey with a fair complement of passengers, and while rounding one of the…

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Tampering with Railways. Vera Cruz

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 5

The Mexican railway has been undermined in the direction of Mexico City, and special detachments of Mexican soldiers have been told off to destroy the bridges if the war…

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Sensational Motor Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 May 1914 · page 2

A sensational and extremely narrow escape from what must have proved a shocking disaster occurred on the Armidale-Kempsoy road on Saturday. Mr J…

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Motorists' Adventure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 4

Two motorists, proceeding in the direction of Raymon Terraco, from Neweastle yesterday had an exciting experience, and were given an involuntary bath in the…

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Motoring

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 7

References in the daily papers to n Good Roads Association give rise to the query, "What about our Maitland branch?" Its aims and objects cannot fail to attract road…

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Sad Motor Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 5

W. R. Glasson, owner of Brigalow station, near Orange, and a well-known New South Wales motorist, had the misfortune yesterday to run over his only child, aged…

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Steel Railway Carriages

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

Steel is not only displacing timber in railway carriage construction, but also for freight vehicles of various classes. In order to obtain rigidity and strength…

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Sensational Motor Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 3

A SENSATIONAL and extremely narrow escape from what must have proved a shocking disaster, occurred on the Armidale Kempsey…

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An Aeroplane Trip

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 3

"Paris, Thursday.—Five military aeroplanes, each carrying an officer and a mochanic, arms, ammunition., and provisions, have left Tunis on a 2500 mile…

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Two Roads

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 1

The need of moderation and caution was very graphically exemplified in a recent utterance made by Mr. W. Hughes, M.H.R., before a union…

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New Motor Car Service

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

Elsewhere in this issue Mr. J. G. Norford announces that a new motor car service between Muswellbrook and Morriwa has been started. A car…

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Steel Railway Carriages

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 3

Steel in not only displacing timber in railway carriage construction, but also for freight vehicles of various classes. In order to obtain rigidity and strength…

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Jerusalem. Electric Light and Trams

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 3

Very shortly, the sacred streets of the Holy City will hum with the noise of electirc cars, and its more important thoroughfares will be illuminated at…

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Sensational Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

A sensational and extremely narrow escape from what must have proved a shocking disaster occurred on the Armidale-Kempsey road on Saturday. Mr. J. Le…

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Motor Spirit Fr0m Potatoes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 11

The possibility of establishing a new industry by the extraction of motor spirit from potatoes has been engaging the attention of several representative farmers…

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Proposed Gresford Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 4

A meeting, convened by Mr. R. B. Boydell, is to be held at Bentty's Hotel, East Gresford, on Thursday afternoon next at two o'clock for the purpose of making a further…

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Border Railways. Interstate Inquiry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 6

The State Cabinet yesterday endorsed the agreement made by the Minister with the Victorian Minister for Railways during his recent visit to Melbourne in connection with…

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Tampering with Railways. Vera Cruz

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 2

The Mexican railway has been undermined in the direction of Mexico City, and special detachments of Mexican soldiers have been told off to destroy the bridges if the war…

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Morpeth in 1864. Railway Opened

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 12

On May 2, 1864, the railway from East Maitland to Morpeth was opened to the use of the public. The time of departure of trains from Morpeth was 8 a.m., 11.50 a.m…

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