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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

1,849 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 93

Road Engineering Progress

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 9

In view of the rapid development of [?] traffic in Great Britain an inspection has been carried out over more than one thousand miles of the…

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Disaster at Capetown Aeroplane Crash. Capetown, Dec. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

A ghastly aeroplane accident occurred at Capetown at midday to-day, marring what otherwise would have been a perfect holiday. A…

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Germany Intact. Conditions on the Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 2

A grout surprise awaiting me on my return visit to Germany has been ,the comparative, efficiency of the German, railways. A very few months age, by…

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LOCAL & General News. Holiday Tram Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

Attention in directed to an advertisement appearing elsewhere, relative to the Maitland tram service on Monday next, which is a public holiday. An…

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The Motor Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

Dragging operations in connection with the Raymond Terrance motor fatality were continued throughout yesterday afternoon, in the search for the…

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Railway Dispute. Position in West Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

The latest development in connection with the West Australian railway dispute is that the President of the Arhitration Court intimated that he would…

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Australian Railways. the Wrong System

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 3

("United Empire." for November, 1920, has under the title of "State Owned v. Company-owned Railways" the following [?] communication…

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City Railway. Protest From Lismore

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 9

The Lismore Municipal Council has carried the following resolution:—"That an emphatic protest he made against the proposal of the State…

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Trains and Trams. Heavy Traffic in Sydney. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 5

The railway figures for New Year's Eve disclose a considerable increase, both in passengers and revenue. The majority of people travelled to the…

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Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 2

Verlie Baggs, 10 years of age, was struck and run over by a motor car at Hexham on Saturday. The child, whose parents, Mr. and J. Baggs,…

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Ravmond Terrace Motor Fatallty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mr. Arthur Hamilton, his son Kenneth, and the late Miss Mollie Sheehan, victims of the Raymond Terrace motor fatality,…

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Railway Crisis. in West Australia. Loco Men Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 6

The members of the Locomotive Engine Drivers, Firemen and Cleaners Union in West Australia on Friday struck work shortly, after midnight…

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Sunday Train to Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 2

The agitation by residents of towns from Singleton to West Maitland for a Sunday morning train to Newcastle during the summer months has at last been…

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Head on Smash. Tram and Motor Collide. Three Persons Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 6

A sensational head-on collision, between a motor car and a steam tram, occurred on Lennox Bridge, spanning the Parramatta River at…

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Shocking Fatality. Four Persons Killed. Run Down by Train at Woy Woy. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 5

A shocking fatality occurred at Woy Woy last night. It appears that Mr. Wilmot Roughley, of Dural. Mrs. Victor McKenzic, of Gosford, the latter's…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 2

A party, comprising Mr. Wilmott Roughley, of Dural, Mrs. Victor McKenzie of Gosford, arid her children, Harold, aged 9, Glady's, aged 2½,…

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Railway Strike. West Australian Position. No Prospect of Settlement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 2

The railway strike in West Australia continues, with no prospect of an early settlement. The union pickets are in evidence at…

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Heavy Losses. on Transcontinental Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

The transcontinental railway service, which has again been interrupted owing to the strike in West Australia, has proved an experisive proposition…

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Ashton fields Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 5

The Hon Walter Bennett, M.L.A., was successful in piloting this measure through committee and up to the third reading stage in last session…

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Motor Car Fa Three Persons

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 3

Between 4.30 and 5 o'cl day afternoon a shocking occurred on the Miller's Raymond Terrace, resul[?]…

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