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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

1,849 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 93

Coastal Railway. Progress in Queensland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 6

The official opening of a section of the North Coast railway, from wemalgi to St. Lawrence district (Q.), district, 10 miles, took place on…

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Motor Overturns. Two People Killed. Nowra Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 6

The most tragic occurrence in history of the Nowra district [?] on Sunday morning:— The victims were:—Killed [?]…

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Motor Capsize. Front Tyre Blew Out

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 7

A motor car containing Arthur Northey (driver), his mother, wife, two children, and his brother, Jack Northey, overturned at Uralla through…

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The Railway Strike. Chief Commissioner's Evidence. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 6

James Fraser, Chief Railway Commissioner, gave evidence to-day before Mr. Justice Edmunds, who is inquiring into ,the 1917 strike…

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Motor 'Bus License. Action Deprecated. "Greater Maitland Feeling Destroyed."

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 7

The action of the West Maitland Municipal Council in granting. Messrs. Styles and FenKen wick a motor, 'bus general license, which entitles…

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Tyre Burst. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 9

While proceeding in a motor car from Albury to Burrumbuttock. on Wednesday night, a motor car overturned through the bursting of one of the tyres,…

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Motor Car Sensation Marvellous Escapes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 June 1921 · page 5

In National Park last Sunday afternoon some narrow escapes from death were experienced, one of them being of a very sensational character…

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Gcondiwindi Flooded. Train Service Suspended

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1921 · page 5

Serious floods have occurred at Goondinwindi. The M'Intyre River broke its banks on Saturday night, and the whole town, with the exception of one…

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Aeroplane Crash. Tragedy at Gloucester. Nose Dive to Earth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1921 · page 6

The crashing of an Avro aeroplane the property of the Commercial Aviation Company, at Gloucester, on Saturday morning, resulted in the deaths of…

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Bolwarra Motor 'Bus Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1921 · page 4

A public meeting of the residents of Bolwarra will be held in the Public School, Bolwarra, on Wednesday night next. to submit a time-table to…

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Railways Union. the Buckley Case. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 June 1921 · page 5

The trouble that has been brewing over Mr. Buckley's alleged neglect of the interests of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Railways'…

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Gloucester Fatality. Aeroplane Crashes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 2

As the result of an aeroplane accident at Gloucester on Saturday morning, the brilliant war flier, Captain Henry Rydner Hawkins, M.C.,…

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Pilot Injured. Another Aeroplane Crash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 7

During a trial flight at Hastings (N.Z.), lieutenant Tatton's Avro[?]acroplane crashed. Tatton apparently found the atmospheric conditions against…

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Good Roads. To the Editor

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 4

Sir,—The State Government have tackled this urgent business of properly maintaining our public roads. With so much accomplished…

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Good Roads. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 3

Sir.—The State Government have tackled this urgent business of properly maintaining our public roads. With so much accomplished departmentally (on…

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A "Madman's" Trick Train Passengers Lose Money

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 4

The madman in the train trick was again successfully perpetrated in the Glen Innes passenger train one night last week, and some well-known people…

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Latest Tesegams SYDNEY, Tuesday. Railway Union Officials at Loggerheads

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 2

Messrs. Buckley and Corrish (the present secretary of the Railway Union) had a forty-five minutes bitter wordy battle before Justice…

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Railway Union. Mr. Buckley Replies to Mr. Corish

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 7

"I notice" said Mr. Buckley, M.L.A., that Mr. Corish (Secretary of the A.R.U. in this State) says that I have been suspended from the union. This…

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Railway Commission. Wordy War. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 5

When the strike inquiry was resumed this morning, a bitter personal conflict, occurred between Mr. Buckley, M.L.A., and Mr. Corrish, in…

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Mr. Buckley, M.L.A., Suspended. Action of Railway Unions

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1921 · page 3

According to a statement issued by the New South Wales branch of the Australian Railways, Union, Mr. A. W. Buckley, M. L. A., a former…

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