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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

1,849 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 93

Opening the Country the Proposed Sandy Hollowmaryvale Railway. (From the "Voice of the North.")

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 5

New South Wales Is a State of long distances, and the problem of its development, has been made more difficult by nature, In that she has…

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Primary Products. Freights on the Railways. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 5

Mr. Fraser, Chief Railway Commissioner, giving evidence before the Agricultural Committee, said the attitude of the department towards…

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Railway Inquiry. Nearing the End

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 2

The inquiry into the 1917 railway and tramway strike was continued by Mr. Justice, Edmunds. Documents were read setting…

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Found on Railway. Truant Boy Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 3

Two boys escaped from the Guild-ford Truant School under cover of night, and later the body of one, Frank Thomas Hilton Gow, was…

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Railway Agreement. London. August 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 5

The conference of the Irish railway companies and the men has reached a tentative agreement, under which the Government's conditional grant of…

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Flood Damaged Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 4

On behalf of tho Bolawarra Shire and the Municipality of East Maitland, Mr. W. F. O'Hearn. M. L. A., has represented to the Government…

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Mishap to Mail Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 5

The up Coonamble mail train met with a mishap near Tarana, reaching Sydney about two hours late. The wheel of the engine tender left the…

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Road to Sydney. by Way of Peat's Ferry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 4

An unusually large deputation representing the Northern Roads Association and other public bodies waited on the Minister of Lands with a…

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St. Clair Road Bridges Deputation to Shire Council

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 3

At the, meeting of the Patrick Plains Shire" Council, on Thursday a deputation from Carrowbrook, consisting of Riv. A. Fisher-Webster, Messrs R. Ward, W…

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Lowest in World. Fares on the Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 3

Owing to increases in the cost of materials, wages and other working expenses, the annual railway expenditure in New South Wales, has…

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Railway Inqu[?] Chief Commissioner Evidence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 14

The sittings of the Railway sion were resumed, when Mr. er, Chief Commissioner, was cross-examined by Mr. Watt,…

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Railway Collision. Passenger and Goods Trains Few Casualties. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 11

[?] on to a siding at Mordialloc, Vic., ate last night, a passenger train from Frankston collided with it…

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Soldiers Death. Injured on the Railway Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 5

At the inquest on the body of a returned soldier, Claude Bradley, evidence was given that deceased [?] between a train and the platform at…

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Railway Concessions Extended to Primary Producers. Commissioners Evidence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 4

Continuing his evidence before the Select Committee on Agriculture Mr. James Fraser, Chief Commissioner for Railways, said the present…

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Cycling. Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 August 1921 · page 7

The ten-miles bicycle road race over the Morpeth-road course, conducted by the Maitland Bicycle Club on Saturday afternoon resulted:—H…

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His Last Ride. Found Dead in Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 August 1921 · page 2

A man whose name in believed to he Donald Brefner Ternan, engaged a motor our at Balmain at half-past there o'clock Sunday morning. to…

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Fatal Accident. Motor Cyclist Killed. Another Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 August 1921 · page 8

The Stroud road, three miles from Raymond Terrace, at a point where there is a slight bend in the road approaching the crest of a hill, was the…

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South Maitland Railway Employees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 August 1921 · page 4

Mr. W. K. O'Hearn, M.L.A., lias arranged for a deputation of the employees to wait upon the Minister for Hallways (Mr.. Estell) at the…

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Saturday's Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 August 1921 · page 4

Mr. J. C. Cameron writes:—"The concluding paragraph in your report on last Saturday's road race id incorrect and misleading. Sean Ekert's…

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A Real Gem. Bobbie Burns on Roads

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1921 · page 6

"Good Roads" is the title of a new publication the organ of the National Roads Association, N.S.W. The first number is well compiled and well…

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