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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

1,849 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 93

"Australian Six" Motors. Cabinet Visits Factory

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 January 1921 · page 3

"We, as a Government, are in sympathy with you, and wish you ever success. Anything the Government can do for you it will do…

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Committed for Trial. Alleged Damaging of Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 7

Timothy Edward Foley, 29, appeared before Mr. G. Atkin, P. M., at the Raymond Terrace Police Court yesterday, charged with having on December…

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Railway Smash. Express Tender Leaves Metals. Traffic Disorganised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 6

The tender of the second engine of the second division of the Brisbane express, due in Sydney at 1.15 p.m. on Friday, slipped the points at the [?]awarra…

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Great Storm at Cooma Man and Horse Drowned. Railway Line Damaged. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 4

The Weather Bureau has been informed that a terrific storm, accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning, occurred at Cooma yesterday…

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Death of Senator Guthrie Result of Tram Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 January 1921 · page 6

While crossing Swanston-street, Melbourne a little after 6 p.m. on Wednesday last Senator Robert Storrie Guthrie, of South Australia, was knocked down…

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Struck by Aeroplane. Little Girl Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 4

A little girl was struck down by an aeroplane at Liverpool on Sunday afternoon. During Saturday and Sunday…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 4

Golden Henderson, 8 years of age, whose parents reside in Horseshe Bend, was knocked down by a motor car in High-street early on Saturday evening…

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Miscellaneous. Motor Power As Labour-saver Value Trucks on Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 6

Motor trucks are used largely on American farms. They are used primarily, it seems, for the very good reason that they mean a saving in time…

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South Maitland Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 4

At a meeting of railway employees held yesterday. Mr. W.F. O'Hearn. M.L.A., referred to the proposed resumption of the South Maitland…

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State Railways. Indian Nationalists Mistake. Allahabad, January 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 January 1921 · page 5

The rioters in the Fyzabad district, having destroyed property, seized a train bound for Rae Bareli, and refused to purchase tickets, declaring that the…

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Aeroplane Fatality Child Killed at Liverpool

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 2

Mary Williams, three years of ago, residing in Batkurst-street, Liverpool was killed by an aeroplane at Liverpool on Sunday afternoon…

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Strike Ballot. Queensland Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 6

The ballot which is being taken by the Queensland Railway Union on the question whether or not members are in favour of a strike to…

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A New Way of Warming Motor Cars

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 5

Many attempts have been made to use the waste heat of a motor car engine for warming the body of the car, but nearly all the devices hitherto…

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Miscellaneous. Motor Power As Labor-saver. Value of Trucks on the Farm

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

Motor trucks are used largely on American farms. They arc used primarily, it seems for the very good reason that they mean a saving in time…

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Motor Power as Labor Saver Value of Trucks on the Farm

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

Motor trucks are used largely on American farms. They are used primarily, it seems, for the very good reason that they mean a saving in time. This, at…

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Somnambulist's Tram Ride

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 3

A young woman, wearing silk pyjamas, boarded an all-night tram at Leichhardt at 2 a.m. on Saturday. She was seen to be asleep, and the official did not…

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Aeroplane Crash. Passenger Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 8

An Avro flying machine crashed at Box Hill near Windsor on Tuesday. With John H. Summers of Beach Ferry-road Hornsby as pilot and…

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Railway and Tramway Officers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 4

A special meeting of members of the Maitland branch of the New South Wales Railway and Tramways Officers' Association was held at Miss Edwards'…

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Tramp's Surprise. Stricks Honeymoon Trail

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 4

Littered along the main Southampton road between Blackwater and Hartley Row (near Aldershot) England (says London "Daily Mail") a complete trousseau was…

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North-south Railway. Birtles' Tour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 3

Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, sates that Francis Birtles, the overland eyelist was traversing the country between Oodnadatta and Katherine…

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