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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

1,849 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 72 of 93

War Bridge and Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1921 · page 4

A war bridge evening and dance will be held in the Soldiers' Club tomorrow (Thursday) evening. at. 8 o'clock. There will be dancing from…

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State Lottery. Petitions to Parliament. Ashtonfield Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1921 · page 2

Several further petitions, one of which was submitted by a Labour member, amidst laughter, against the proposed State lottery, were…

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Bogan Road Tragedy Death of Third Victim (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 2

Ruby Mann, aged 21, the third victim of the Bogan-road tragedy, died in the Parkes Hospital last night. The tragedy was the outcome of a…

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Railway Revenue. Queensland Employees' Wages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 6

In the Arbitration Court in Brisbane Mr. Justice Macnaughton dealt with an application by railway employees for a new award…

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Our Telegrams. Mutilated on Railway. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 5

The body of a man believed to be Manus McBride was found in a mutilated state on the railway line between Newtown and Stanmore this morning…

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Motor Lorry Over Cutting Dive of 30 Feet

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 4

The members of the Lashwood and Carlson Vaudeville Company were returning to Kempsey from Bellbrook in a motor lorry, when the vehicle went over…

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Proposed Roads Scheme

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 4

To further the New States movement it is proposed to invite a number of public bodies to co-operate in "Good Roads" projects for all northern area…

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War Bridge Evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 4

To augment the funds at us disposal, the ladies' social committee in connection with the Returned Soldiers' Club conducted a very…

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Low Level Bridge at Largs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 4

The Under Secretary, Local Government Department, has advised Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., that the Minister for Local Government is so…

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Railway Envelopes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 3

At the Central Police Court, Harold Green was charged with having stolen about 800 envelops, the property of the Railway Commissioners…

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A Big Deficit. Queensland Railway Finances

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 6

The annual report of the Commissioner of Railways was tabled in the Legislative Assembly Queensland. It disclosed a deficit on the year's…

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Railway Siding Asked For

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 4

In connection with the application made to the department by the Newman Colliery syndicate, for a siding near Muswellbrook, on the Denmark…

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Railway Disaster. Paris Workmen. London, October 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 5

A message from Paris states that the suburban tunnel at Batignolles was the scene of an awful collision between two passenger trains, followed…

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"Ten Miles in Twenty Minutes." SPEED on N.C. Railway. Echo of Coast Tragedies

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 3

Was it not Mr. Leslie Hawthorne who, in the years agone, recited at concerts on the Clarence how a racehorse, "too proud and 'aughty an'…

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Motor Lorry over Cutting. Dive of 30' FEET

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 October 1921 · page 4

The members of the Lashwood and Carlson Vaudeville Company were returning to Kempsey from Bellbrook in a motor lorry, when…

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Aeroplane Race. French Successes. London, October 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 2

A message from Etampes states that the Aero Club's speed race for the Henry Deuisch do la Meurthe Cup. which replaces the Gordon Bennett…

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Road Maintenance. Lessons That Have Been Learned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 13

Australian engineers who are concerned with the hard task of keeping fair, road surfaces on a limited revenue may learn something from the…

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Tramway Accident. Claim Against Commissioners

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 13

The action in which Surah Ann Charlton, as administratrix of the estate of the late John James Charlton, sued the Railway Commissioners of…

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Pierced by Shaft. Motor and Van in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 13

A head-on collision between a motor car and a van occurred at Rockdale, Sydney, on Saturday night. As a result Harold Warren (22), a…

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Railway Inquiry. an Abrupt Ending. Executive Action Resented

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 October 1921 · page 13

Mr. Justice Edmunds, Royal Commissioner inuiring into the settlement of the 1917 strike, has decided that he is unable to continue the inquiry, and…

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