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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

2,010 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 101

Stroud Road Items

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

Mr F. Griffin met with an accident In the local railway yard during the week. He was loading sawn timber into an open iron truck at the Jarrah…

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Letters to the Editor Execrable Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

Sir—Permit me space to uphold Mr. Tierney's statement with regard to the Bolwarra and cessnock Shire roads to Rosebrook and Hillsborough. A…

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Man with Revolver. Arrested in Train. £200 Worth of Property Recovered. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 5

While a train was between Point Clare and Woy Woy on Sunday afternoon, Detective-Sergeant Ferguson noticed a man with new suit cases and new…

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Motor Car and Cream Van Come Into Collision. Motorist Heavily Fined

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

An incident which occurred as far back as December 23 was again brought to light at the Denman Police Court on Thursday last, when…

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State Railways. Comparison with Other Countries. Independent Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 3

An exhaustive examination of the whole of the New South Wales Government railways and tramways operations, financial and otherwise, has…

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New Motor Fuel. Production of Benzol. Coal By-product

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 7

At Newcastle next week a completely equipped by-products coke oven will be put into operation, marking the first large-scale effort…

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Railway Smash. Trucks Break Away

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 4

When a goods train was leaving Warringen, between Woolbrook and Danglemah, near Armidale, on Monday morning, five trucks and the brake van…

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Motor Cars at Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 4

Arrangements have been made by the show committee for visitors to reserve spaces for their cars. This will enable holders of reserve. tickets to arrive at…

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Cricket. Railways v. STOCKTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 7

The West Maitland railway cricketers journeyed to Stockton on Saturday, where they met and defeated the staff at the Mental Hospital. A large…

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Rabbits on Railways. Departmental Reply to Mr. Higgens

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

The following appeared in yesterday's "Herald," touching a controversy already referred to in these columns :— About three weeks ago Mr. T. Higgens,…

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Railway Policy Sir George Fuller's Declaration

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 1

Sir George Fuller, speaking at Picton, cleared up several misapprehensions regarding the Coalition party's intentions towards not only the railway workers…

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Motor Smash Several Persons Badly Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 3

A serious motor smash occurred at Ashfield on Sunday morning, as a result of which eight persons are in hospital with fractured skulls and broken limbs,…

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Motor Cars Collide. Shocking Fatality. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 5

A shocking motor fatality occurred at two o'clock this morning at Fitzroy, near Melbourne. It appears that two cars collided…

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"Appalling Increase." Motor Cars in America

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1922 · page 2

Mr. A. S. Le Soeuf, director of the Taronga Zoological Park, who has returned to Sydney by the Makura from an official world tour, was…

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Struggle in Train Armed Man Arrested

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 2

While a train was between Point Clare and Woy Woy on Sunday afternoon, Detective-Sergeant Ferguson, of Newcastle, noticed a man with new suit cases and…

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Fall of 100 Feet. Motor Car Wrecked. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 5

A motor car containing four persons toppled over a hillside near Kew, Victoria, and fell 100 feet into a gully. All the occupants were…

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Free Travelling. on the Railways. Chief Commissioner's Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 3

The Chief Commissioner (Mr. Fraser) replied to a suggestion made by a press correspondent to the effect that whilst the public was very much interested…

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Railway Smash. Loco Drives Allegations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 7

At the corener's inquiry into the Maccdon (Vic.) railway smash, in which the guard, Edward Thomas Evans made a fatal leap from the…

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Shocking Motor Fatality a Woman Killed. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Wednesday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 2

A shocking motor fatality occurred at 2 o'clock this morning at Fitzroy, near Melbourne. It appears that two cars collided at…

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Railway Officer's Presence of Mind Woman Saved From Horrible Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 March 1922 · page 2

The life of a woman was saved on Sunday night through, the presence of mind of Mr Francis Hoad, the relief night officer at Fairfield railway…

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