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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

2,010 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 101

Safety First. Railway Construction Workers. Medical Examination

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 2

A good deal of controversy has been indulged in of late in regard to the proposal by the Railway Commissioners to introduce a system of…

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Tragic Death. Senator Adamson Killed While Grossing Railway Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 2

A notable cancer was closed under tragic circumstances Shortly after, noon on Tuesday, when Senator John Adamson was killed by a train at…

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Tram Accidents. Cars Overturn in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 5

A tram overturned at the intersection of Spring and Collins streets, Melbourne, last night. Five men, including the gripman…

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Railway Workers Grievance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 5

A mass meeting of members of the A.W.U. will be held in Sydney to-night to consider further the protest that has been made by the…

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The Lake Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 4

The Wangi Wangi Progress Association has been identifying itself with the agitation to obtain a road from Cessnock to the Lake Macquarie, via…

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Senator Adamson Killed Throws Himself in Front of Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 2

Senator John Adamson, C.B.E., ended his life in a tragic manner on Tuesday at Hendra, about five miles from Brisbane…

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Go-slow Workers. Little If Any on Railway Service. Commissioners' Statement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 3

The Chief Hallway Commissioner, Mr. Fraser, claims that the records of both the Railway and the Tramway Departments for a number of years…

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An Appeal Succeeds Railway Commissioners Save £60,000 Yearly. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 5

The High Court has allowed the appeal of the Railway Commissioners against the judgment of Judge Scholes. The Judge had ruled that the…

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French Railway Smash Four Killed and Thirty Injured. London, May 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Paris correspondent states that four persons were killed and thirty injured in a collision between a passenger and a goods train between…

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Melbourne Tram Accidents. Two in Rapid Succession

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 2

A tram overturned at.the Intersection of Spring, and Collins streets Melbourne last night. Five men, including the grip man and conductor, were injur…

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Medical Tests for Railway Men. A.w.u.'s Protest

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 2

Amass meeting of members of the A.W.U will be held in Sydney to-night to consider further the protest that has been made by the union regarding the…

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Financing Good Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 4

The question of the financing or good roads is one of the most urgent and vital questions of the day. The type of road needed, suited for…

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Stroud Road News

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 3

A kitchen tea was held in the Stroud Road Methodist Church on Wednesday evening last, when a large number of kitchen utensils…

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Good Roads Conventions. Canadian Engineer's Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 3

Road builders are beginning to wonder whether road conventions are an excuse for a holiday or whether they are a serious part of the road…

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Late Train to Be Run Nightly

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 1

In response to the Shire Council's request that a late train be run to Cessnock nightly the East Greta Company has decided to meet the council by…

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Senator Adamson Killed, Throws Himself in Front of Train

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 4

Senator John Adamson, C.B.E., ended his life in a tragic manner on Tuesday at Hendra, about five miles from Brisbane…

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Armidale Railway Depot. Not to Be Removed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners give an emphatic denial to the rumor that it is proposed to transfer the railway depot at Armidale to Woolbrook…

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Motor 'Bus for Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 4

Messrs. Styles and Fenwicks' motor 'bus Eurythmic will leave Church-street corner to-morrow (Saturday), at 10 a.m., for Newcastle Cup meeting…

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Our Telegrams. Trams Collide. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 5

Two trams collided at the intersection of Hunter and Elizabeth streets City, this morning, as a result of which traffic was held up for a considerable…

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Newcastle Cup Meeting Special Train From Single Ton

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 May 1922 · page 6

A great deal of interest is "attached locally to the Newcastle Cup meeting, which opens to-day and concludes on Wednesday next.' A special train will…

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