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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

2,010 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 101

A Railway Culvert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 May 1922 · page 4

The West Maitland Municipal Council has for some time been pressing on the railway authorities the necessity of effecting repairs to a culvert near…

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Revealing German Secrets Motor Mechanic Sentenced. (Reuter's Cables.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 May 1922 · page 2

The Supreme Court at Leipzig has sentenced a motor mechanic to 18 months' imprisonment on a charge of disclosing to the Inter-Allied…

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Train Derailed. Mishap Near Wauohope. Whole Train Off Line

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 2

The train which left Sydney at 6.50 a.m. on Monday for Wauchope left the road on a curve between Heron's Creek and Wauchope at 7.15…

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Government Road Metal

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 2

Referring to his visit to the State Metal Quarries at Kiama, Sir Thomas Henley said that he considered the cost of road metal from the Government…

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Abernethy to Kearsley Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 7

Mr. Cousins, of Abernethy, who has been a great worker to secure the road from Abernethy to Kearsley, waited upon the Council on Monday in…

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Cessnock Roads. Plans Submitted to State Ministers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 3

The executive of the Miners' Federation has re-submitted to Sir Thomas Henley, Minister for Works, and Mr. Farrar, Minister for Labour, the…

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Hanleys Creek Road. Improvements Wanted

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 2

There taxes are heavy now, and a ratepayer expects more attention to his road. Harley's Creek road is a disgrace. In the last five or six…

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Motor Bus for Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 4

The motor bus Eurythmic will leave Church-street corner, at 11.15 a.m., to-morrow, for Wallsend races…

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Train Derailment. Mishap Near Wauchope. Whole Train Off Line

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 3

The train which left Sydney at 6.50 a.m. on Monday for Wauchope left the road on a curve between Heron's Creek and Wauchope at 7.15…

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Cessnock Roads. Abernethy to Kearsley. Minister to Be Approached

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 6

At a meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council the president intimated that as he had received a request to meet Mears. J. M. Baddeley, H…

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Madman's Act. Votemised on a Train. Queenslander Duped

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 6

Still another instance has been reported to the police of the successful stating of the "madman" trick. It was enacted on Tuesday Afternoon…

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North Shore Bridge. Will It Be Dropped? Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 5

On the question as to the Government's intention in regard to the North Shore Bridge, the Premier Sir George Fuller declines either to…

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Wild West Hold-up. Train Robbers Defeated. Vancouver, May 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 2

A message form Tuscon, Arizona, states that a Wild West hold-up, which would do credit to the movies, took place at midnight when the Golden…

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Much Too High. Cost of Road Metal. Ministerial Statement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 3

Sir Thomas Henley (Minister for Works and Railways), accompanied by Mr. Cooper, Under-Secretary, visited the blue metal quarries at…

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Railway Labourers. Medical Examinations Question. Premier Waited Upon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 14

A deputation, representing the Sydney Labour Council and the A.W.C., and comprising Messrs. Garden, Stein, Calburn and Carbines,…

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Bourke to Darwin. Railway Commissioner's Views

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 9

Giving evidence before the Federal Public Works Committee on the proposed north-south railway, Mr. James Fraser, Chief Railway Commissioner,…

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Railway Finance. Chief Commissioners Statement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 9

In an abstract of the financial position of the New South Wales railways for a period of 16 years the Chief Railway commissioner [?] out that…

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West Maitland Court. Monlay, May 15. (Before Major F.W.C. Crane, P.m.) Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 9

Lloyd ThorleY pleaded guilty to riding a motor cycle without having a license and was fneh 20/ and 8/ costs. For allowing Thorley to ride…

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Fatal Accident. Motor Tyre Bursts

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 13

A fatal accident occurred on the Kadina to Wallaroo road (S.A.) on Saturday night and Miss Coad, aged 15 years, was killed…

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Missing Motor Cars Two Men Arrested

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 May 1922 · page 6

On a charge of stealing a motor cat ana a fur cape and cap, value in all £1150, from a garage at Bondi, Herbert Holgate and John Scott, two young men,…

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