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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

2,010 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 101

A New Air-cooled Motor Cycle Engine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 May 1922 · page 6

The design of engines for motor cycles presents many problems of interest to the engineer and of great importance to the manufacturer…

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A Road Wanted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 4

A move has been made to have a road constructed along the railway line to the marshalling siding at Telarah from the Homeville side to Rutherford. At…

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The Road to Ruin

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 4

A sad story was revealed in the Melbourne Supreme Court last week when a bank teller, the youngest in the service, was sentenced to two…

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Train Accident. Bumps Into Dead End. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 5

Five people were slightly injured in an accident at the Central railway station this morning, when a train from Cantebury over ran itself and heavily…

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Railway and Tramway Institute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 4

Preparations are being made for the early opening locally of a branch of the Railway and Tramway Institute, which has for its objective the improvement…

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Railway Stealing. Night Officer Convicted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 3

Albert William Pellatt, formerly a night officer at Emu Plains railway station, was charged at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions, before judge…

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Railway Land. Council's Valuation Contested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 3

Reserved judgement was delivered in the Land Valuation Court by Mr. Justice Pike in the appeal by the Railway COmmissioners against the…

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Exciting Runaway. Driver Seriously Injured. Motor Driver's Remarkable Escape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 7

Two bolting horses attached to a dray were responsible for an extraordinary series of accidents in Parramatta-road, Summer Hill, on Monday night…

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Motor Fatality. One Killed and Four Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 4

At a sharp bend half a mile from Hastings (Vic.), the tyre of a front wheel of a charabane burst. The vehicle turned over on its side,…

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Railway Freight Reductions. Meat, Poultry, Rabbits, Fish

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 3

The Minister for Railways has approved of the recommendation of the Railway Commissioners that certain reductions in freights on fresh and…

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The Raymond Terrace Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1922 · page 4

The Tarro Shire Council has decided, to apply to the Minister for a grant of £3000 for the Raymond Terrace road on terms similar to…

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U.S.A. Railways. Reducing Wages. Vancouver, May 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1922 · page 5

A Chicago message states that the maintenance way railway workers will take a strike vote on the wage out, which will total £10,000,000 annually, as…

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Train Crew Suffocated. London, June 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 5

A message from Bourgon Bressen, France, states that a whole goods train personnel, numbering seven were suffocated during a stoppage in a tunnel…

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Subscribed in Court Cripple's Train Fare

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 2

Michael Moran, a cripple on crutches as the result of rheumatism, was charged at Bathurst Police Court on. Tuesday with having travelled from Sydney…

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Train Bumps Dead End Five People Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 2

Five people were slightly injured in an accident at the Central Railway. Station, Sydney, on Tuesday morning, when a train from Canterbury overran…

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Motor Lorry Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 4

We have been informed that it was Cox's motor lorry from Cessnock which crashed through the fence on the road near the Bolwarra Public School. This…

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Victorian Revenue. Increased Railway Receipts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 6

The outstanding feature in the State revenue returns for May is the increase in the railway receipts. They totalled £935,478, an advance of £115,480…

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Exciting Incident. Motor Car Out of Control

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 5

A motor car got out of control at Deepwater, tore away seven posts of an approach fence leading to the local bridge, and, continuing its career…

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Victorian Railways May Cross the Border

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 4

The Government is making headway with its proposal to allow Victorian railways to cross the Murray and tap the Riverina…

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Horse on Motor Car Man Very Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 June 1922 · page 4

Much excitement was caused on Parramatta-road, Summer Hill, on Monday night by two bolting horses attached to a dray. The driver of the dray was…

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