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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

2,010 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 101

Access to the Lake. Kearsley-mulbring Road. Minister Approached

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 2

A deputation from Cessnock, Kearsley and Mulbring waited upon Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local Government, to ask for assistance to…

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Mary vale-Sandy Hollow Railway Deputation to the Minlstee

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 2

On the 1st inst., Sir Thomas Henley, M.L.A., Minister for Works, was asked by an influential deputation to refer the question of the proposed…

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Excessive Railway Freights. Upper Hunter District Public Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 2
Also in The Scone Advocate

As notified elsewhere in these columns an Upper Hunter District meeting is to be held at St. Mark's Fall, Aberdean, on Monday next, 19th…

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Bowlers. Railway Team on Tour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 2

The third test match between New South Wales and Queensland railway bowlers was played on the Yeronga green, Brisbane, on Wednesday, and…

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Breaches of Motor Traffic Regulations

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 2

Robert A. Mitchell pleaded guilty for driving a motor car on the night of the 27th May, the tail lamp of which was not burning…

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[?] Motor Bus Owners' Request

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 June 1922 · page 1

At last meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council two letters were received from motor bus proprietors in the shire—one in Cessnock and the other in Kurri—…

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Train and Tram Fares Chief Commissioner's Bombshell

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 3

The Chief Commissioner's bombshell, that railway fares and freights cannot be reduced unless developmental lines are subsidised, is causing concern to…

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Road at Telarah Siding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 4

Mr. W. J. Grieve, clerk to the Cessnock Shire, has advised Mr. W. F. O'Hearm, M.L.A., in regard to the matter of constructing a road along…

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At the Cross Roads. Position of Modern Civilisation. Parallels of Dying Rome

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 6

"In the mad search far money, and in many other ways, one sees parallels in modern civilisation with the civilisation of dying Rome," declared…

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Motor Gars Collide Newcastle Hill Climbing Contest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 13

A collision between two Motor cars took place in Welfe-street, Newcastle, on Saturday afternoon during the progress of a hill-climbing contest, which…

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North Coast Railway. Another Link to Be Completed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 8

The final inspection of the Coff's Harbour-Glenreagh section of the North Coast railway was to have been made by the chief construction engineer and…

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Railway Policy. Canadian SYSTliM .KAVOUIUil)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 6

Replying to a deputation which waited upon him from the Inverell district with a request for direct railway communication with the coast, the…

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Free Railway Passes Delegates to Local Government Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 4

A deputation representing the Local Government Association waited upon the Minister or Mines and Local Government (Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick), to…

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American Railways. Big Wage Cuts. Vancouver, June 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1922 · page 5

Information from Chicago has been received to the effect that the United States Railway Labor Board has out 40,000,000 dollars from the wages of…

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Frozen Produce. Increase in Railway Freights

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 June 1922 · page 6

The secretary to the Railway Commissioners has written to Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., in reply to his representations on behalf of the Australian…

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A Motor Story

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 June 1922 · page 8

Toot-toot! The motor come flying round the corner, and the old gentleman in the road jumped hastily aside. But his wife stepped out of…

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Circus and Managerie. Coming by Special Train

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1922 · page 3

On Friday next, June 23rd, the residents of Dungog and district will have the privilege of witnessing the greatest aggregate of circus talent…

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Farmers' Congress. Views on North-south Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 June 1922 · page 3

By a unanimous vote, the Federal conference of the Australian Farmers' Federal Organisation in Adelaide agreed that the north-south railway line…

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Railway Freights

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 June 1922 · page 5

At a largely attended public meeting representative of the Upper Hunter districts, held at Aberdeen last evening, protesting against the…

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