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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

2,010 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 101

Maitland Identity Gone. Never in a Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 2

Miss Ellen Pureell, aged 96 a native of Queen's County, Ireland, who was for 60 years a resident of Maitland, died on Monday night. She had only…

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Peculiar Train Accident 60 Picnickers in River

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 3

An accident of a peculiar nature happened to a picnic train on the Mulgrave Central Queensland sugar mills Hue, near Mulgrave River, on Monday. The…

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Railway Fatalities. London, June 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Denlin correspondent reports that at least 29 yore killed and 55 seriously injured, and many other slightly injured, owing to a load of…

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Railway Tricycle Fatality

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 2

William Taylor, ganger, Alfred Schofield, labourer, and William Bulman were travelling along the railway line near Dubbo on a tricycle, and at the…

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Ireland Big Motor Raid. An Officer Arrested, (Reuter's Cables.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 2

Irregulars took possession of a Belfast firm's garage at Dublin and commandeered 14 motor cars, which were driven off. In connection with the…

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Railway Refreshment Rates Caterers' Mixed Views

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1922 · page 2

The announcement by the Railway Refreshment Room authorities of a considerable reduction in the tariff for meals, not only at the Central Station,…

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Tea Gardens Road

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 3

Mr. Roy Vincent, M.L.A. forwards the following:—"Your representations on behalf of the Stroud Shire Council urging that approval to the Council's raising a…

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[?] of [?]Y [?]Thy Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 1

Speaking with regard to the above proposal Cr. Johns, president of the Cessnock Shire, said that somehow o[?] another there had been an amount of…

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Roads of Subdivisions Must Be Gravelled

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 1

Dealing with a proposal to subdivide land at Ellalong, Cr. Brown said that he would insist that the streets in all subdivisions be gravelled. In the early…

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Maitland Identity Gone. Never in a Train

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 2

Miss Ellen Purcell, aged 96, a native of Queen's County, Ireland, who was for 60 years a resident of Maitland, died on Monday night. She had…

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Railway Freights. (To the Editor.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 2

Sir,—My committee note Mr. [?] (Chief Commissioner) for Railways) [?], appearing in your pape[?] railway freights from the…

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Motor Car Fatality. London, June 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 5

An inquest took place at Rasing-stoke on the body of Pembroke College, Cambridge University, son of Mr…

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Letter to the Editor Railway Freights

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 6

Sir,—My committee note Mr. Fraser's (Chief Commissioner for Railways) letter, appearing in your paper, to railway freights from the works of…

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America's Railway Strike. Vancouver, June 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 5

Scores of maintenance way, and railway men on the Chicago yards are quitting work in response to the strike can to 400,000 men. As all hope of…

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Cross Country Railway Lines

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 2

Mr. Roy. S. Vincent, M.L.A. has forwarded the following letter to the Premier:— Dear Sir.—In reply to your letter of…

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Correspondence. Railway Freights. (To the Editor)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 2

Sir,—My committee note Mr. Fraser's (Chief Commissioner for Railways) letter, appearing in your paper re railway freights from the…

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The Cessnock-cockle Creek Railway

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 June 1922 · page 1

The proposal to construct a railway line from Cessnock to Cockle Creek has been revived. A letter was read from the Workers' Industrial Union at…

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Telarah Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 4

Councillor Johns (president), and Mr. W. R. Lindsay (engineer) of the Cessnock Shire Council this morning inspected the Telarah bridge in company with Mr. W…

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City Railway. and North Shore Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 16

MR. R. T. Ball, Minister for Agriculture, who is at present in his electorate attending a series of functions arranged in his honour, reached…

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North Shore Bridge. Government's Intentions

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 6

A deputation representing the northern suburbs waited upon Sir George Fuller, State Premier, and urged that the building of the Sydney Harbour…

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