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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

2,010 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 101

Accident on Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 2

Whilst Messrs. Gardner Bros., of Hilldale, were journeying to Dungog in a sulky, the horse put one of its hind feet through a plank on…

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Stroud Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 3

The first game of tennis was played on Saturday week on the newly-formed court at back of the station and the court gave every satisfaction…

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Panic in Train. People Trampled Under Foot

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 4

New York, Saturday.—One hundred persons were overcome with fumes and many were trampled under foot in a New York subway…

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Bridge Across the Goulburn

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 2

The following copy of a letter from the Minister of Works to Mr. Cameron, M.L.A. is of great interest to those of us who have been…

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Bank Manager Murdered Suburban Train Tragedy. Attempt on Bank Fails

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 2

Mr F. C. Kemmis, manager of the Ho[?]sby branch of the Government Savings Bank, was murderously attacked in a train on Friday night last, en route…

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Attempt on Bank. Manager Assaulted on Train. Robbed of His Keys

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 2

Francis Cecil Kemmis, manager of the Government Savings Bank at Hornsby, was brutally assaulted in a train on Friday night, and robbed of…

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Road to Sydney. Shorter Route Proposed. Cost of £80,000

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 7

Twenty-five representatives of the local governing bodies attended a conference held at Hornsby to discuss the proposed shortening of the…

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Bank Manager Killed. Attacked in Train. Hornsby Sensation. Futile Attempt on Safe

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 4

Francis Cecil Kemmis, manager of the Government Savings Bank at Horushy, was brutally assaulted in the train on Friday night, between…

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Crime on North Shore Train. Bank Entered with Stolen Keys. No Booty for Murderer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 2

After lingering at death's door for twenty hours, the Hornsby bank manager, Mr. F. C. Kemmis, who was battered into insensibility and…

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U.S.A. Railways. Fighting the Strikers. Vancouver, July 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 5

A message from Washington states that officials are watching over what they call successful conferences between the mine operators and miners…

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Motor Car Fatality. Remand to Coroner's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 5

At the North Sydney Police Court John George Bryden, aged 40, was remanded to the coroner's court on July 19, on a charge of feloniously slaying…

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Queensland Strike. Railway and Sawmill Hands Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1922 · page 2

By a majority of 156 to 36 in a secret ballot, all hands on the North Coast line construction works between Farleigh and Proserpine (Q.) ceased…

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Motor 'Bus Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1922 · page 4

The East Maitland Municipal Council chas written to the West Maitland Council informing that it was of the opinion that two general licenses…

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U.S.A. Railway Strike. an Ugly Situation. Vancouver, July 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1922 · page 5

A message from Chicago states that the railway signalmen have announced that they will not join the shopmen's strike…

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North Shore Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1922 · page 5

Information has reached the Public Works Department that the chief engineer for the North shore Bridge (Mr. Bra[?]field) had complied with…

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Motor Cycles Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1922 · page 4

A collision occurred yesterday afternoon on the West Maitland to East Greta road between Messrs. O. O'Brien, of Louth Park, and Mr. W…

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U.S.A. Railway Strike. the Shopmen's Position. Vancouver, July 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1922 · page 5

A good chance of a settlement of the shopmen's strike appeared to-day. It has been realised for several days that Wells and other heads of…

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Railway Smash. Disaster in Spain. London, July 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1922 · page 5

Reuter's Paris correspondent says a message from Madrid status that 30 people were killed and 50 injured in a collision between the Galieian express…

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Traffic Suspended. Bridges and Railway Lines Destroyed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 July 1922 · page 3

London, Tuesday,—All Dublin and Belfast traffic has been suspended. Five bridges have been blown up, and the railway lines completely destroyed for…

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The Road or Railway

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 11

At a well represented meeting of the Combined Miners' Lodges and Progress Associations of Cessnock District held last Tuesday night, some very…

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