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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

2,010 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 101

Pelaw-main Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 2

Work has been commenced on the construction of the direct road from Kurri to Pelaw-Main, and the bridge over Mr. J. Brown's railway line…

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Marshalling Siding Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has interviewed the Railway and Local Government Department in connection with the marshalling siding road and…

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Accident at Railway Works. Young Man Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 2

While engaged in blasting operations at the local railway construction works, on Wednesday morning, Mr. Jack Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs…

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American Strikes. Railways' Cheeping Paralysis. Vancouver, July 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 5

It appears to-day that the coalminers and the shopmen's strikes must be quickly settled or a most serious industrial and transportation tie-up…

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Cessnock-Cockle-Creek Railway

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 July 1922 · page 1

The Newcastle City Council communicated with the Cessnock Council regarding the proposed Cessnock-Cockle Creek railway, with a view to getting…

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Gowrie Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 2

The Mayor (Alderman J. Searl) sent an urgent message during tho week to the railway authorities at Newcastle calling attention to the dangerous…

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Repairs to Gowrie Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 6

During the week the Mayor (Alderman Searl) sent an urgent message to the railway authorities at Newcastle calling attention to the dangerous…

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Trans-ocean Aeroplane. German Enterprise. London, July 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 5

A twin-hulled trans-ocean German aeroplane, on which Professor Junkers has been working since the war, is now ready for service…

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Road Problem. Experiments at Hongkong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 9

Mr. Henry Edward Goldsmith, executive engineer in charge of roads at Hongkong who has become well known through his various…

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Road Problem. Experiments at Hongkong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 3

Mr. Henry Edward Goldsmith, executive engineer in charge of roads at Hongkong, who has become well known through his various…

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Irish Irregulars Record Train Robbery. London, July 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 5

A large force of Irregulars, including women, carried out the biggest train robbery yet perpetuated in Donegal, when they held up Londonderry…

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The Railways. Commissioners' Statement. Better Prospects This Year

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 5

Since the publication of certain figures supplied in the course of financial statements made by the Treasury, the Railway Commissioners have been…

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South Maitland Railway Employees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 4

A conference was held at the Newcastle office of the South Maitland Railways, Ltd., between the directors of the company and Messrs. E. J…

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Cessnock to Cockle Creek Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 4

The proposal to construct a line of railway from Cessnock to Cockle Creek is condemned by Mr. A. F. Hall, licensed surveyor, of Newcastle…

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The Railways. Commissioners' Statement. Better Prospects This Year

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 9

Since the publication of certain figures supplied in the course of financial statements made by the Treasury, the Railway Commissioners have been…

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U.S.A. Railway Strike Serious Situation. Vancouver, July 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 5

The approaching week-end strike situation in the United States railways is fast reaching a most serious and confused tangle, Officials of the…

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The Railway Business Method

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 6

A few weeks ago we published the experiences of a firm of stock auctioneers who were charged £500 for a special train of 45 trucks to take sheep on…

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American Railway Strike Men Shot and Beaten

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 7

Washington, Thursday.—There has been a further outbreak of violence among the railway strikers, principally at Baltimore and Chicago. One man…

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British Successes in Railway Electrification

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 July 1922 · page 8

About two years ago the South African Government wont very carefully into the question of improving the service of its State railways, and a…

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Bridge Repairs. Railway Service Achievement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1922 · page 6

"Owing to repairs to bridge, this and is closed until further notice." Such a notice is quite common to a [?] on the road. It is met with…

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