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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1922

2,010 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 65 of 101

Railway Accident. Heavy Mist

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 August 1922 · page 5

A later message states that the revised casualties in the Gravesend railway accident show three dead 15 injured, of whom two are in a…

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A Motorless Aeroplane

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 3

Berlin, Monday.—Herr Martens, a Hanoverian engineering student, has flown for 66 minutes at a height of 300 feet in a motorics aeroplane. He flew…

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Gostwyck Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 4

Recently the dangerous state of tills bridge was brought under the notice of Hon. Walter Bennett, who immediately brought the matter under…

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Telarah Swamp Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 4

Cessnock Shire Council has accepted the tender of Mr. W. G. Hopkins, of Waratah, for £909, for the work of raising the Telarah swamp…

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The Latest. North Shore Bridge and City Railway Expenditure. Railways and Roads in Country More Necessary. Satisfactory Basis Desired for Civil Service. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 3

At the Fanners and Settlers' Confererce today the following resolution was unanimously carried:— "That the Government be requested…

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Maitland Gup Meeting Special Train From Singleton

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 2

In connection with the Maitland Cup meeting, which opens on Saturday next, a special train will leave Singleton at 11.5 a.m., calling at all stations,…

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Electric Train Bolts Driver Left His Post

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 4

An electric train, which should have pulled up, dashed through two stations in Victoria on Sunday night. The train left Flinders-street at 7.48, and the…

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Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 4

During shunting operations at East Greta Junction yesterday afternoon, a collision occurred between two coal trains. One train of full waggons was…

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Correspondence Our Non-paying Railways. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 August 1922 · page 2

Sir,—According to the latest railway report the loss on 48, lines last year was over a million. It has been steadily mounting up for a good many years,…

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Motorless Aeroplane

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 3

Herr Martens, a Hanovarian engineering student, has flown for 66 minutes at a height of 300 feet in a motorless aeroplane. he flew ten kilometres in a direct…

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Concrete Roads

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 4

A conference of local government representatives at Hamilton last week decided that the Mayors of the various municipalities in and around Newcastle…

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The Lake Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 1

Cr. Brown, speaking of the Lake Road at the Cessnock Shire Council meeting said that the position has practically come to a deadlock. From…

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Assault on Wollombi Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 9

At the Cessnock Police Court on Monday, before Major Crane, P.M., William Howell, Albert Brennan and John Wright were charged that they…

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Allyn River Road. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 2

The Minister for Mines and Local Government has agreed to receive a deputation on the afternoon of September 12, to hear the representations to…

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Motor Car News

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 1
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That sales count more than words, is evidently, the maxim relied upon by Mcintosh and Sons.Ltd., Sydney, as instance their pertinent…

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Motor Trains. for Country Branches. Reasons for Delay

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 1

The delay in putting motor trains on the non-paying country lines was explained by Mr. Frruier, Chief Commissioner for Railways, on Tuesday…

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Faction Fight. in Railway Workers' Union. Mr, Corish's Exclusion. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 5

Judge Beeby gave judgment in the Arbitration Court in the application of Richard Corish, for an injunction restraining the New South Wales…

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Railway Strike. Personnel of Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 7

Sir George Fuller on Thursday evening announced the decision to appoint a board finally to clear up the 1917 strike trouble…

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Motor Trains

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 2

Offers of motor trains are being made to the Government from America, and they will be seriously entertained, in view of the ambitious policy to re-organise the…

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