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Railways, roads & transport, 1922

2,010 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 101

Motor 'Bus for Gresford Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 4

It is notified in this issue that Messrs. Styles and Fenwick's motor 'bus will leave Church-street corner, West-Maitland. to-morrow (Thursday) morning for…

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Raising Telarah Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 4

The Divisional Engineer for Railways has imposed conditions that are unsatisfactory upon the removal of the necessary material required from the…

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Salutary Fine. Intoxicated on Excursion Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1922 · page 3

In dealing with a case of a person charged at Murwillumbah police Court with being in a state of intoxication on an excursion train one…

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Two Vital Needs. for Development of Country Railways and Good Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 6

Speaking at the Millions Club luncheon in Sydney, Mr. A. G. Gowen, of Chicago, U.S.A., said that there were two vital needs for…

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Who Will Pay for the Lake Road Survey?

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 6

A communication was read at the meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council on Monday from the Tarro Shire Council, asking for an undertaking…

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Motor 'Bus for Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 4

Messrs. Styles and Fenwick's motor bus will leave Church-street, corner, at 11.30, to-morrow (Saturday), for the Cessnock races…

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Tragic Collision. Young Wallsend Fatality. Motor and Sulky Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 3

A tragic collision took place on Thursday at Young Wallsend between a motor lorry and a sulky, and as a result Mr. Stanley M'Pherson, a…

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Scone Railway Station

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 5

AT Monday night's meeting of the local Municipal Council, the following reply was read from the Railway Commissioners touching a request to have…

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Death at Bishop's Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 4

The death occurred yesterday of Olga, a daughter of Mr. E. A. Griffiths, of Bishop's Bridge, Deceased, was only 18 years of age. The funeral took place…

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Good Roads. Australia's Vital Needs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 6

The vital need for good roods in Australia was emphasised by the Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cann) and Mr. J. C. Watson, president, at a…

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Railway and Tramway Society

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 4

A meeting of members of the Railway and Tramway Co-operative Society, Ltd., Maitland branch, will be held at the shop, on Monday, next…

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Motor Smash. Three Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 2

A serious motor smash occurred at Tighe's Hill, Newcastle, last night, at about eleven o'clock. As a result three men were injured…

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Motor Tragedy. Woman Killed at Manly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 3

Annie Jane Davis (41), a widow residing at [?] Addison Road, Many was knocked down by a motor car on the South Steyne, near the Pacific…

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French Railway Accident. Sixty People Injured. London, Jan. 22

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 13

Reuter's Arms correspondent reports that a serious accident happened to the Paris express through a broken coupling at the rear of the…

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Sydney City Railway Electioneering Suggestion Denied

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 14

A suggestion that the Sydney City Railway is being resumed for electioneering purposes is denied as ridiculous by the Minister for Works…

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Not Taken Seriously City Railway Proposals. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 14

The statement that the city railway is to be proceeded with at an early date, and that it will give work in the first instances to about 500 men, is…

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Motor Accident. Two Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 14

Whilst taking two passengers, Hereward Cummings, employed at the Hume Reservoir, and Angy Ryan, son of Mr. Thos. Ryan, owner of the…

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A Boon to Motorists

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 9

Anyone who has attempted to fill a grease cup with any kind of great lubricator will know how difficult it is to perform this operation without…

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Motor Tyre Bursts. Extraordinary Experiences

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 11

Cyril Watson, a motor car driver, had an extraordinary experience at Young. He drove the Police Magistrate to…

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Motors in Collision. Five People Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1922 · page 11

Motor smashes are becoming almost nightly occurrences. In sydney last week as the result of a collision in Cook Road, Centennial Park,…

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