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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

2,882 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 145

Closing of Gostwyck Approach Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

It is notified by Bolwarra Shire Council that the Gostwyek approach bridge is now closed. The public are requested to use the new road…

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Merriwa-Muswellbrook Train the Late Train Grievance. Gungal Gets a Move On. the N.S.W.C.T.A Takes a Hand

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 1

Mr. D. J. Bowen (Secretary Gungal Progress Association) has received the following letter from the secretary of the Commercial…

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A Disillusioned Boy Melbourne's Funny Trams. Traveller at 11 Years of Age. Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

Melbourne struck him as a cheerless, unfriendly city when Leslie William Harris left the Sydney express at Spencer-street on…

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Railway Freights on Petrol

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 2

A striking anomaly has been revealed by a letter to the municipal council at Wagga, [?]uring it to make representations to the Railway…

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Trains and Trams. Question of Freight and Fares Reduction Unlikely

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 6

On Monday the State Treasurer (Mr. Cocks) and the Minister for Works and Railway (Mr. Ball), conferred with the Railway…

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Motorist Fined

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 2

Hugh Sutherland was fined £50 at Adelaide for having driven a motor car while under the influence of liquor. It was his second offence…

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Railway Parcels Rifled. Registered Packages Gone

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 3

The Postal Parcels Office at Railway Square, Sydney, was entered by thieves on Saturday night, or early on Sunday morning. They rifled a number of mail…

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Railway Parcels Rifled Registered Packages Gone

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 2

The Postal Parcels Office at Railway Square, Sydney, was entered, by thieves on Saturday night, or early on Sunday morning. They rifled a number of mail…

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Railway Siding for New Course

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 5

A deputation representing the Cessnock Jockey Club, comprising Messrs. S. W. Snape (acting chairman), G. A. Ward (treasurer), and A. L. Pogonoski…

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Deputations to Sydney. Licensing Court and Railway Refused

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

On Friday last Cr. Crown, President of Cessnock Shire, and Cr. J. Cousens, paid a visit to Sydney, and with district members put a number of local…

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Trades Classes. Railway Institute Progress

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 5

The annual report of the New South Wales Government Railway and Tramway Institute, shows that during the year 5468 new members…

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Railway Freights. Relief for Rural Producers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 2

Mr. Bull. (Minister for Railways) stated at Albury that a reduction in railway freights had been approved in regard to several items of concern to…

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North Coast Railway. Problem of Feeders. Production and Closer Settlement. No.4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 4

Dealing with this subject in our previous articles, we have urged the construction of concrete roads not parallel to but away from the railway so as to serve as feeders to the line, together with the reconstructs of shires, and as a more advisable policy than that of branch railways…

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Motorist's Narrow Escape. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 4

The danger of people using fire arms indiscriminately was illustrated on Monday, when Mr. E.W. Marsh, representative of the H.V…

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Motor Accident. Three Persons Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 2

Early on Wednesday evening a motor accident occurred at the corner of West and Ernest streets, North Sydney. Three persons were…

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Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 4

Mr. James Newman, a well-known resident of Hebburn, was seriously injured in a railway accident near the Hebburn Coliery crossing,…

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State Revenue. Increase for February. Rail and Tram Decline

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 7

The State revenue returns for February show an increase of £177,131, the figures being February, 1923, £2, 800,500…

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French in Ruhr. Railway Accidents. London, Feb. 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Colonge correspondent states that a train from Aix la Chapelle was switched on to the wrong line and crashed into a stationary…

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The Railways. Only Way to Reduce Freights

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 5

Colonel Bruxner, [?]cader of the State Progressive Party, speaking at Touter-field, said he had noticed a report that Cabinet and the Railway…

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Tramway Control. Move to Separate From Commissioners. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 5

A campaign which has for its object the complete separation of the Sydney traniways from the control of the railway Commissioners is to be launched…

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