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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

2,882 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 145

Forty-eight Hours. Railway Workers Notified

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

The Railway Commissions have notified the Railway Workers' Branch of the A.W.U. that the Arbitration Court had granted…

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High-speed Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 5

A hundred yours nonce it is csumated that the population of New York will exec[?] that of the [?] is[?]los to-day (47,000,000). Municipal exports, moved by the…

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The Melville Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 4

At theis afternoon's meeting of the Bolwarra Shire Council it was de-Bolwarra Shire Council, the president (Cr. Bowden) reporting in connection…

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Paterson Wharf and Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 4

The engineer to the Bolwarra Shire Council reported to the council at its meeting this afternoon that Councillors Priestley and Ferry had met…

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Road Material (To the Editor.)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 2

Sir,—I was pleased to read the paragraph under the heading "Road Material" in a recent issue, and to note that the Works Committee of the local Municipal…

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Taree Show Train Service Very Satisfactory Arrangements

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 3

Mr. Ralph Plummer, secretary of the M.R.A. and H.A., has received very satisfactory news from the railway authorities, through the local…

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Motor 'Bus for Singleton Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 4

Mr. F. Styles will run the motor 'bus Beau Bee to Singleton races to-morrow (Saturday), leaving at 10.45 o'clock…

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Railway Complications. London, March 1

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 5

The difficulties in the way of giving the French railway facilities through the Cologne area held by the British are not easily solved,…

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Seizing Motor Cars. Fiench Practices. London, March l

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Duesseldorf correspondent states that the well-to-do population is forcibly realising the earnestness of the French occupation on…

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Our Telegrams. Killed by Motor Car. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 5

Frank Smythe, aged 6, was knocked down by a motor tar ut Auburn yesterday afternoon. Death was instantancous. A charge has been…

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Motor Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 2

It will not be long now before Cessnock has its motor club. Borne surprise has been expressed that a club of this kind has not been formed…

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South Maitland Railway Employees. Holiday Passes Refused

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A. has received the following letter from the Railway Commissioners in reference to railway passes for employees of…

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Port Stephens Railway Trial Survey

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 8

Officers of the Railway Department are engaged on the trial survey of a line of railway to connect Port Stephens and Morpeth. The present…

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Aeroplane Crashes. Accident at Barcaldine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 14

A message from Barcaldine (Q.) states that the small Armstrong-Whitworth aeroplane, in the charge of Lieutenant Feysh, while leaving…

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Big Aeroplane. Speed of Over Hundred Miles an Hour. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 16

Probably the biggest passenger aeroplane to come to Australia was unshipped from the steamer Cooce on the 24th inst…

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The Latest Another Train Smash. (Reuters Cables.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 6

A Mayence correspondent states it is reported that in consequence of a mistake by a pointsman, one person was killed and 13 injured in a collision…

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Direct Electric Lighting of Motor Cars

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 12

The benefits of electric lighting on motor cars are obtained at the expense of putting up with the drawbacks of accumulators. Inventors…

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Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 4

Whilst alighting from a tram near Capper and Sons' store last evening, Miss Rose Silva, who resides with Mr. and Mrs. D. J.). Ryan,…

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Retrenchment. on South Australian Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 7

A deputation from the Metal Trades Council waited on Mr. Webb, Chief Commission for Railways (South Australia), in regard to the…

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Railway Accident. London, March 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Mayence correspondent states that it is reported that in consequence of the mistake of a points-man, one person was killed and…

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