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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

2,882 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 145

Styles' Motor 'Bus

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 4

Mr. F. Styles' motor 'bus will leave High-street station every morning at 6 a.m., and travel via High-street. Homeville and East Grota…

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LOCAL & General News Motor Car For Hire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 4

Mr. Barry Threlfe, of Bulwer-st., West Maitland, is now running a reliable motor car for hire, day or night. His phone number is 552…

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Alleged Conspiracy Motor Launch Partnership

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 7

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, Walter Paul Rose, 36, and Leslie Heath, 33, were committed for trial on charge of alleged…

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North Coast Railway. Is Proposed Expenditure Exorbitant? Problem of Feeders. No. 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 2

With respect to our proposal for the expenditure by the State of the sum of £1,000,000 for the provision of concrete roads as feeders for the North Coast Railway, with various aspects of which proposal we have dealt in four previous articles, our purpose in this article is to discuss whether…

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Among the Wheat Growers. Need for Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 13

When one visits the famous wheat bell, for the first time one is amazed at the expanse of country that is and will be put under wheat production,…

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Railway Accident. London, March 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 12

Reuter's Mayonce correspondent states that it is reported that in consequence or the mistake of a pointsman, one person was killed and…

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Direct Electric Lighting of Motor Cars

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 16

The benfits of electric lighting on motor cars are obtained at the expense of putting up with, the drawbacks of accumulators inventors…

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A Long Tramp. Melbourne to Darwin

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 March 1923 · page 5

A large crowd gathered at Melbourne Post Office on Wednesday, when two young men, Messrs E. Cook (24) and C. W. Reed (22), left on the first lap…

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Three Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 2

As a result of a taxi car colliding with an electric light standard in Annandale-street, Annandale, early on Sunday morning, three men were…

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Styles' Motor 'Bus

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 4

The proprietors of Styles motor bus announces that owing to a slight accident the 'bus was unable to run this morning. It is…

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Big Aeroplane. to Carry Eight Passengers. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 5

The Vickers-Vulcan aeroplane for the Charleville-Tuncurry route will leave Melbourne to-morrow for Queensland. It will take eight…

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Huge Aeroplane. Round the World Service. London , March 11

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 5

The "Daily Mail's" aeronautical correspondent states that the Air Ministry is calling for tenders in the industry for the construction of a…

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Tamworth Passenger Train. Former Time Table. Commissioner's Announcement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

The Chief Railway Commissioner informed representatives of the Commercial Traveller's Association and the Chamber of Commerce on…

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Under Estimated. the Cost of the Lake Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 6

When the first estimate of the cost of the Lake Road construction was submitted, the estimate was fixed at £11,000 for he Cessnock Shire Council's…

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Upper Hunter Shire Council. Dartbrook Soldiers and Shire Rates. Noxious Weeds Question. Defaulting Ratepayers to Be Prosecuted. the Dry Road

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

Meeting hold on Thursday last. Present: Councillors H. L. White (President), S. Holmes, A. S. Barwick, J. K. Kennedy, W. C. Carter,…

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Railway Activity. Resumption of Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 2

A large gang of men will commence plate-laying in the locall railway yard next week, in order to complete the work of remodelling the…

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Singleton Letter. the Railway Platform. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 6

In reply to a letter from the municipal council, regarding extension of platform at Singleton Railway station, the Secretary to the Railway…

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Stand Pipes for Railway Bridges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 6

In a letter to the municipal council, the division ongineer, Newcastle, said it had been suggested that two or three stand pipes be placed on the…

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Motor Char-a-Banc

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 4

It is announced that in future Stokes' new green motor char-a-banc will leave Homeville at 6.55 and 7.20 p.m. for West Maitland,…

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A Large Creosoting Plant for Railway Sleepers

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 March 1923 · page 1

Railway engineers are in fairly general agreement that creosoting in the most satisfactory method of preserving timber which has to be used in…

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