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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

2,882 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 145

Motor Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

Mr. Wal. Rutherford has gradually been working up the interest of motorists in the formation of a motor club, and is well pleased with the response…

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Train Wrecking

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 12

Armed men sprnkled with petrol and set afire the Tralee-Limerick train. They sent it at full speed into a Newcastle West timber yard. The…

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Lucky Escape. Aeroplane Falls 5000 Feet

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 11

An aeroplane accident in West Australia was the main cause for the arrival in Brisbane of Mr. G. Evans. British cotton expert, several days…

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Broken Down. Vickers-vulcan Aeroplane Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 5

A Charleville messages states that the large eight-passenger. Vickers-Vulcan aeroplane is reported as having broken down at Barringun, on…

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Excursion Train to Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners advercise in this issue that an excursion train will run from the north to Sydney on Monday, 26th March. The train…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 2

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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Upkeep of Roads. Minister on the Position

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 11

Speaking at the opening of the Orange Diamond Jubilee Show, the Minister for Local Govornment, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, referring to the…

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Land Court. Application for Road

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 6

The Land Board for the Land District of Maitland, sitting at the East Maitland Lands Office, considered an application by John Moran for…

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Duchess in New Zealand Scene on Train

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 5

The Grand Duchess Princess Ivanovitch, known by her English names of Harriet Rushford and Henrietta Houthall Fuller, who recently entertained…

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Train Imperilled. Plucky Girl's Action. London, March 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 5

The pluck of a farmer's daughter at Oxford this morning saved the mall train from Ballina to Dublin, and the lives of fourteen National…

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Motor Traffic. Competition with the Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 5

The amount of goods conveyed by motor lorry between Sydney and Goulburn is increasing, and the competition is being felt by the Railway…

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Head on Collision. Motor Cars Wrecked. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 5

Two motor cars were wrecked in a head-on smash near the Waterfall Sanatorium on the Bulli Road yesterday…

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Young Man Killed. Motor Cycle and Car in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 2

William Rupert Jarrett, 22, of Windsor, who was injured in a collision between a motor cycle and side ear and motor car at St. Kilda…

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Six Divisions. South Australian Railway System

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 7

The scheme of railway reorganisation announced by Mr. Webb, Chief Railway Commissioner, some weeks ago, whereby the system will be out…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 4

A young man named Reginald Smith, a resident, of Hamilton, met with a painful accident in High-street, near the Technical College,…

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Railway Lands. Objection to Valuation. Newcastle Case

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 6

Hearing was commenced in the Limit Court in Sydney of the objection by the Newcastle City Council against the valuation by the…

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Railway Union. Mr. Buckley Appointed Secretary

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 6

Mr. A. W. Buckley, ex-M.L.A., who has been organiser, State president, and general president, and who was later expelled from the Australian…

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Alleged Conspiracy. Motor Launch Partnership

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 9

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

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North Coast Railway. Problem of Feeders. an Arresting Appeal. No. 6

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 4

In collection with our suggestion of the expenditure of £1,000,000 by the State Government on important district roads away from tho railway to serve as feeders to the North Coast line, to be constructed by shires reconstituted in accordance with present day requirements, we would…

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Lorries Compete with Railways Concern of the Commissioners

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 3

Several motor lorry services for the carriage of petrol, general merchandise, and furniture between Sydney and Gou-burn have now been established…

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