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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

2,882 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 145

Singleton Letter. This Railway Bridge. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 3

A public meeting, convened by the Mayor (Alderman Seart), was held in the municipal council chambers on Tuesday afternoon, to urge…

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Barrington Tops. One or Two Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 6

Discussion iii regard to the Bar-rington Tops took place at the last meeting of the Wallarobba Shire Council, held in Dungog…

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Our Telegrams. Melbourne Tram Trouble. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 5

A Melbourne message state that motor car companies reaped a rich harvest in the southern suburbs by the cessation of work on the electric…

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Tram Strike. Melbourne Services Held Up

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 8

A strike of the whole of the members of No. 2 Branch of the Australian Tramway Employees' Association led to a complete stoppage of…

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Motorist Fined. Accident on Northern Road

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

At the Maitland Police Court on Monday, William Horton was charged with having on March 4, ridden a motor cycle in a furious manner…

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Aeroplane Engine. Operation Economy. Vancouver, April 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 2

An aeroplane engine of new type ran in a test for 573 hours, with the throttle wide open, without interruption, says a message from…

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Free Train to Paxton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 4

Messrs Creer and Berkeley, are [?] tioneers and real estate agents, of New castle, will offer an Saturday next, on the ground, the new model…

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Kirkwood "Crashes." Golfer in Aeroplane Smash. Vancouver, April 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 12

Kirkwood, the golfer, going by aeroplane to a game at Ashville. North Carolina, escaped injury when the machine crashed. The pilot,…

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A Petrol-electric Road Crane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 10

Hitherld, the petrol-electric system of transport which has been very successfully pioneered in Great Britain has been applied mainly to omnibuses…

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New Basic Wage. Effect on the Railways. Motor Services

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 1

The Railway Commissioners travelled yesterday through the middle western district, including Rylstone, Mudgee, Gungong, Coolah, and…

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Melbourne Tramway Strike Rich Harvest for Motor Companies. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 6

A Molbourne message states that the Motor car companies reaped a rich harvest in the southern suburbs by the cessation of work on the electric tram…

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No Settlement. Melbourne Tram Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 4

An efforts failed to bring about a settlement of the tramway trouble in Melbourne. Most of the electric tram lines are affected. but the majority…

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Irish Rebels. Motor Car Murders. London, April 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 12

The Dublin correspondent of the "Times" states that motor car murders is the latest terror in Dublin's night life…

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Motor Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 7

At an inquest concerning the death of Joseph Goodger, which occurred in the Adelaide Hospital on April 7 from injuries sustained in a…

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Toll of the Motor. Week-end Fatalities in Melbourne. Four Deaths

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 13

A number of fatal motor accidents occurred during the week-end in Melbourne suburbs. Sydney Smith, of Brunswick, was…

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Seriously Injured. Motor Cycle Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 11

A motor cycle accident occurred at Bankstown, when Jenkyn Denham (28), of Bronte, the driver, and his grandmother, Alice Llewelyn (89),…

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Brush Railways. Strike Threatened. London, April 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 12

A critical situation has arisen in the railways in connection with the demand of the companies that the men in the engineering shops submit to the…

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West Maitland Court. Monday, April 9. (Before Major Crane, P.m.) Motor Driver Fined

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 14

Mr. W. J. Enright pleaded guilty for James Cheetham, who was charged with having on March 27 driven a motor car in a furlous manner…

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Loss to Railways. Through Colliery Stoppages. Enormous Inconvenience

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 14

The stoppages that have occurred at so many collieries of late ornate not only an enormous amount, of inconvenience in the northern district,…

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Alleged Conspiracy. Railway Men on Trial. Season Ticket Operations

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 7

Ernest Grant (20), John Bede King (46), Charles Henry Stephen (35), and Charles Frederick Clarke (20), were placed on trial at the Central Criminal…

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