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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

2,882 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 145

Letter to the Editor. Railways and the Primary Producer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1923 · page 6

Sir.—Colonel Bruxner in a recent speech said the primary producer was directly taxed to keep the railway system working for the benefit of the…

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Motor Fatality. Driver Acquitted on Manslaughter Charge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1923 · page 5

John Joseph O'Hara, 34, a chauffeur, was charged at the Central Criminal Court, with manslaughter. He was found not guilty, and…

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Harbour Bridge. English Tenderer Coming to Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 5

Mr. G. H. Tarver, general manager of the Cleveland Bridge Building and Engineering Co., Ltd., of Darlington, England, is on his way to Sydney to…

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Work Seekers Fined No Railway Tickets. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 2

Mr Hawkins, P.M., at the Central Police Court to-day, expressed surprise at Frank Miller, aged 16, and Joseph Breton, aged. 18, having been able to…

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Gratuity O Old Railway Servants

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 2

The Under-Secretary' of the Public Works Department writes as follows to Mr W. Cameron. M.L.A':-sir I am directed by the Minister to inform you…

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Motor Record-breaking Dangers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the P.P.U. on Tuesday, Mr E. T. Sattler moved that the District Council be urged to approach the Government to…

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Correspondence Railways and the Primary Producer. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 3

Sir,—Col. Bruxner in a recent speech said the primary producer was directly taxed to keep the railway system working for the benefit of the whole State…

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Fruit and Galvanised Iron Railway Freight Concessions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 April 1923 · page 2

Mr Ball, the State Minister for Public Works and Railways, has submitted for tho approval of the Executive Council a receved 'by-law, quoting fresh…

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Shire Roads

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 3

Traveller writes as follows:—Sir,—I crave space in your esteemed paper to express my thanks to the Shire Council for their good work on the road…

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Confusing Train Times

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 4

Visitors who travelled to Dungog Show yesterday morning by special train, were caused some confusion in regard to the time of departure of…

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Fosterton Road Area

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 3

Wallarobba Shire Council, stating that there were no such thing as liabilities in connection with the alteration of boundaries.—The Mayor…

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Cessnock Fatality. Ran in Front of Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 3

The Coroner (Mr. G. Brown) held an inquest at the Cessnock Courthouse, concerning the death of Ernest Fitzpatrick Gorman, who was…

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Terribly Mutilated. Body on Railway Line. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 5

The body of an old man, terribly mutilated, with one leg severed, was found lying on the railway line between Liverpool and Casula stations…

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Railway Concession

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 2

The management of the local Freezing Works have been advised that the railway will allow a 50 per cent. rebate in freight on live…

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Correspondence. Railways and the Primary Producer. (To the Editor)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 6

Sir,—Colonel Bruxner, in a recent speech, said the primary producer was directly taxed to keep the railway system working for the benefit…

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Cessnock Motor Service

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 2

The Cessnock Shire Council has on more than one occasion, had conflicting applications before them for the grant[?]ig of timetables for the motor service…

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Motor Lorry Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 2

Mr. J. C. Luscowbe, carrier, had an accident on the Wollombi road on Wednesday morning. He was carrying a big load of chaff and when pass…

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Motor Car Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 April 1923 · page 7

The inquest into the circumstances touching the death of Ernest Fitzwater Gorman, 10 1/2 years of ago, who was killed on Friday evening last, as a…

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Ganger Killed. Dragged Under Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 2

Falling under a moving ballast train at Oately, Henry Joseph Finncane, a railway ganger, was dragged along the line and…

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Pneumatic Tools for Road Construction

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 April 1923 · page 1

During the last year or two there has been a remarkable development in tho use of pneumatic chisels and hammers for street Avork in London and…

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