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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

2,882 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 145

Chinese Bandits Capture 300 Train Passengers. (Router's Cables.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 2

Reuter's Peking correspondent says that 1000 bandits, believed to be disbanded troops, derailed and attacked an express from Takau to Tientsin and…

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Starving Stock Railway Concessions. New Regulations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 1

The Railway Commissioners have approved of farmers and teamsters' working horses and dairy stock coming within the regulations which…

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Singleton Letter. the Railway Brideg. Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 3

The Minister for Works (Hon. R. T. Ball) recently refused to repair the traffic portion of Singleton Railway Bridge, on the ground that…

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Over a Cliff. Loss of a Motor Car. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 5

The driver of a motor car pulled up near the edge of a cliff, at Frankton, and went to be back of the car to examine it, when suddenly the car…

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Motor Fatality. Little Boy Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 5

While the motor cars were returning from the midday train at Nowra on Monday, a shocking accident happened on Bridge Road…

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Cessnock-kurri Motor Bus Service

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 3

Elsewhere Messrs. Ramsay and Baxter, proprietors of the up-to-date bus "Merewether," publish the time table in connection with their daily…

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Local and General. New Motor Service

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 2

Mr. E. C. Stalker, will inaugurate very shortly a motor service from Cessnock to Maitland, on the route ever Sawyer's Gully and Bishop's…

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Motor 'Bus Collides with Sulky

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 2

The slippery state of Vincent Street and congested traffic was attributed to the cause of an accident to-day. Mr. W. Hollinghed,…

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Motor Bus Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 May 1923 · page 2

Some excitement was caused in Vincent Street, just before 11 p.m. on Saturday evening when a motor 'bus temporarily got out of control and…

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Road Construction. Federal Government's Proposal. Conditional Assistance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1923 · page 4

It is significant to notice that the Federal Government, in its proposal to assist in the work or road construction distinctly differentiates between main roads that are competitors and those that are feeders to railways, proposing to give assistance to the latter, and it is also significant to note…

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Allynbrook Motor Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1923 · page 4

Mr. Edward Barling announces that his char-a-bane will run through the winter months between Allynbrook and Maitland on Mondays and…

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Heavy Floods. Serious Damage in New Zealand. Railways Disorganised

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1923 · page 3

A Wellington (N.Z.) message states that as a result of heavy rain throughout the Dominion, many rivers in the South Island are in a serious state of…

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Newcastle Races. Tram and Train Arrangements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 5

The Newcastle Cup meeting will be concluded on Saturday afternoon next. The first race in so dowered start at 1.15 p.m., and there with he…

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Motor Car Over Cliff

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 May 1923 · page 2

A report from Melbourne states that the driver of a motor car pulled up near the edge of a cliff at Frankston and went to the back of the car to…

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Karuah Road

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 2

Another Traveller writes:— I was surprised that none of the Port Stephens Shire Councillors had anything to say in reply to "Travellers"…

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Proposed High Level Bridge at Melville

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 4

Further representations were recently made to the Minister, asking him to receive a deputation from the Shire Councils of Cessnock and…

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The "Chronicle" Scores Extension of Railway Concessions for Starving Stock

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 6

Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., informs us that hi interviewed the Acting-Premier on 23rd of April, and placed before him an extract from…

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The Wrong Man. Stabbed and Shot. Italian Railway Drama

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 4

An amazing drama of secret documents, revenge, and Communist Soviet intrigue will come to light in a case shortly to be tried in the Italian…

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Railway Gatekeepers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 May 1923 · page 6

At last meeting of the Cessnock Shire Council it was decided to co-operate with the Lyndhurst Shire in its protest in the interests of public safety…

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Transfer of Main Roads Grant

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 May 1923 · page 6

The transfer of portion of the main roads grant has often been before the Shire Council, which considered that it should be allowed to benefit places…

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