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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

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Coal Supplies. for the Railways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 3

A telegram from Lithgow received in Sydney on Monday night stated that although the Railway Commissioners had not entered into…

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A Railway Case

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 3

Before Major Crane, P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court on Monday last, Albert John Gahan was charged with having on November…

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Motor Licenses. Big Increase in Revenue

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 9

A return compiled by the New South Wales Police Traffic Department shows that during last year £62,672 was received in the way of license fees for…

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Man Killed. Motor Collision at Ashfield

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 8

A collision, resulting in the dentil of Cecil Hamilton Fawcett, 24 years of age, of Holden street, Ashfield, occurred-between a motor cycle which he…

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Cycling. Failed to Break Motor Record

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 15

H. R. Hodgson, captain of the Motor Cycle Club of New South Wales, on a Harley-Davidson solo, failed to lower the Melbourne to…

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Coal Tenders. Received by Railway Department

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 9

The tenders for the supply of coal for the Railway Department which have been received do not altogether realise the general expectation that…

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Price of Coal. the Railway Attitude

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 5

There is a widely held view that the price, of coal is too high, despite the present wages, and that the whole matter should be reviewed…

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Motor Bus and Car Collide

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 6

A side-on collision between a fully loaded moter bus and a motor car occurred at Forest Lodge to-day. As the result Mary Langton, aged 52, was…

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The Railway Work Shops. Aftermath of 44-Hour Week

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 6

The hands omployed in the various controlled by the Railways and Tramways' DepartMents have been notified to the effect that the 48-hour…

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Killed by a Train. Young Girl Run Over

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 3

[?] Stoklon (14), residing at Cross Roads, Liverpool, was run down and instantly killed by the Melbourne express while attempting…

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Motor Fatality. Man and Woman Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 2

Two persons lost their lives in a motor accident at Brisbane on Saturday night. They [?] Frank Smith and Erleen Ray, Both were residents of…

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Railway Washaways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 6

It is officially stated that owing to heavy storms in the western districts on Saturday, serious landslips occurred in the sections…

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Cloud Burst. Railway Damaged. Line Washed Away

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 6

The whole district south of Weddington was visited by a heavy rainstorm on Friday evening. The Shorm worked up from the south, accompanied by…

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Aeroplane Sinks. Passengers Drowned

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 2

Miami (Florida), Sunday.—A passenger, hydro-aeroplane, flying between Key West and Cuba, sank in mid-sea, with nine passengers aboard…

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Repairing "Back" Roads

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 2

At last meeting of Wallarobba Shire Council discussion arose as to the best methods of having the "back" roads of the Shire kept in…

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Road Expenditure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 4

Generally speaking, we spend far too little upon our roads, and just as generaily we fail to get good value for what we do spend. As a…

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Land Court Fosterton Road Area

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 2

Before the Local Land Board on Monday morning, the matter of the application of residents of Fosterton Road to be included in the…

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Men Dismissed. Tramway Power House

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 3

A report was received at the Sydney Trades Hall that 40. men employed at the tramway electrical power house, Ultimo, had been dismissed…

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Serious Motor Accident. Overturned Car. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 2

Eight persons were hurt—one very badly—when a motor car overturned on the Heddon-Greta road to-day…

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Taken From Motor Car

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 2

For a long time past the theft of articles from motor cars, and, indeed, of the cars themselves, has been notoriously prevalent in Sydney-and suburbs,…

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