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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

2,882 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 145

Stroud Road News

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 3

What is considered a record for motor cycling on the North Coast roads was established on Tuesday last by Mr. Dave Madden on a 8 h.p…

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Main Roads. Federal Ministry's Scheme

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 4

Details of the proposal of the Federal Ministry for placing the development of main roads in Australia on a national basis are contained in a memorandum…

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Upper Williams Road (Editor Dungog "Chronicle.")

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 3

Sir,—According to your report re deputation to Wallarobba Shire Council from Underbank Progress Association, the public would be led…

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Local and General Upper Williams Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 2

A public meeting is convened by the Underbank and District Progress Association, for Saturday next at Underbank, to consider the…

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Motoring

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 1

Mr. J. Parker has just landed home a fine new Buick car, Mr. Parker drove it up from Sydney, via the ferry, and had a good trip. It is his…

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Adventurous Trip. Hound Australian Coast by Motor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 3

After a journey of 7000 miles round the coast of Australia on a motor cycle, J. N. Boberg has returned to Sydney. He met with…

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Psychological Tests. for Motor Drivers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 6

Nation-wide standardised mental tests for motor drivers to determine the kind of machine each individual shall be permitted to tun is the plan…

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Railway Mishap. Coal Waggons Capsize

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 May 1923 · page 3

Karly on Thursday afternoon two waggons of a coal train capsized near the Adamstown railway station, blocking both linos to and from…

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Closing of Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 4

The Tarro Shire Council announces that, in consequence of repairs in progress, the Church Creek Bridge, on East Maitland to Brunkerville road,…

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Bridge Damaged. at Whitburn Colliery. Explosives Used. Greta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 4

Whithurn Colliery, Greta, where free [?]bourers were attacked on Monday afternoon, was the seene of another outrage last evening…

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Died in a Train. Old Man's End. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 5

An old man, whose name is not yet known to the police, was found dead in a train at Burwood to-day. It his pocket was an excursion ticket from…

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They Made Their Own Railroad Narrow Gauge Road in Chile Too Narrow for Carrying Big Waterfall Generators from the Freight Station to Hydro-Electric Site

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 2

If you want to get heavy electric generating machinery from the freight station to the new power house and the railroad is too narrow to…

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Submerged Punt. Motor Vehicles Still on Deck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 6

The position of the vehicle punt Bonelon, which sank in Sydney Harbour as the result of a collision, has been located, and divers have…

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Stung to Death by Bees. Old Man Pursued on to Tramcar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 7

A swarm of bees held up a whole street of traffic in Pretoria, and settling on an old man who jumped into a tramcar to avoid them, stung…

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New Springs for Motor Vehicles

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 1

Grat interest is being taken at the present time in a new form of spring suspension which a British firm has designed for motor vehicles. The main…

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Railway Construction. (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 6

Sir,-Permit me, through your medium, to voice an opinion concerning the present Government's method in railway construction. It seems to be…

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Tramway Employees Get Notice Result of 48 Hours' Week

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 8

About 400 employees of the Tramway Department have received notice to quit as a result of the introduction of the 48 hours' week. The notice will…

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Railway Time-table Alteration

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 May 1923 · page 6

The following alterations in the railway time table, taking effect from tomorrow (May 27), a[?] notified:—A passenger train is to leave Singleton at…

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Cycling. Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 7

The Maitland Bicycle Club held a road race on Saturday afternoon from Campbell's Hill to the old tollbar and back, about 5 miles…

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Late Train from Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 May 1923 · page 4

In reply to representations on behalf of employees of the Steel Works living in Maitland, that a late train be run to West Maitland, the District…

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