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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

3,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 192

North Shore Bridge Firms Excluded

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 5

As a result of a consultation between the Minister for Works (Mr Ball) and Mr Bradfield, the supervising engineer, more than two firms have now been…

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Another Bridge. Japan and Australian

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 7

Vice-Admiral Sait[?] and the officers of the Japanese Training Spuadron were tendered a civic reception by the Lord Mayor (Ald. Gilpin) in the…

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North Shore Bridge. Four Tenders Eliminated

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 5

As the result of a consultation between the Minister for Works and Mr. Bradford, more than two firms have now been definitely excluded in the…

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Road Grants. Explaining the Delay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 11

Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Minister for Local Government, was questioned regarding the statement by Mr. Stewart, the Federal Minister for Works and…

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Road Repairs. Government Threatens Prosecution

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 4

The Auburn Council has received a bill from the Local Government Department for £5107/7/11, being half the actual cost, with interest,…

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Federal Road Grant Question of Interpretation

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 1

Inquiries made on Wednesday show that the difference of opinion between the Federal and State Governments concerning the road grant of £50,0,000 to…

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Tram and Motor Collision at Broadmeadow. Six Severely Injured. NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 6

A collision occurred between the motor 'bus "Wattle," and an incoming Wallsend tram at Broadmeadow about 8.30 a.m. Wednesday. The tram…

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Motor 'Bus and Tram Collision at Broadmeadow

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 3

Six persons were injured as the recult of a collision between a motor bus and a tram at Broadmeadow, Newcastle, on Wednesday. The injured,…

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Off the Rails. Tram Crashes Into Waggon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 7

A tram left the rails in Gardiner's road. Rosebery, Tuesday, and crashed into a passing waggon. The driver of the latter, Norman Wiggins, was…

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State Owned Railways Co-operate for Efficiency

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 6

Our State railways are huge business concerns. For their efficient working they need sympathetic co-operation on the part of the public. The Victorian…

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British Railways Serious Situation. Unionists Differ. LONDON, Jan. 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 12

The railway managers declared yesterday that they had no alternative but to apply the decision of the National Wages Board to their…

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British Railways Serious Strike Costing London Newspapers £30,000 Per Day

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 2

A serious strike, involving 80 per cent of the normal railway service, and marked by dissensions between rival railway unions and leaders, commenced at midnight on Sunday in Britain. The dispute was caused by the refusal…

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Two Killed. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 16

Major John Campbell, officer-in-charge of the aborigines settlement at Mogumber (W. A.), and Lily Cockram, eight years old were killed by the overturning…

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Railway Rates. Alterations Made

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 2

The "Government Gazette" yesterday contains intimation of a new railway and passenger fares and coaching rates book to come into…

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Motor Car's Leap. Driver's Remarkable Escape

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 6

Albert Coghlan, motor driver, Melbourne, was returning from Bendigo when his car ran through the railing of a culvert near Harcourt, and…

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Motoring Mishaps. Maitlanders' Experiences. Two Men in a Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 6

Motoring has its pleasures; but motoring has its troubles. It is the troubles that this story concerns, and troubles they were—troubles…

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Port Stephens. Railway Proposals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 11

The Port Stephens Shire and the Raymond Terrace Municipal Council have decided to prepare evidence for submission to the Public Works…

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Proposed Morpeth Port Stephens Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 4

The members for Maitland have received word from the Public Works Department with reference to a communication dated 11th January, from…

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Street Collision. Tram and Steam Roller

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 7

Skidding on the slippery rails, a tramcar crashed into a steam roller in Botany Road, Waterloo, late yesterday afternoon. Four people were injured—…

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British Railways. Strike Continues. London, Jan. 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 5

While in the railway strike peace negotiations are apparently at a deadlock, a number of the N.U.R. men who joined the strikers are…

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