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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

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Reducing the Cost of Commercial Motor Vehicles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

A threefold saving in the first cost, running cost, and maintenance cost of commercial motor vehicles as elected by the use of steel instead of wood [?]…

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Railway Changes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

Mr. S. R. Berman, leading porter at West Maitland railway station, has been appointed to the Pothana signal-box. Mr. W. E. Lane, who has…

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Motor Accidents. Head List of Fatalities. Sydney Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

According to the Sydney Council's annual return fatal motor accidents again head the list of violent deaths for the year…

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Motor Ambulane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

The financial scheme in support of the Motor Ambulance in Maitland has been receiving the close attention of the local committee of…

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Motor Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

The growth of the motor trade throughout the district is evidenced by the increase received in registration fees. The total amount paid into…

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Tram Guard Attacked

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

Patrick Guthrie, 34, of Marrickville was viciously attacked by hood[?]s in George-street, opposite the Central Railway Station, and…

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Recent Motor Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

The inquest touching the deaths of Arthur Douglas Rawling (21) and Annie Perry (14) in the motor accident at Heddon Greta railway…

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Increased Motor Traffic

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

The extent to which motor trine, has increased in Cessnoek is re fleeted in the police returns, which show that the revenue received from…

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Over a Bridge. Penrith Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 9

Charles Corr (23), a bread carter, and son of James Corr, a fruiterer of cen by a woodcutter named Edward McUann. of Em…

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Harbour Bridge Several Tenders Expected

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

The tenders for the, construction of the bridge to connect Sydney and 1 North Sydney will close. on January 16. It is expected that seven or eight…

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The Friend on the Road

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 11

"The Spirit making intercession for us."—Romans viii. 26. I am not aware that this English phrase, "making intercession…

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Tram Traffic. Figures for Metropolis

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 14

A comaprison of the tramway traffic in the [?] area for the two days, Christmas and Boxing Days, shows that there was a [?]…

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Motor Overturns. Driver and Passenger Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 9

A motor car overturned at Sydney early on 28th ult. The five occupants were thrown to the ground and driver Wilkerson…

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Motor Fatality. Standard for Drivers

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

An inquest was held in Sydney into the death at John Adamstown, 61, who was in charge of a road construction gang in the city, where…

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Railways. Victorians in America. Australian Experts. New York, Dec. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 12

A representative of the Australian Press Association interviewed Messrs Ashworth, Stamp, and Dillon, of the Victorian, railways, who have spent…

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Seriously Injured. Motor Cycle and Car Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 16

Gordon H. Hard, a painter, while riding a bicycle at Claremont (Q), was struck by a motor car. He was lifted from the machine, and…

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Arrested Man. Escapes From Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 16

Robert Cameron, a young man who was arrested at Narracoote (Vic), on a charge of stealing a motor, and was being brought to…

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State Railways. Commissioners' Term Extended

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 16

A special meeting of the Executive Council, held on Friday, and which was presided over by Mr. Oakes (Chief Secretary) decided to…

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Locomotives. for Federal Railways. London, Dec. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 13

The High Commissioner for Australia is about to invite tendons for fourteen locomotives of three feet six inch gauge, for the Commonwealth…

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Narrow Escape. Bullet Strikes Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 6

Robert James Henderson, of Au burn (Vic.) was driving his motor car along the main road near Lllydale, on Saturday, when he passed three lads…

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