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Railways, roads & transport, 1924

3,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 192

Fall from Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 4

In attempting to alight from a tram whilst in motion yesterday afternoon, near the Long Bridge, a woman fell to the roadway, but…

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The Motor Smash. Death of Miss Stores. Further Details of Accident

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 2

Miss Doris Stores, one of the victims of Monday's sensational motor smash on the Scone-Muswellbrock road, succumbed to her…

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Motor Car Accident Miraculous Escape

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 2

A motor car accident, which was fortunately unattended with loss of life, occurred at Mount View on Sunday afternoon. A party of…

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Dashed Into Train. Motor Cycle and Side Car. Remarkable Escape

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 16

Remarkable escapes from death were experienced by two men when a motor cycle and sidecar crashed into the side of a train at a level crossing near…

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Australia and North Shore Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 6

The question of protecting Australian industry was brought up at the Patrick Plains Shire Council on Thursday, when a letter was read from the…

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Objection to New Road

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 6

A letter from the Fruitgrowers' Association, Maroota via Windsor, was read at the Patrick Plains Shire Council on Thursday protesting against the…

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North Shore Bridge Tenders Report for Next Cabinet

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 6

The Premier (Sir George Fuller) stated on Thursday that it was almost certain that they would have Mr Bradfield's report on, the bridge tenders for…

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Road Money. the Commonwealth Grant. Shires First

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 3

Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local Government, stated that everything was going on satisfactorily in connection with the Commonwealth road…

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The Main Roads Million Not an Attractive Offer. Deputation to Go From Shire

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 8

The Patrick Plains Shire Council, at its meeting on Thursday received an exhaustive statement from the Local Government Department regarding…

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Motor Smash. Four Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 13

Late on Saturday night a motor lorry on which three men, in addition to the driver, were riding, crahsed into an electric-light pole…

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RAILWAY MAtERIAL German Contract. Capetown, Feb. 12

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 2

A large order for railway material, including rails, tires, axies, and waggons for the Union Government has been secured by German…

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Motor Overturns. Woman Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 13

Owing to the tyre of a motor car blowing out a Footscray (Vic), the car turned over. The driver, Mr. Bowen, of Messrs…

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Motor Mission Van. for Bush Work

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 9

Rev. E. Panelli, an Anglican clergyman, recently working in the suburb of Richmond, Melbourne, has been selected to take charge of the motor…

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German Railways. the Cologne Zone. London, Feb. 9

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 13

News comes from Cologne that the Anglo-French High Commissioners have reached an agreement regarding railways in the Cologne…

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Smart Arrest. Missing Motor Car. Constable's Vigilence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 11

A particularly smart arrest of a youth, alleged to have stolen a Hupmobile motor car, was made by Constable Howlett, traffic policeman, at…

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Tree Uprooted. Vagaries of a Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 11

A motor car, badly damaged, was on Thursday seen heaped on top of a fallen ornamental tree in Parramatta-readHaberfield…

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Mutilated Body. Found on Railway Line

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 11

The body of an elderly man, whose name it is believed, was Olsen, was discovered in a dreadfully mutilated state a few yards, west of Hartley…

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Motor Fatality. Cycle Over a Fence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 13

James O'Leary, 58, and John Carrol, 28, were riding in a motor cycle on the road near Black Rock (Vic.) when the cycle swerved at a corner and jumped…

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Two Injured. Motor Car Capsizes. and Then Takes Fire. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 3

A motor-car party came from Scone to Muswellbrook on Monday night, and on the return journey, when going down a steep incline at…

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Railway Fatality. Man Killed at Oatley

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 9

The mulilated body of Donald Griffith Marshall (25), single, of Penshurst (Sydney), was found on the permanent way near Oatley station at 1.30…

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