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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

3,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 192

Double Railway Line Wanted. Mr. O'hearn's Effort

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 1

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has asked the Railway Commissioners, on behalf of the people in the North, to complete the double railway line as…

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St. Heliers' Mine Railway Nearing Completion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

Weather permitting it is expected that the work of constructing the St. Heliers' colliery railway line will be completed in about a fortnight. Coal…

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The Aberdeen Motor Smash Mrs. Magon's Version

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 6

Mrs. Magon, the aged member of the party, on Wednesday last gave her version of the Aberdeen motor smash and the terrible ordeal they…

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Motor Coach 66 Comfort and Speed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 4

A huge motor coach reached Muswellbrook on Wednesday last from Newcastle. Describing the machine, a "S.M. Herald' representative writes…

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Woman Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

A car containing Mr. Isles, Misses Isles, Mr. and Mrs. Painter, and Mr. Allo, was proceeding on Saturday from Sydney on a holiday excursion south…

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Toll of the Motor. Chapter of Accidents. Scone's Second Victim

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

John Woodley, the second victim of last Monday's motor accident, has died at the Scott Memorial Hospital. Woodley was 40 years of age, and was the…

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Motor Fatality. the Kurri Accident. Committed for Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

The inquiry proceedings at Kurri Courthouse, after our report closed, resulted in James Bowden (who was driver of a Dodge motor car, which…

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The Motor Smash. Death of Second Victim

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

The sensational motor smash on the Scone-Muswellbrook road last night week assumed a further serious phase at the week-end, when…

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Motor Collision Girl Killed; Several Per Sons Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 3

Two motor cars, a Dodge and a Ford, one bound for the mountains and the other coming to Sydney, collided on the Parramatta road, Lidcombw, on…

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Railway Picnic

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

The annual picnic of the traffic and permanent way branches of the railway service, Singleton-Gosford section, was held at Spier's Point, Lake…

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Queensland Railway Smash Nine Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 2

A serious railway accident in which nine people were injured, some very seriously, took place between Bundaberg and Mount Perry (Q.) about 7…

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Found on Railway Line

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 6

Yesterday an elderly man, a stranger to the district, whose name is believed to be Bennett, was discovered lying near the Central railway line…

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Kurri Motor Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 6

The circumstances of the death of James Mitchell, a miner, arising out of a motor ca raccident near Kurri Kurri on the night of January 27…

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Objection to New Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 6

Co-operation has been granted by Patrick Plains Shire Council in a protest from the Fruitgrowers' Association, Maroota, via Windsor,…

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Train Mishap. Engine Breaks Down. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 5

While the third division of the Melbourne Express was running down a decline, a few miles on the other side of Yass-Picton road, the…

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Harbour Bridge. Cabinet Consideration of Tenders. Decision Defeated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 7

The State Cabinet gave lengthy considerable to the tenders for the construction of the Sydney Harbour bridge but did not arrive at a…

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Road Grant. Tarro to Morpeth. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 5

Hon. Walter Bennett states that £2985 has been granted for the road Tarro station, via Scotch Creek, ro Morpeth…

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Harbour Bridge an English Firm. Reported Recommendation SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 5

It was reported this morning that the English firm of Dorman, Long and Company had been recommended as the successful tenderer for the…

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Motor Fatality. Driver Charged in Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 3

Early on the night of May 19 of last your, Mrs. Catherine O'Keefe, wife of a farmer of Bilambil, near Tweed Heads, arrived in Brisbane on…

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Motor Cycle Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 4

A general meeting of me Maitland District Motor Cycle Club will be held at Miss Edwards' rooms, to-morrow (Thursday), night at 7.30…

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