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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

3,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 192

Harbour Bridge. Acceptance of Tender. Dorman, Long & Co. to Cost £4,217,721

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 3

The tender of Messrs. Dorman, Long and Co., Middlesbrough, England, for the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, was accepted by the Government on Tuesday afternoon, after a three-hours discussion…

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Motor's Leap. Dash Through Fence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 1

A sensational motor accident is reported from Kandos (says a Lithgowniessage). A car containing seven men got out…

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Killed by Motor. Charge Against Chauffeur

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 6

Robert O'Brien, the Governor's chauffeur, appeared at the Brisbane Police Court, charged with unlawfully killing Katherine O'Keefe by…

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Trees Knocked Down Motor Car's Wild Dash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 16

While demonstration a motor car near Bundarra, says an Armidale message, Mr. C. D. Jeffrey was showing a prospective layer how to drive…

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Motor Vessels. Passenger Traffic. London, Feb. 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 12

"Lloyd's List" draws attention to 10 motor passenger vessels now being constructed in European ship yards, of which eight exceed 10,000…

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Motor Overturns. Two Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 14

On Sunday night, about 9.45, a motor car owned and driven by Mr. Arthur Teece, junior, of Abermain, was proceeding with three passengers…

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Railwaymen's Strike. London, Feb. 23

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 2

Railwaymen struck to-day owing to dismissal of one hundred checkers employed at docks and railway warehouse. The strikers are of…

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Tasmanian Railways Reorganisation Recommended

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 11

Mr. Webb, South Australian Railway Commissioner, reporting on the Tasmanian railway system, recommends the Government to secure a…

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Collision at Cessnock. Motor Car Badly Smashed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 13

A collision between a motor car and a char-a-bane occured on Monday at the corner of Vincent and Aberdare-streets. Councillor J. Cousins was…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Car and Motor Cycle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 11

A collision with fatal results between a motor car and a motor cycle occurred on the Rylstone Road, says a Kandos message…

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Motor Record. Sydney to Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 7

In driving a 17 h.p. Itala car during the wee-end from Sydney to Melbourne, in 12 hours 34 minutes, Messrs. A.V. Turner and A. O'Connor…

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New Claims. Australian Railway Men

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 14

The Australian Railways Union has completed a log, covering the wages and working conditions of between 90,000 and 100,000 railway servants in…

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Proposed Railway. Yass to Canberra

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 9

The Federal Public Works Committee heard evidence in Sydney concerning the proposed railway, from Yass to Canberra…

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Ceased Work. Sydney Railway Workers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 7

As a protest against the dismissal of one of their number, the men engaged on the Hyde Park section of the Sydney railway ceased work on…

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Boy Injured. Alleged Callousness. of Motor Driver. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 5

Great callousness is aliened to have been shown by a motorist, whose car knocked down and ran over it little boy in Liverpool Road, Ashfield,…

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Two Tram Accidents

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 3

The Double Bay tram line was the scene of two sensational tram accidents within a quarter of a mile of each other on Wednesday night. Cars…

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Motor Car Fatality Young Man Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 1

Clarence M' Donald, aged 21 years, a clerk in the Valuer-General's office, Sydney, was killed in a motor car accident on Wednesday afternoon between…

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Motor Lorry Drops 200 Feet Driver Gets Clear

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 6

(A motor lorry, owned and driven by Mr Alfred Heany, of Dungog, tppoled over an embankment at Dusodie on Thursday. At the time of the…

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Railway Duplication

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 March 1924 · page 6

Mr W. J. Morris, secretary to the Railway Commissioners, acknowledges receipt of representations from Mr W. Bennett, M.L.A., in relation to letter…

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Light for Dunolly Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 3

Dunolly Bridge is to he lighted by electricity, and it is expected that the current will lie switched on early next week. The necessary…

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