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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

3,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 192

Motor 'Buses for the Show

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1924 · page 4

An announcement is made elsewhere regarding the running of Stokes' motor buses in connection with the show from Largs and…

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Motor Speed Contests Prohibited on Roads

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 3

It is announced that under the Motor Traffic Act, regulations have been made which will prohibit motor drivers from lacing on public roads…

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French Railways. Train Wrecked. London, March 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 5

Reuter's Paris Correspondent reports that an express train, a spiral, and not the regular train from Calais, was wrecked at Lyons…

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Correspondence Main Roads Grant, (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 4

Sir,—In view of the criticism levelled at me at recent, Shire meeting I would be obliged if you would publish the attached correspondence, which is an…

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Windfall for Shire Council £2500 Grant for Roads Important Work to Be Carried Out. Further £800 Applied For

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 1

The Muswellbrook Shire Council is embarking on a policy of road and bridge construction that will help to place our highways in good order…

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Railway Accident. Muswellbrook Level Crossing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 3

recently a boy was injured on the railway at a level erasing at Muswellbrook, and the accident is now the subject of a departmental inquiry by…

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Seniority. on the Railways. Deputation to Mr, Ball

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 6

A deputation representing the Australian Federafed Locomotive Engledrivers, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association to protest against the…

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New Motor Regulation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 4

A notice appears in the "Government Gazette" to the effect that after June 30 no motor vehicle, of which the steering apparatus is fixed on the…

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Dangerous Motor Driving. Glaring Headlights

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 2

"Motorist" (Scone) sends us the following cutting from the "S.M. Herald" of March 8th, and thinks it worth re-producing in the local…

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LEFTiHANDED Motor Cars

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 2

Among the new motor traffic regulations just issued is one providing that, after June 30, no motor vehicle steering from the left hand will be accepted for…

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London Bus and Tram Strike Store Pay Wanted. (Reutor's Cables.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 2

Mass meetings of busmen at London have unanimously decided in favor of striking in support of the tramwaymen's demand for an increase of…

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The Railway Crossing

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 4

The collison betwen the shunting waggons and the Overland car has awakened the owners of the railway crossing to action. Inquiries are…

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Cessnock Carnival Exciting Motor Cycling Slow Push Cycle Events. Angry Competitors Use Their Hands

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 March 1924 · page 7

The motor cycling and cycling carnival held on the Cessnock Sports Ground on Saturday afternoon attracted a large attendance, the size…

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Coalfield Railway. Question of Purchase. Cabinet Discussion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 3

The question of thE resumption of the South Maitland private railways was discussed by the State Cabinet on Tuesday…

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Archbishop Duhig. Criticises Railway Department. Country Towns Penalised. Goulburn

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1924 · page 5

Speaking of the rivalry which existed between the cities and large towns of New South Wales, Archbishop Duhig of Brisbane, criteised the railway…

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Cycling. Kurri Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 7

Kurri amateur bicycle club has been conducting a series of road races from Kurri Postoffice to Heddon Greta race course gates and back (5½ miles),…

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Muswellbrook Letter Improvement of Shire Roads. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1924 · page 3

The Muswellbrook Shire Council recently applied for £2,500 of the 1138,000 allotted by the Commonwealth Government for the making…

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Sydney Harbor Bridge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 7

In pursuance of a motion carried at a previous meeting of the Cessnock sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L. a letter was forwarded to the…

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Cheaper and Better Roads

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 4

Civil engineers in America (says an exchange) have unanimously declared in favor of concrete roads, of which there are row 40,000…

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The Racecourse Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 March 1924 · page 7

The Cessnock Jockey Club is making a good road to its course, which will be completed by next meeting. The foundation is of chitter—the…

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