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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

3,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 192

Lorry and Tram. Collision at Tighe's Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 2

Early on Sunday morning, while attempting to pass between a stationary motor omnibus on the Tighe's Hill bridge and a tram proceeding to Newcastle from the Steel Works, a motor…

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Motor Capsized. Two Men Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 2

William Byrne and Henry Brown were injured, and a motor ear damaged to the extent of £100, in Parra-matta-road to-day…

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Motor Mishap. Sir William and Lady Mcphersion Injured. Suva

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 5

While the stemey Niagara was hero on Friday, Sir William and Lady MePherson and a party went motoring with an Indim driver…

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London Strike. Tram and 'Busmen Out. Tubes Crowded. LONDON, March 22. I

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 March 1924 · page 5

London's vast network of street passenger transport has been practically paralysed by the strike since Friday of 40,000 workers, operating…

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Radio on Road. Motorists Listen-in

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 5

A few feet of wire, a receiving set, a piece of fly-proof door netting, and an amateur knowledge of wireless, enabled a picnic party, some miles…

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Harbour Bridge. the Contract Signed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 2

Shortly after noon qn Monday, Mr. Ball, Minister for Works, attached his signature to the contract for the construction of the North…

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Road Grants. Further Distribution

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 2

The Minister for Local Government. Mr. Fitzpatrick, stated that works estimated to cost £120,707, out of the Commonwealth allocation…

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Train Collision. Several Fatalities. London, March 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 5

A message from Metz states that the international express from Ostend to Bale, came into collision with a goods train at Bensdorf at night…

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Main Roads Loan Government Criticised. Pandering to Country Party. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 5

The Lane Cove Council last night strongly criticised the Government in regard to its attitude over the main loads loan vote, and it was assorted…

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Newcastle-maitland Road. Proposed Concrete Roadway. a Definite Proposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 4

One good thing resulting from the conference at the Town Hall, West Maitland, held last week under the auspices of the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce was the emergence of a definite proposal for a concrete roadway prepared by Mr. J. F. Shine, Newcastle City engineer, that…

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N.s.w. Railways. Experts Leaving Shortly

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 5

Sir Samuel Fay and Sir Vincent Raven are sailing by the Orvieto on March 29 for Sydney, to report on the New South Wales railways and…

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Letter to the Editor South Matland Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 6

Sir.—Much is being said lately about the resumption of the South Maitland Railways, and one peculiar thing about most of those who are…

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Cessnock Motor Fatality. Verdict Op Accidental Death Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 6

The inquiry into the death of Joseph Minto, who was knocker down by a car driven by Stanley Creswell, on Saturday week, was…

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Niagara Passengers. Accident While Motoring. (By Cable.) Suva

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 2

While the stoamer Niagara was here on Friday, Sir Wm. and Lady M'Pherson and party went motoring with an Indian driver. The ear tipped into a…

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Recent Motor Accident Evidence at Inquest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 March 1924 · page 8

An inquest touching the death of Joseph Minto, who was run over by a motor car near the intermission of Vincent and Hall Streets on the…

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South Maitland Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 4

Messrs. W.F. O'hearn and D. Murray, Ms.L.A., waited upon the secretary to the Railway Commissioners and urged that action be…

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Motor Accident. a Cessnock Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 2

Before Mr. Justice Campbell, and a jury of four, in No. 3 Jury Court, Sydney, Alexander Anderson, a winding engineer, of Cessnock, sought to…

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Cricket. Heddon Greta. v. RAILWAYS

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1924 · page 7

Heddon Greta C v. W. M. Railways, on Robins' Oval, final, March 29, April 5 and 12, at 2.15 p.m.—H. Desmond, S. Brannigan, F. Hill, G…

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Train Smash in France. Eight People Killed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 March 1924 · page 2

London, Tuesday.—The Ostend express, travelling at the rate of 70 miles an hour, crashed into a goods t[?]ain at Bensdorf. Eight people were, killed,…

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Train Collision. Eight People Killed. London, March 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1924 · page 2

News comes from Metz that the International express from Ostend to (Switzerland) collided with a goods train at Bensdorf during the…

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