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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

3,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 192

The Motor World Lubrication

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 5

Probably the most messy job on the car, in the opinion of the average motorist, is the greasing and oiling up, which, every once in a while, the…

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Railway Inquiry. Early Next Month

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 4

The inquiry into the operations of the New South Wales railway service by Sir Shm Fay and Sir Vincent Raven. two leading railway authorities in…

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Muswellbrook Letter Recent Motor Accident. Muswellrrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 6

On Good Friday morning Messrs. B. Allan jun., of Dartbrook and Messrs. Harvey, son and nephew, respectively, of Mr. J. Harvey, of. Muswellbrook,…

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The Railway Refreshment Room

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 4

The case of Mr. Owen Jurd the occupier of a refreshment room on West Maitland railway station was brought before the annual congress…

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Railway Strike. Crisis in New Zealand. Only £15.000 to £20,000 Union Funds Available

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 5

The railway strike on New Zealand has resulted in a stoppage of operations at the State coal mine. Lack of transport facilities mack this course…

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Easter Record Sydney Tram Traffic

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 4

The number of passengers carried on the Sydney trains exceeded one million per day from, last Tuesday to Saturday. The numbers on each of the…

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Railway Sleepers Valuable Invention

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 1

The West Australian Commissioner for Railways (Colonel Pope) states that the chief engineer of the Ways and Works Branch lias invented a process…

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Railway Strike Amazing Scenes in Auckland

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 April 1924 · page 3

A railway strike has occurred in Auckland (N.Z.) for a, retention of the 44-hour week and a bctteir) wages scale. The announcement that the trouble…

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Mail Train Late

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 4

The north-west mail train, which left Sydney yesterday afternoon, and was due at Newcastle at 7.25, arrived two hours and a-quarter…

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Main and Arterial Roads

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 4

A conference regarding the question of the repair of the main arterial roads of the district was held in the Newcastle Council Chambers on Monday night…

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Train Derailed. Mishap Near Teralba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 3

Owing to a derailment near Teralba, tint north-west mail train, which left Sydney yesterday afternoon, and was due at Newcastle at 7.25, arrived two…

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Armed Man. Visits Railway Station Revolver Through Window. MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 5

An armed man held up the station mistress, Miss Gorman, at Glenlris, last night, and demanded the contents of the strong box…

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Motor Fatality. Young Woman Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 2

Miss Evelyn Mary Burton, aged 25 years, of Armadale, was killed, and Mrs. Ellen Marting, aged 53 years, seriously injured, though being knocked…

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Motor Cycle Smash. Injured Near Bathurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 2

When about 11½ miles from Bathurst, on the Sydney road, Harry Boston of Katoomba, met with a serious motoring accident. Boston was riding in the…

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Some Trains Run. New Zealand Railway Strike. Twelve Thousand Idle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 5

The chief development in the railway strike situation in Wellington on Thursday was the despatch of a train for Napier at the usual hour of…

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Railway Man's Promotion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 6

Mr. R. E. Ryan, who has been in the loco, branch of the railway service at Singleton during the past eight years, and for some time acting…

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Railway Disaster. Tourist Victims London, April 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 5

A Reuter message from being says that two express trains, each drawn by two locomotives, collided on the St. Gothard line, near Bellinzna. Some of…

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Motor Vehicles in the United States

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 4

Motor vehicle registrations in the United States reached the astounding total of 15,281,295 on December 31, 1923, says the "Times Trade and Engineering…

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Railway Fares to Be Reduced

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 3

Reduction in first-class and second-class railway fores within the metropolitan and Newcastle suburban ureas will take place from the beginning of next…

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Muscle Creek Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 12

"Mercury" readers are aware that a fortnight ago, during show time, Messrs. Cameron, Bennet and O'Hearn, M's.L.A., were in Muswellbrook, and…

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