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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1924

3,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 66 of 192

Missing Clergyman £300 and Motor Car

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 4

Some months ago a Church of England clergyman in a Riverina (N.S.W.) town disappeared from his parish, and a warrant was issued for his arrest for…

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Motor Car and Cycle Collide Passenger Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 2

A collision occurred in Macquariestreet this morning between a motor car and a motor cyele. The impact was severe. The occupant of the…

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Melbourne Tram Strike Over Further Trouble Unlikely. (By Telegraph.) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 2

The tramway men resumed work this morning. As the Board has intimated that it will not deal harshly with Gripman…

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The Double Railway Fatality Boys Killed by Swinging Door

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 1

At the inquest in connection with the deaths of the twin boys namod Gilbert, who were killed by a swinging door on a train near Meadowbank on April 15,…

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Melbourne Tram Strike Judge Orders Resumption

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 2

The conference between the disputants in the tram strike having failed to bring about a settlement, Mr Justice Powers (President of the Arbitration…

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New Railway Station Official Opening on

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 2

The new railway station erected by South Maitland Railways, Ltd., at Cessnock is to be officially opened at noon on Thursday. All the…

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Legless Motorist Fined £100 for Speeding

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 6

For driving his car at a dangerous speed, and fraudulently using a license end identification plate, Captain Malcolm D. G. Drummond, who…

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South Maitland Railways

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 May 1924 · page 8

A sheaf of corespondenee relating to the protest against the proposed action of the Government in taking offer the South Maitland railways…

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Roads Grant for Aberdeen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 6

The Minister for Local Government has decided to Rive the municipal Council of Aberdeen a grant of £300, to be expended on the main road…

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Canberra Railway. Public Works Commitiee's Report. Administration Bill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 2

The public works committee's report on the construction of a railway from canberra to yass was presented to the House of Representatives by…

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Melbourne Tramway Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 4

A press telegram from Melbourne announcing the collapse of the tramway strike states that "the men seemed highly pleased with the settlement…

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Motor Accident. Claim Against Government, the Premier's Car. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 5

John Campbell brought an action in the District court to-day against W.J. kessell, nominal representative of the New south wales…

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Cessnock's Railway Station. Official. Opening. Visit of Directors, Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 4

After years of agitation by the residents of the cessnock district, the south Maitland Railways, Ltd., some few months ago decided to build a…

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Melbourne Tramways Dismissed Gripman's Rein Statement

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 4

Full tram services are now running in Melbourne and the majority of the motor buses have been taken off. Forty-four men were temporarily…

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Railway Experts Tour

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 May 1924 · page 2

Sir Sam Fay and Sir Vinncent Raven, the experts, who have been brought from England to investigate and report upon the working of the…

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Road Policy

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 4

An emphatic protest is to be made at the annual conference of the Shires Association of New South Wales, which commences its sitting in Sydney on May 27…

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Sydney Street Bridge Different Treatment' for Aberdeen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 1

When the Minister for Local Government visited Muswellbrook he was asked by the aldermen and shire councillors to use his influence to…

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Aberdeen News From our Representative) ABERDEEN, Wednesday. Road Dressing Discovery

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 1

On a property near Seaham, New South Wales, an importan discovery of a substance has been made which it is expected will revolutionise the…

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Creeping Railway Lines

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 9

It is not generally known that railway rails creep. They do, however, and an American authority tells us that "on lines running north and…

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Motor Notes. Government to Pay. 30,000 Rear Number Plates

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 2

New rear number plates for motor cars with registered numbers between 1 and 30,000, are now being issued by the Traffic Branch. They have…

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