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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 202

Powerpul Aeroplane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 2

The world's largest single-engined aeroplane is the Blackburn-Napier "Cubaroo: torpedo plane, a fighting craft fitted with an engine having 16…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycle Smash. Crashed Into Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

Two men were injured, one seriously, when a motor cycle and side-car crashed into the side of a bridge on the Western Road (says) a Penrith…

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Picnickers Injured.. Motor Lorry Overturns. Brakes Fail to Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 3

A motor lorry, carrying twenty [?]ng picnickers to Manly and [?]rabeen, bounded out of control in Eaton-street. North Sydney, on…

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Motor Car and Cycle Collision at Parramatta

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 2

Sylvan John Foster (17), of Lidcombe, had a narrow escape form serious injury, when, riding a cycle along Church street, Parramatta, he collided…

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Tram Traffic. New Year's Day Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 2

Tram traffic in Sydney yesterday showed a distinct falling off as compared with New Year's Day, 1924. On January 1, 1924, 1379 car…

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Motorist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

My W. Campbell, of Moree, who is spending, a holiday at West Maitland, was cranking a motor car up yesterday, when the engine "kicked,"…

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Skull Fractured. Motor Cyclist Collides with Culvert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 6

When returning from Penrith yesterday Arthur Thorby, 42, of Refern received severe injuries, including fracture of the skull…

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A Narrow Escape. Cyclist and Motor. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 5

Mr. A. Cooke, headmaster of Kurri Public School, met with an accident while driving his car in Cessnock last evening…

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Main Roads Board. Many Applications Received

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 3

Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Local Government, had an interview with the chairman of the Public Service Board in regard to the…

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Robbery Alleged. After Assault in Train. Between Penrith and Sydney Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 5

Arthur Henry Baker, 37, a painter, was remanded on £80 hall at the Central Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted Arthur Wilson, on…

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Railway Grievances Talk of Irritation Strike. Possibly During Raster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 6

There is a possibility of an irritation strike being instituted throughout the railway service at an early date. The State Council of the…

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Long Ride. by Motor Cyclist. Perth to Lismore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 6

A motor cyclist, Mr. A. W. Grady, arrived at Lismore on Friday from Perth, after riding 5000 miles. Mr. Grady, who is travelling on a…

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The Railways. Question of Future Control. Area Commissioners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners Messrs. James Fraser. O. W. Brain, and A. D. J. Forester, for some hours discussed matters affecting the future control of…

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Two Injured. Motors Collide at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 3

As a result of a collision between two motor cars that occurred on Friday afternoon, at the intersection of Tudor and Beaumont street, Mrs, A. E…

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Motoring Peril. Ban on Petrol Containing Lead

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 10

The death of five men and the illness of 80 more from inhaling gas fumes in the Standard Oil Plant in New Jersey has caused the Board of…

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The Motor-car Age

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 12

We sometimes wonder what would have been the appearance and mentality of the England of our day if the motor-car had not made so complete a…

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German Purchases. of British Motor Cycles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 12

Among the biggest foreign buyers of British motor-cycles at the cycle and motor-cycle exhibition at Olympic, Kensington, W., have been the…

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N.z. Railways Board Visits to South Africa and N.s.w

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 7

Mr. J. Maso[?], who was recently appointed a member of the New Zealand Railway Board, and Mr. P. R. Angus, locomotive engineer of…

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Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 4

An accident happened to a motor car on the Newcastle-road last everting. When on the Maitland side of the Ashtonlields railway crossing, it…

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Snake in Motor Car

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 6

Returning from Mangrove Mountain in a motor car, Mr W. E. Smith, of Wyong, had an experience during the holidays with a snake, which he…

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