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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 202

Train Cut in Two

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 5

The 6.27 p.m. train to Ryde had left No. 5 platform, and was drawing from the "down" fast line to the "down" slow, under the second…

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Roads Board. Request by Engineers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 9

Request were made to the Minister for Local Government, Mr. Fitzpatrick. by Mr F V Wikner, president of the Local Government Engineers'…

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North Shore Bridge. Engineer Returns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 1

Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield, Chief Engineer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the City Railway, accompanied by his secretary (Miss Kathleen Butler)…

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Bridge Wanted at Bowman's Crossing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

A correspondent at Jerry's Plains writes concerning a meeting of the local Progress Association, in which he says most of the correspondence…

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Youth Killed. Head Strikes Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 16

Robert Woods, aged 18, was found unconscious in a train near Bundaberg, with his skull bodly smashed. He died some time later…

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Money Missing. Mysterious Disappearance From Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 9

Mr. Comack stationmaster at Katoomba, head ticket clerk Brownlow, and Porter Wootton of the Katoomba Railway Station. are greatly perturbed…

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Road Improvements. Progress Associations Confer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 4

A conference of progress associations to consider the condition of roads leading from Millfield, Paxton and Ellalong to Mount Vincent, was attended…

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Newcastle Road. Relief Grant Expended

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 5

Mr. E. F. Stevens, engineer to the Tarro Shire Council, reported at its meeting on Thursday the whole of the £9,600 grant for relief work has…

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Floods. Damage at Albury. Bridge Washed Away

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 5

Heavy rains hare fallen in many country centres, Albury having 680 points in 40 hours. A big flood is expected in the the Lower Murray…

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Ambulance Corps. Railways and Tramways. Presentation of Awards

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 16

The first annual meeting of the Martin's Creek and Paterson branches of the Railways and Tramways Ambulance Corps, and presentation of…

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Girls' Exploit. "On the Road to Gundagai." After the Show Was Over

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 7

Mr. L. J. Rochester, of Cessnock, district inspector of the A.P.A. Association, was transacting some business at Sims Bros.' garage, Cessnock,…

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Railway Accident. Trucks Through Culvert

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

A railway accident happened to the Tottenham-Parkes (mixed) up train on Friday, between Began Gate and Trundle…

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Motor Cycle Sports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 4

The H.R.A. and H. Association will hold its weekly motor cycle sports on the Show Ground to-night. There will be thirty thrilling…

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Crashed into Railway Gates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. Edmund Duggan's Dramatic Company had an uneviable experience on Thursday night. Journeying from Muswellbrook in the motor…

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Railway Collision. Patients Improve

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

Those passengers still confined to hospital as the result of the railway collision on Wednesday night each showed a slight improvement…

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Motor Accident. Car Over Embankment. Mount Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 5

Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and child were travelling in a through Mr. Victoria, on their way to Mudgee. When they reached a pass the car…

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Motor Accidents. Car Falls Into Gully

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 16

A motor car-overturned into a gully at the foot of Cobbler's Hill, near Figtree, on the South Coast. The car was driven by a man named…

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Motor Fatality. Struck by Wind Screen

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 16

A most remarkable accident occurred on the road between Ouse and Strickland, Tasmania, when Michael Jones, aged 58 years, of Plenty,…

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Railway Fatality. Rev. Herford's Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

At the inquest concerning the death of the Rev. W. M. Herford. who was killed in a motor which was struck by the Singleton express at the Tuggerah…

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Area Commissioner. Railway Administration

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 7

Mr. W. C. Quinton, who has been appointed northern district area Railway Commissioner, arrived in Newcastle yesterday, and has secured…

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