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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 202

Motor Record. Established at Ballina

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 2

Large crowds of motorists and visitors attended the annual motor cycle carnival on the Seven-mile Beach, Ballina, promoted by the North Coast…

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Motor Traffic Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 4

Persons requiring renewals under the Motor Traffic Act, 1909, are requested to note that application should be made direct to the…

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Motor Carnival

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 4

The H.R.R. and H. Association will held its usual weekly motor coyle and eveling carnival under the electric light on the show ground speedway, on…

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Three Killed. Victorian Motor Smashes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 5

One man was killed and two others were injured in a collision between two motor cycles on the Point Nepean read, Moora[?]n (Vic)…

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Train Smash Horse's Narrow Escape

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 2

Apparently undisturbed by the fact that a cattle-van in which it was travelling was smashed to splinters in a collision in South Australia on Monday…

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Glenreagh-dorrigo Line Another Daily Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 3

There will, at an early date, be another train running daily on the Glenreagh Derrigo line. The present service—which consists of two trains…

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Woman Killed. Motor Smash Near Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 4

A motor car, travelling from Cottesloe to Perth, at about 10,30 at night, with five passengers, crashed into a stationary, car at Swanbourne, and…

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Tramcar Accident Passengers Escape

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 2

The lives of about a dozen tram passengers were in peril on Tuesday night when a tramcar leapt the lines at Vaucluse Heights. A telegraph pole…

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Heavy Dutsy on Motor Cars

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 2

Just why cars, are so much more higher in price in Australia than in America'is largely explained by an incident that occurred last week. A new…

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Overtaken by Train. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 3

Two railway painters, named James Must and Alfred Young, had a narrow escape from, death on Thursday…

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The Town Sparks From Train Cause Grass Fires

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 4

Soon after the passing of the Tamworth train on "Wednesday a grass fire broke out in three places on Mr. Humphries' property, situated on the…

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Inventor's Claim. Deisel Engine for Road Traffic

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

A development which, it is claimed, foreshadows nothing less than a revolution, has made its appearance in the world of mechanical…

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Drunken Motorists. Departmental Statement

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 3

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. J. C. L. Pitzpatrick) has received a communication from the Chief Secretary's Department,…

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Girl Crushed to Death. Another's Miraculous Escape. Remarkable Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 3

Hazel Trowbridge (19) was killed, and Marie Jabo (19) had a miraculous escape in a motor accident at Perth on Tuesday night, under…

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Motor News. World's Petroleum Resources

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

It has been more than once stated, principally from American sources. that there was reason to anticipate the exhaustion of the mineral oil…

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Heavy Duty on Motor Cars. £111 on £485 Purchase

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

Just why cars are so much more higher in price in Australia than in America is largely explained by an incident that occurred last week. A…

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Crashed Into Wall. Motor Car Accident at Stanmore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

When a motor car owned by William Romaine, of Northumberland-avenue, Stanmore, crashed into a brick wall at Circular Quay, three…

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Railway Reserve Labour Attitude. London, Jan. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

The general council of the Trade Union Congress, after considering letters from the railway transport unions with regard to the War Office…

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Railway Finance Powers of Commissioners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

The new Board of Railway Commissioners may be given greater powers in respect of railway finance than the Commissioners hold under the old Act…

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Throat Cut. Railway Employee's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 3

James Hagan, 35, a railway employee, who lived at Waratah, was found in an outhouse at this home, with his throat cut and a razor near him. The body…

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