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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 202

Woman Killed. Motor Smash Near Perth

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 5

A motor car travelling from Cottesloe to Perth, at about 10.30 at night, with five passengers, crashed into a stationary car at Swanburne. and…

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Motor Danger. Heavy Loads on Footboards

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 January 1925 · page 9

At a meeting of the Byron Shire Council. Councillor J. W. Banner drew attention to the heavy loads frequently carried on the running boards…

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Scalded to Death. Tram Smash at West Wallsend. Motor Descends Embankment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 3

A sensational tramway accident early on Sunday morning on the West Wallsend line was responsible for the death in the Wallsend Hospital at five…

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Gar and Tram. Collision at Waverley

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 6

Three were injured when a motor car came into collision with a tram. in Oxford-street, Waverley, on Sunday night…

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Fraud Alleged. Motor Car Invention

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 6

The case in which Albert Thompson Clarence Law, James Morrish, and James Skelton are charged with alleged fraud in connection with a…

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Seriously Injured. Oar and Motor Cyole Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 6

Reginald Allen, of Croydon, and his wife, were admitted in a serious condition, to hospital following upon a collision between a car and a motor…

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Railways' Union. Closer Organisation Aimed At

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 8

At a meeting of the council of the Australian Railways Union, the following resolutions were adopted:…

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Motor Notes. Testing the Tuning of the Car. Acquiring the Practised Ear

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 6

It is safe to assert that of all the care on the road to-day which have seen more than six months' service, quite thirty per cent, are not…

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The Newcastle Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

The Tarre Shire Council recently completed the expenditure of about £10,000 on the Newcastle Maitland road between Ironbark Bridge and…

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Attempt to Wreck Train

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

An attempt was made last night to derail a train near Dulwich Hill station. The engine struck large stones which had been placed on the…

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Tomalla-Pigna Barney Road

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

Hon. W. E. Wearne has received the following letter for presentation to the Upper Hunter Shire Council in connection with the…

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Train Disaster Blown Over by Wind

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

London, Sunday.—Four passengers were killed and 10 injured through a gale blowing a train over an embankment last night near Creeslough in…

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Manslaughter Charge. Motorist Committed for Trail

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 7

Mrs. Foster was committed for trial in Melbourne on a charge of manslaughter of Henry Walker, whom she knocked down with a meter ear in Flinders-street…

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Maitland Motor Cycle Derby

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

A proposal to hold a £100 Handicap on the Speedway at the Showground on Saturday night, February 21, was put before the full…

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New Motor Garage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

Mr. J. Hart announces in this issue that from February 2 he will conduct a first-class motor garage and general repair shop in Dungog…

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Motoring to Skies. Carey's Peak Scaled by Essex. Making History. Terrible Trip Through Bog and Brush

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 1

"Essex got to Carey's Peak on Tuesday. Last two miles took 9½ hours. Last Tuesday night "The…

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Tram Smash Youth Scalded to Death

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 3

A sensational tramway accident early on Sunday morning on the West Wallsend line was responsible for the death in the Wallsend Hospital at 5 o'clock…

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Limiting Motor Speed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 7

At the fortnightly meeting of the Moree Municipal Council a letter was received from the Inspector-General of Police, in reply to the…

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Bridge for Martindale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 4

Mr .W. F. O'Hosrn, states that a large and, enthusiastic meeting of the settlers of Martindale (jonoy reserve), and surronding district…

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Road Grants

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 4

The members for Maitland have received word from the Local Government Department that a further sum of[?]7400 has been allotted…

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