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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 202

Sensational Smash. Runaway Goods Train. Four Men Injured at Hawkesbury

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 14

A sensational railway smash occurred near Hawkesbury Railway Station shortly after three o'clock on Sunday morning…

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Ribs Fractured. Motor Car and Motor Cycle Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 14

A collision between a motor car and a motor cycle on the Parramatta-road, on Saturday, resulted in Walter Smith, of Enmore, the driver…

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Furniture Ablaze. on Motor Truck

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 15

An International motor truck, owned by M. Light and Son, was being driven along Parry street, Hamilton, on Monday afternoon when the…

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Motor Accident. Driver in Critical Condition

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 14

A motor car driven by James Pearce overturned at Manly on 20th Inst. Four other persons in the car were…

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Seriously Injured. Motor Cycle and Cycle Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 6

A collision occurred between a motor cycle and a bicycle on the high-level bridge. Hamilton, late on Tuesday afternoon…

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Motor Notes. an Irritating Fault That Is Hard to Locate

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 7

Of the many petty mechanical annoyances' which are prone to cause the motorist loss of patience and temper, few are more baffling and…

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Railway Free List Items on the Bill

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 6

The railways free list costs £51,207. So that it may not be thought that all this is spent on members of Parliament and their wives, Mr Doe, M.L.A.,…

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Motor Notes. What a Woman Should Know. Practical and Technical Knowledge for the Lady Driver

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

If one can place implicit reliance on all the statements mada by interested parties, it would appear that cerain modern cars need only to be…

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One Killed. Two Riders Injured. Smash at Motordrom

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

Five motor cyclists, riding at a spece of about 70 miles an hour, figured in an accident which was witnessed by some thousands of people at the…

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Thrown Against Fence. Accident, on Tamworth Motor Track

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

An accident occurred at the motor cycle races, on the new race track at Tamworth Showground on Saturday afternoon, the victim being…

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Letter to the Editor the Motor-cycle Kania

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

Sir,—The motor cycle foyer is developing epidemic form, and the residents of Campbell's "Hill, Mayfield and Rutherford are getting a…

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Cyclist Injured. Motor Aind Motor Cycle Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

A well-know veterinary surgeon, Mr. Herbert Adams, of Tamworth, was inquired cycle seriously in a motor car and motor cycle collision on…

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Motor Accidents. Car Crashes Into Telegraph Post Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 2

A Buick car, driven by Stan Stern beck, of Millfield, skidded in a dust held on the Wollombi-road, in West Cessnock, yesterday evening, and…

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Railway Reguests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 March 1925 · page 4

Hon. W .Bennett, M. L. A., is advised by Mr. W. C. Quinton, Northern Area Commissioner, relatives to the provision of week-end excursion…

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Ten Injured. Motor 'Bus Overturns. Picnic Party's Experience

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

Ten persons were injured when a motor bus overturned Prospect on Sunday night. A picnic party was returning in the…

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Motor Crashes. Two Persons Injured

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

Henry Bassett and wife, their son, Reginald, and a friend, A. G. Sanders were motoring from Goulburn to Wagga in a new car, valued at…

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Motor Car's Dive. Through Fence and Into Washhouse

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

Another accident occurred at a dangerous curve near Tom Ugly's Point at a late hour on Saturday, night, but, fortunately, no liven wore lost…

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Main Roads Conference

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

In pursuance of the decision of the Newcastle Council, at its last meeting, when a motion was carried for conferences to be called by the…

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By Motor From Beirut To Teheran Regular Mall and Passenger Services maintained between Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 2

Since May, 1923, a regular motor service has been in operation to meet the requirements of the countries tnaversed on the journey from, the…

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Brisbane-kyogle. Railway Work in Progress

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 6

Over a hundred men are now engaged on the South Brisbane-Kyogle railway at the Rocklea-Salisbury section…

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