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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 202

Northern Railways. Premier's Counsel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 7

Speaking at Inverell, the Premier, Sir George Fuller, counselled members of the deputation not to be downhearted regarding the proposed railway…

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Bomb on Railway Line Swept Off Platform

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 3

A live Mills hand grenade of the type used in the war was found on the railway line at Collingwood (Vic.) station early on Tuesday. It had been…

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Motor 'Bus Hold-up Driver Robbed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 2

The sensational hold-up of a motorbus took place in a lonely part of Waterworks-road, North Ipswich, Q., late on Saturday-night. A large 'bus,…

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Martindale Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 4

Mr. J. Moylan; president of the Martindale Progress Association, and Mr. H. H. White, accomplished by Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A…

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Good Roads Problem

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 4

The problem of dealing with the arterial roads of the Newcastle district was discussed at the Newcastle City Council meeting on Monday night, upon a…

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Proposed Goulburn River Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 1

The Hon. W. Bennett and Mr. W. Cameron, M's.L.A., have received the following communication from the Under-Secretary, Public Works…

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Tree Planting on Geelong-Melbourne Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 4

The Geelong Town Planning Association has reported to the Melbourne association that tree planting along the Geelong-road had been…

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Facts and Fancies. Asphalt Road-making

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 3

Strange as it may seem, the asphalt with which so many roads are paved was found by accident. Many years ago, in Switzerland, natural rock…

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Lavender Creek Concreting Work Bridge Across Vincent Street

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 10

The shire engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) submitted the following report to the Administrator yesterday. "I desire to bring under your notice…

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Rabbits on Roads or Culverts. Whose Duty to Suppress?

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 5

Mr. A. R. Gelling, district secretary of the Primary Producers' Union, is in receipt of the following non the General Secretary of that…

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Motor Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 2

The Motor Cycle Club will hold an afternoon's sports on the recreation ground to-morrow. Messrs. Hill and Bower report the…

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Motor Carnival Novelties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 4

In honour, of the visit to Maitland of the English cricketers the four motor-cycle and cycle races will be named as follows:—"The Gilligan"…

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Letter to the Editor Proposed Railway to Port Stephens

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 6

Sir,—I would ask you kindly to give to opportunity to propose a settlement of the controversy between the supporters of the two proposed…

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Soldiers Preference Urged on Queensland Railway Works. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 5

The Soldiers fathers Conference decided to urge that preference to returned soldiers should be observed on the Queensland section of the kyogle…

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Maitland Motor Speedway

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 2

The attendance at the Maitland Motor Carnival, on Saturday night was good, though not as large as on the prvious special Saturday night. The events were hotly…

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A Rival for the Railways

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 2

We (Muswellbrook "Chronicle") understand that a motor carrying company will start operations as soon as the two new bridges on the…

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Motoring Notes. Overheated and Under-heated Cars

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 4

Overheating is a common trouble which besets many motorists. Sometimes it arises from an inherent defect In the design of the car, or its…

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Cumberland Street Railway End Extension

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 3

The manger of Tooth and Co. forwarded a letter to the Shire Council office, acknowledging the shire clerk's letter of February 23 with…

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Railway Centenary Procession of Rolling Stock

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 12

A hundred years have passed since Stephenson's Locomotive No. 1 piped its first shrill whistle on the old Stockton and Darlington railway…

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Motor Bus Services

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 6

A number of recommendations by the inspector regarding motor bus services and time-tables were approved by the Shire Administrator yesterday…

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