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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 202

Driver Robbed. Motor Bus Hold-up

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 14

The sensational holdup of a motor 'bus took place in a lonely part of Waterworks-road, North Ipswich, late on Saturday night…

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Motor Accidents. Car Crashes Into Telegraph Post. Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 14

A Buiek car, driven by Stan Sternbeck, of Millfield, skidded in a dust hole on the Wollombi-road, in West Cessnock, yesterday evening, and…

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Not to Drive Again. Woman Motorist Released

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 14

The Chief Justice of Victoria has released Mrs. Rachel May Foster conditionalaly on her entering into a bond of £250 to never again drive…

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Labour Struggle Red Elements. Railwaymen and Miners. LONDON, Feb. 25

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 12

While Mr. J. H. Thomas is daily counselling railwaymen to adhere to conciliation and negotiation in regard to their wage demands in…

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Motor Crashes. Two Persons Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 16

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 15

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

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Brisbane-kyogle. Railway Work in Progress

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 16

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

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Railway Smash. in the Early Morning. on South Maitland Line. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 7

All engine with a train-load of empty coal trucks ran over the jack points on the Kurri side of Aberdare Junction in the early hours…

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Man Killed. Bed Under Railway Truck

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 3

A man, who gave his name aa Joseph Jones, was fatally injured through being run over by a goods truck on a siding near the…

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Pionic of Railway Employees

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 6

About 150 people left Singleton by special train at 7.30 a.m. on Monday for the annual picnic of the Newcastle tramway employees, and the…

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Hand Grenade. Found on Railway Line

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 3

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

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Railway Passes. Bow They Are Distributed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 13

Mr. Doe, M.L.A., stated that he had obtained from the Railway Commissioners a detailed statement of how the sum of £51,207 paid in respect…

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Northern Railways. Premier's Counsel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 4

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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Arrival of Motor Ship

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 3

The Aorangi, the largest motor ship in the world, completed her maiden voyage to Australia on Tuesday, when she entered Sydney Heads during the…

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Motor Car Stolen Two Arrests

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1925 · page 6

On Tuesday night a seven-seater Hudson car, belonging to Mr J. E. Donoghue, of Darling Point, was stolen from his garage. It was recovered…

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Fatally Injured. Knocked Down by Train Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 5

Thomas Stover was knocked down by a train in Rockhampton railway yards and fatally injured. When found be was in a sitting…

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Motor Notes. Overheated and Underheated Cars

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 6

Overheating Is a common trouble which besets many motorists. Some-times it arises from an inherent defect in the design of the car, of its…

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Tram Conductor Injured. Swept Off Footboard by Omnibus

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 6

Charles Nicholson, 27, living at Adamstown, a tram conductor, was knocked off the footboard of an electric tram by a motor omnibus, near…

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Woman Killed. Stepped in Front Of. Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 6

Violet Cornwallis (34), was killed by a tram in Pittwater-road, Brookvale, early on Sunday morning. The woman was crossing the roadway,…

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Record Broken. Maitland Motor Speedway. Daring and Skilful Riding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1925 · page 6

"It is thE cleverest show I have ever been in in my life." Mr. Lance Watson a Sydney rider, who won the 100 mile motor race to…

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