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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 202

Road to Tops

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 2

Mr. Ab Edwards, who was in Dungog on Monday last, states that an accessible motor route had been found from Salisbury to Barrington…

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Fell From Train Man Severely Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 4

A man named Arthur Henry Sapstead, about 60 years of age, was admitted to the Newcastle Hospital late on Sunday afternoon, with his right…

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I Blown Off the Rails Storm Wrecks Train Four Passengers Killed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 3

Two men and two women were killed and nine people Injured through a train being blown off the rails while crossing a 200ft. viaduct In a wild…

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Fatality at Paterson. Run Down by Train. Young Man Killed. Paterson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 5

[?] Patfield, 18 years of age was found near the railway line on the northern side of the railway bridge this morning. The…

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Forty Visiting Motor Cyclists Coming Here Next Month

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 1

Forty visiting motor cyclists intend taking part in next month's motor cycling sports. Included among the visitors will be several stars who…

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Over Railway Embankment Man's Serioius Predicament. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 2

A man named Fawens, of the Small Arms Factory, Lithgow, fell 40 feet over the railway embankment. A train passing missed him by a few inches…

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Callous Motor Cyclist

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 4

After knocking down a 10-year-old cyclist, named Harry Riley, in Darbystreet, Newcastle, about noon on Sunday, a motor-cyclist went on his way…

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Sale of Liquor on the Railways New Zealand's Experience

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 2

A few weeks ago the New South Wales Alliance executive made representations to the Railway Commissioners on the question of…

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The Motor Ship Will Steamers Disappear?

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 3

Sir Westcott S. Abell, chief surveyor of Lloyd's Register, in delivering his presidential address to the members of the Institute of Marine Engineers…

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Millions of Motors

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 8

The annual statistical review of the automobile industry compiled by the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company gives a total for 1924 of 17,897,600…

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Main Roads. Time Payment System

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 6

The Main Roads Board has instituted a system of time-payment in its dealings with municipalities. A communication on the above…

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Four Injured. SENSATIONAl Smash in Sydney Motor Car and Two Trams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 2

There as a sensational smash between two trams and a motor car in Oxford-street, Paddington, last night as the result of which four persons…

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A Big Claim. Against South Maitland Railways. Level Crossing Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 April 1925 · page 4

Claims arising out of a collision between a light engine and a motor bus at Kcarsley level crossing on July 8 last were heard before his Honor…

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Main Roads. Kurri and Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

Mr. Lindsay, shire engineer, to-day reported that he was going into the matter of the reconstruction and maintenance of the main roads between…

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North Shore Bridge Sir Arthur Dorman Confident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 2

"Australia has impressed moyer much and I leave fully satisfied that the bridge will be built on time. We will carry out our…

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Fatality at Paterson Man Run Down by Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

The body of Wallace Patfield, 18 years of age, was found near the railway line on the northern side of the railway, bridge at Paterson on…

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Great Northern Road. Shortage of Metal. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 5

Mr. W. R. Lindsay, shire engineer, states that owing to the difficulty of getting blue metal for the work on that portion of the Great Northern…

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Man with Gun. Couple Attacked on St. Kilda Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

While E. Goldsmith was walking with Miss Elene Gordon, late at night, on the St. Kilda road (Vic.), he was attacked by a man with a gun. The…

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Railway Employees. Determining Length of Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

In the Industrial Court, Judge Curlewis, giving judgment in an appeal, upheld the decision of the Chief Industrial Magistrate, that for the purpose…

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Railway Smash. Claim Against Company. Collision at Level Crossing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 4

The hearing was continued before Justice Ferguson and a jury at the Maitland Circuit Court yesterday afternoon of the claims by William…

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