Main Roads Board. Shires' Equipment
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 4
At the Local Government Engineers Conference, Mr. Garlick, the Chairman of the new Main Roads Board, read a paper in which he assured the shire engineers that the Main Roads Act would not have the effect which some of the engineers feared, of reducing the status of their work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Muswellbrook Shire Council. Monthly Meeting Tenders to Be Called Fob Works on All Roads—new Suspension Bridge for Denman—main Roads Board Sets Engineer a Big Task—a Counter Petition-denman Seeks Improved Sanitation
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 1
The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was held on Friday last, when there were present: —Crs. J. C. "White president D. M…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →First Road Lighthouse Official Lighting Ceremony
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2
The official opening of the road lighthouse at the foot of Lapstone Hill, near Penrith, on the road over the Blue Mountains, took place on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Orange Aeroplane Smash Attempts to Save Women. Pinned Under Wreckage. "For God's Sake Get Me Out."
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 3
The inquest was held at Orange on Friday concerning the death of Thomas Lynn, avaitor, and Mrs. Harriot Hickey as the result of an aeroplane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Builders. Strike at East Sydney. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 5
A strike occurred among the men employed at Holden's, motor body builders, Limited, at East Sydney. About 150 hands are involved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Fatality. Driver Killed at Gundagai
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2
A shocking motor accident occurred on the Prince Alfred Bridge, Gundagai, on Saturday night. A motor car containing four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Solicitor Killed. Motor Smash in Victoria
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2
A motor fatality occurred at Port Fairy, in Victoria, on Saturday evening. Messrs. L. Buckland and John Leo Gavan Dutfy, solicitors, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Carnival Postponed
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 4
Owing to the inclement weather it was found necessary last evening to postpone the Speedway Carnival and Fancy Fair, which was to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letter to the Editor. Motor Cyclists and the H.R.A. and H.A.
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 5
Sir,—As secretary for the Northern District Motor Cyclists Association, I ask you to grant space to enable me to reply to the statements made at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Smash at Kogarah Cars in Head-on Collision
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 3
In the early hours of Sunday morning a head-on collision occurred between two cars on the Prince's Highway, Kogarah, and as a result three persons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycliste Injured
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 4
Miss Lila Fraser, a young woman from Tamworth, met with a serious accident while practising on the Taree showground track, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overloaded Motor Bus
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 4
When the conductor of a motor omnibus pleaded guilty at Newtown Police Court, Sydney, to a charge of carrying an excess of passengers, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Advance a £1,000,00 Show
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2
This year ends the first 25 years of practical motoring in Australia. The greatest motor show ever held in Australia, the International Motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Vote Exhausted
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 4
The members for Maitland have been informed by the Local Government Department, in response to representatives on behalf of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Tragedy. the Coroner's Verdict. Gallant Rescue Efforts Commenced
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 6
The inquest concerning the death of Thomas Lynn, pilot and Harriet Hickey, passenger, who were killed in the aeroplane smash, near the Orange…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Injured. Motor Smashes Into Tree
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 2
As the result of its steering gear failing to act a motor car dashed into a tree near Bathurst and hurled the two occupants a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Traffic. Canterbury Council Report
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 7
The extent of motor traffic in the metropolitan area was indicated in a report presented to the Canterbury Council by Mr. Potts, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Returns
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 4
The coaching revenue received at the East Maitland railway station for last month amounted to £1929/10/7½. For the corresponding period…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Aeroplane Disaster
Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 3
The inquest concerning the death of Thomas Lynn and Harriet Hickey, the victims of the Orange aeroplane smash, was resumed at Orange on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Repairs
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 3
Extensive repairs are about to be made to various roads throughout the Muswellbrook Shire, which will give considerable employment, and…
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