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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 202

Motor. Cycle Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 4

Members or the Maitland Motore Cycle Club desirous of competing in the motor carnival at the Muswell-brook Speedway, on May. 18, are…

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Tram Smash. Nine People Injured. Collision Near Manly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 4

Nine persons were injured and considerable damage was caused to two trams in a collision at Brookvale last night. The scene of the accident was…

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Motoring Notes. Breaking in the New Car. a Little Care and Thought Make a Wealth of Difference

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 4

Any number of mechanical precepts are hurled at the head of the motorist, with the result that, awed or disgusted by their…

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Motorist's Shocking Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 3

Elgar Elliott, aged 19 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Elliott, of the Gundagai motor garage, met with a shocking death whilst driving a ear…

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Motoring Record

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 3

Driving an Amilear stock model Messrs. R. Hennessey and P. Pederson left Broken Hill at 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning on an attempt…

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Local and General Railway Revenue

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 3

The quarterly report for the period ended March 31 last of the Railway Commissioners, shows that the railway revenue had increased…

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Warning to Motorists

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 6

A paragraph recently appeared in the "Eagle" drawing attention to the new regulations concerning number plates on motor cars, and conveying…

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Theft of Motor Vehicles

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 6

Commenting in the Criminal Court, Adelaide, upon the sentences imposed for the theft of motor vehicles as compared with the sentences inflicted…

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Motor Traffic

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 11

The extent of motor traffic in the metropolitan area was indicated in a report presented to the Canterbury Council at its meeting this week by…

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Road Repairs

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 8

Extensive repairs are about to be made to various roads throughout the Muswellbrook Shire, which will give considerable employment, and…

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Maitland Train Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O' Hearn, M.L.A. has received word from Mr. W. C. Quinton in reply to his representations in regard to improvement in the passen…

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Original Aeroplane. to Be Sent to England. Vancouver, May 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 13

A message from Dayton (Ohio) states that Mr. Orville Wright announces that the original Wright aeroplane which was invented by him and…

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Tragic End. Blind Soldier Falls From Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 9

K. Barr, a blind one-armed returned soldier, met his death under tragic circumstances on 1st instant, at Snowtown (S.A.)…

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Road Lighthouses First Light Switched on

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 13

The first road lighthouse in New South Wales was dedicated on Saturday, when Councillor Wilson, President of the Blue Mountains Shire,…

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Increased Earnings. on the Railways. Tramways Decrease

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 5

The quarterly report of the railways and tramways for the period ended March 31 was presented by the Railway Commissioners to Mr. Ball, Minister…

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Railways and Tramways Quarter's Figures

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 7

The tramways of New South Wales carried 2,515,529 fewer passengers during the quarter ended March 31 last than during the first quarter last year…

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Two Killed Run Down by Train. Near Redfern Yards. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 5

A shocking double fatality occurred near Redfern railway yards this morning. Two men, named Harry Hearn,…

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Motor Buses Service to Manly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners have approved of the purchase of six motor buses, which, at an early date would ply between the…

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Motor Snorts

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 4

The motor and cycle sports promoted by the Labour Day Committee and Maitland Ambulance postponed from Monday last, will he hold on…

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Shipping Fleet. Cannot Compete with Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 14

Following serious competition from the New South Wales Government railways in the Coff's Harbour trade, the Langley Brothers'…

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