No Borrowing for Roads. Out-of-date Shire Councillors
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 4
At the last meeting of the Wallarobba Shire Council, on a suggestion being made by Councillor Randall that It would be advisable to-morrow £20,000 to provide substantial roads in the shire, the president (Cr. Alison) declared himself against all borrowing for roads, "he had no time…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 16
Six motor buses, which the New South Wales Railway Department has decided to purchase for the service between Spit Junction and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor and Tram. Collision at Rockdale
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 14
A collision between a motor car and a tram occurred at Rockdale on Sunday afternoon, but although both vehicles were extensively…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Newcastle Trams. Service to the Racecourse
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 23
Mr. E. J. Doran, tramway traffic manager, received several deputations in Newcastle yesterday. Requests were made to him from…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Tram Fatality. Man Killed at Sans Souci
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 19
Harry Fleet, aged 50, employed as a painter by the Railway Commissioners, was killed when returning home last night…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Motor Cycle Carnival
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 20
The Labour Day and Maitland District Ambulance Motor Cycle and Cycle Carnival, which had twice to be postponed on account of rain will…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Newsboy Killed. Run Down by Tram
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 5
A pathetic street accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon at Annandale, when a little newsboy was run down by a tramcar and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Tribunal. Union Proposal Disapproved Sydney
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 5
The Australian Tramway Employees' Association and the Railway and Tramway Officers' Association are opposed to the proposal that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Injured. Motor Cycles Collide
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 5
Three persons were injured when a motor cycle and side car collided with another motor cycle in Parramatta-road, Kellyville…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Workshops. Removal to Cookle Creek
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 6
The Railway Commissioners intend to remove the Newcastle railway workshops from Honeysuckle Point to Cockle Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four Injured. Victorian Motor Smash
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 16
In a collision near Werribee, Vic., a motor cycle was wrecked and a motor car damaged. Frank Maffey (20), of Yarraville,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Output Grows. Lithgow Railway Goal Mine
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 9
The output of coal from the Railway Department's coal mine at Lithgow is now approximately 23,000 tons per month…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Notes. Pressure Gauges for Balloon Tyres
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 14
We have already made reference to the need for keeping balloon tyre, inflated to a pressure which is within a pound or two at most of that…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Accident. Man Killed at Glebe
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 14
When crossing Pyrmont Bridge-road, Glebe, on Sunday night, Thomas Ward, aged 57, of the same suburb, was knocked down by a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Tram Smash. Nine People Injured. Collision Near Manly
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 9
Nine persons were injured and considerable damage was caused to two trams in a collision at brookvale on 7th inst. The scene of accident was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor 'Buses. Service to Manly
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 9
The Railway Commissioners have approved of the purchase of six motor 'buses, which, at an early date, would ply between the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Ports. and Coastal Railways. New States Commission's Views
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 13
In its report, the New States Commission devotes some attention to the question of coastal railway connections, as well as the opening up of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gresford Police Court. Motor Driver Fined
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 3
John Barry was proceeded against at the Gresford Police Court on a charge of having driven a motor car, he not then being licensed to drive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Weekly Motor Notes
Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 2
In these times of short days and dark wintry nights it becomes doubly essential that the motorist should look to the lighting equipment of his car, both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Radio Motorist. Hints on a Common Sense Portable Set
Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 May 1925 · page 2
Whilst there are many of us quite content to leave the radio set at home when we sally forth in the car, there are some radio "fans" who cannot…
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