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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 202

Benefit Carnival. Motor Cycle Sports. Exciting Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 6

After an interval on account of the holidays, the motor cycling carnivals promoted by the. Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association…

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Motor Insurance. Rates Increased. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 5

The insurance rates for motor cars will be increase by 30 per cent from February 3. This decision was reached to-day by…

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Notes and Comments Roads in Britain

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 6

According to a pre-war estimate the 235,000 miles of public roads then existing in Britain had cost 350 millions to build, and an additional…

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Ambulance Corps. Railways and Tramways. Presentation of Awards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 6

The first annual meeting of the Martin's Creek and Paterson branches of the Railways and Tramways Ambulance Corps, and presentation of…

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Train Traveller's Death Skull Badly Smashed. (By Telegraph.) Maryborough (Q.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

Robert Woods, aged 18, was found unconscious in a train near Bundaberg. with his skull badly smashed: He died some time later. It is believed…

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Girls' Exploit. "On the Road to Gundagai." After the Show Was Over. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. L. J. Rochester, of cessnock, district inspector of the A.P.A. Association, was transacting some business at Sims Bros,' garage, Cessnock,…

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Sovereigns in a Heap. Young Couple Arrested. Story of Long Motor Trip. Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

Detectives who searched a house at South Melbourne at 6 a.m. on Saturday saw the rare siglit of £437 10s in gold. It is a portion of £660 10s,…

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Motor Cvole Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. Cecil Clorke, of Paterson, who was injured last week in a motor cycle accident near Trevallyn, is still an inmate of the private…

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The Railways. the Recent Appointments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

The attention of Mr. Ball, the Minister for Works and Railways, was drawn to a statement reported to have been made in Melbourne by…

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Motor Fatality. Struck by Wind Screen

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 6

A most remarkable accident occurred on the road between Ouse and Strickland, Tasmania, when Michael Jones, aged 58 years, of Plenty,…

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Lorry Capsizes. Collision with Tram. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 5

A motor lorry containing two adults and eight children capsized at Sans Souci last night as the result of colliding with a steam tram…

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Motor Accident Cycle and Side Car Upset. Two Men Injured. Paterson

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 3

Whilst returning from East Gresford last night Mr. Cecil Clerke, riding a motor cycle, and Mr. Waterford Cann, accompanying him in a…

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Motor Regulations. the New Act in Force

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

As from 1st January, 1925, the new motor regulations came into force and from now all applications for renewals of licenses and…

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Motor Regulations the New Act in Force

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 1

As from January 1, 1925, the now motor regulations came into force ami from now all applications for renewals of licenses and registrations will be…

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Motor Smash Two Men Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 3

Two man were killed and two others seriously injured when a motor cat oycrturnecl on the Point Nepean Road, North Brighton (Vie.) late on…

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Increase in Motor Cars

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

Figures showing the remarkable increase in the number of motor cars in the United Slates have been received by Mr. Morton, engineer of…

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Record Railway Traffic

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 3

A record for Cessnock in the way of railway traffic was established during the recent holiday period. The total number of passengers was…

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Singleton Railway Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 3

With reference to an inquiry, by Mr. W. Bennett, M.L.A., as to the action taken in regard to the preparation of estimates for the…

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Area Commissioner. Railway Administration

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 2

Mr. W. C. Quinton, who has been appointed northern district area Railway Commissioner, arrived in Newcastle yesterday, and has secured…

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Explosives Used. Burning of Motor Bus. Coroner's Inquiry. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

The destruction of a motor bus by fire in the early morning of December 29 in Comfort Avenue, Cessnock, was the subject of an inquiry at the…

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