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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 82 of 202

Next Motor Cycle Sports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 3

Pending permission from the council, the next sports carnival will be held on July 18, when £40 in prizes will be offered. The meeting will be…

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The Problem of Weighing Motor Lorries

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 2

All the products of the State as well as our imports are weighed at some period over weighbridges; therefore information about these large…

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Motor Cycling. Reliability Trial. Newcastle Club's Run

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 2

During most perfect weather conditions the 1½-day reliability, trial of the Newcastle Motor Cycle Club was held last week-end, and 10 outfits of…

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Two Killed. Motor Smash Near Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 6

Two persons were killed in a motor smash which occurred on the Hamilton-road (Q.). A car skidded and coll[?]ted with an electric light post…

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Railway Costs. What 44 Hours Would Mean. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 5

The finance committee of the Railway Department is said to be considerably perturbed at the fact that in the event of Labour being returned to…

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Bullahdelah Motor Service

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 2

Attention is drawn to the announcement in this issue regarding the Bullahdelah motor service conducted by Mr. J. Barry. Car[?] leave…

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Mr. Quinton's Visit. Railway Requirements

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 5

Mr. Quinton, Area Commissioner, with his staff, visited Dungog on Wednesday morning and made an inspection of the local station and…

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Magisterial Inquiry. Into Burning of Motor Lorry Etc

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 7

The district coroner (Mr. George Brown. J.P.) held an enquiry this morning into the destruction by fire of a motor lorry and oxy-acetylene…

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Motor Cycling. Newcastle Club’s 230 Miles Trial. Watson Again Successful

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 3

After several postponements the Newcastle Motor Cycle Club held their 230 miles (1½ days) reliability trial last week-end from the Newcastle…

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B.S.A. Motor Cycles

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 7

Mesrs. Bennett and Wood Ltd., Sydney and Cessnock, distributors of B.S.A. motor cycles, desire to call attention to the announcement in this…

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Motor Bus Services

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 6

Prosecutions seem to be likely in connection with the way some of the motor bus services are being conducted. Inspector McGilvray…

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Burned Motor Lorry Coronial Inquiry an Open Verdict Returned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 June 1925 · page 7

An inquiry was held in the Cessnock Court House this morning before the District Coroner, Mr. George Brown, into the burning on May 9, near…

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Commercial Aeroplane's Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 11

A Reuter correspondent from Le Bourget says that a French Pilot flew, from Le Bourget, to Amsterdam in one hour fifty minutes with several…

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Train Derailed. Many Cattle Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 11

At Brookill, Q., near Townsville, a train carrying cattle to Merinda meatworks became derailed, and several trucks wore strewn about the line…

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Train Derailed. at East Greta Junction. Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 16

When the 8 o'clock train from West Maitland to Kurri this morning was shunting backwards at East Greta Junction to pick up goods trucks, the…

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Water Mains. and Newcastle-maitland Proposed Road

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 6

The Tarro Shire Council wrote to the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board, referring to the possible early construction of the…

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Attempt to Wreck Train. Timber and Metal on Line. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 13

A railway ganger found a quntity of timber and metal placed on the main Sydney line just beyond Adamstown, early, this morning…

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Soviet Scheme Control of Railways. Labour Council's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 9

A full report on the Soviet s[?] or the control of the State railways, [?]ntly agreed upon at a conference of unions, was presented at a meeting…

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Farmers Complain of Railway Weights

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 4

Farmers of the Phoenix Park district have interviewed Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., complaining that at time a great difference exists…

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Remanded. Alleged Stealing of Motor Car. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 5

George Alfred Miller, 19, a labourer, and Claude Crouch, 22, a mechanic, were charged at the Central Court to-day with having stolen…

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