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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 83 of 202

Cabman Injured. Motor and Cab in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 7

As the result of a collision between a cab and a motor car in Centennial Park last nighty Michael Kane, 80 years, of Surry Hills, the driver of the…

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Railways Essential. Development of the North

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

The Federal Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Hill) returned to Melbourne, after three weeks' inspection o[?] the interior of Australia and Northern…

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Four Arrested. Alleged Stealing of Motor Car. Cessnock

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

Constable Booth, of the Cessnock police, this morning, arrested four young men for the alleged stealing of a motor car from Sydney on…

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Kurri Police Court. Wednesday, June 3. Motor Traffic Offences

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

George Harold Bungard was fined £1, with 8/ costs, for driving a motor vehicle in Cessnock-street, not close to the footpath…

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Railway Carriages. New Industry for Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 7

It is reported on good authority that a movement is afoot to establish large works at Newcastle for the making of railway carriages and…

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Weekly Motor Notes Electrical Perplexities. Commonsense Knowledge of Electrical Facts Essential to the Car Owner

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 June 1925 · page 2

Ever since the time when the phenomenon of electricity was first unveiled, the scientists have been striving to give an accurate and comprehensible…

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Five Injured. Motor Smash on Mudgee Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1925 · page 2

When a motor car overturned on the Mudgee road, near Cambandry, on Friday afternoon, five men were injured, one seriously. It was not…

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Shorter Route. Newcastle-sydney Road. Surveys to Be Made

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1925 · page 6

The Main Roads Board has decided, as soon as practicably possible, to send a surveyor to examine the three routes suggested with a view…

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Motor Notes. Electrical Perplexities. Common Sense Knowledge of Electrical Facts Essential to the Car Owner

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1925 · page 6

Ever since the time when the phenomenon of electricity, was first unveiled, the scientists have been striving to give an accurate and…

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B.s.a. Motor Cycles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1925 · page 6

Messrs. Bennett and Wood, Ltd., Speedwell Corner, Pitt and Bathurst Streets, Sydney distributors of B.S.A. motor-cycles, desire to call attention…

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First Sod Turned. Moss-vale-port Kembla Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1925 · page 2

The ceremony of turning the first sod of the Moss Vale-Port Kembla railway was performed by Sir George Fuller, Premier, at Unanderra on Saturday…

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Motor Cycling. Sports at Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1925 · page 7

Motor cycle sports were held at Dungog on Saturday afternoon. The competitors included a number from Maitland and Newcastle, and there…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1925 · page 4

Leslie Jones, of Onus-street. Telarah, a young motor cyclist,was injured at the Dungog motor sports on Saturday afternoon; when he had…

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Developmental Main Roads. Shires Association's Complaint

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 4

The executive committee of the Shires Association, the annual meeting of which commenced, to-day, in Sydney, in its report states, inter alia, that in its opinion "the outstanding detect of the Main Road's Act was that, although there was satisfactory, machinery for, the making of developmental…

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Railway Disaster Mail Train Derailed. Carriage Into Creek. Note Killed; 40 Injured. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 5

The mail train which left Brisbane last night for Rockhampton met with disaster at 2 o'clock this morning, when the engine left the rails…

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Shires' Conference. the Main Roads Board. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 5

The annual conference of the Shires Association was opened in Sydney to-day. Mr. Walker, the new…

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Late Telegrams. Serious Train Smash in Queensland Rockhampton Mail Leaves Rails. Carriages Crash Into Creek. Nine Passengers Killed: Many Injured. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 2

A message from Brisbane states that a mail train, which left Brisbane last night for Rockhampton, met with disaster at 2 o'clock this…

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Creeping Railway Lines

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 6

It is Hot generally known that railway rails creep. They do, however, and an American authority tells us that "on lines running north and…

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Singleton Letter. Motor Cycling. Singleton

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

Following are additional details of the Motor Cycle Open Handicap, which was contested at Singleton Show Ground yesterday afternoon…

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Motor Cycling. Records at Penrith

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 7

There was a record crowd at the Penrith Motor Speedway yesterday, when the Western Suburbs Motor Cycle Club held its King's Birthday motor…

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