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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 85 of 202

Froposed Road Improvements

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 8

From the same, enclosing the adopted report of the Stock inspector in reference to the proposed stock route via Mayne-street,…

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Policy of Main Roads Board

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 1

Mr. Garlick, who was given a very cordial reception, said that local government had been a matter of continuous growth…

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Gravelling Scone-bunnan Road

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 8

Cr. McDonald enquired re maintenance gravel at Bunnan. The Engineer said it was too much for one man…

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Struck by Train. Accident at Weston. Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 4

Michacl O'Brien (50) a miner of Abermain was stuck by a train at Weston this morning and seriously injured…

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The Shires. Annual Conference. Relations Between Main Roads Board and Shires

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 1

At the annual conference of the Shires Association, which was commenced at the Highland Society Hall, Sydney, on Tuesday morning,…

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The Queensland Railway Disaster. Further Detail. Worst in Country's History

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 9

Further details of the railway disaster in Queensland on Tuesday show that the engine of the mail train left the lines while negotiating a bridge…

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Red Cross Motor Cycle for Saie

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 2

Five years ago, the Red Cross Society gave a motor cycle to a digger whose legs were badly shattered at the war, and were subsequently…

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Motor Notes Woman Driver of Motor-coach Running Her Own Business

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 2

Miss Marjovie Batten, a London woman who served in the Women's Legion, takes her place daily at Bournemouth as owner-driver of a…

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Motor Cycling

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 1

The Muswellbrook Motor Cycle Club, in conjunction with the Scone Club, will be holding an afternoon's sport on the recreation ground on…

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Gympie Railway Smash. Full Investigation to Be Made

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 3

The Queensland Minister for Railways said that Cabinet had approved of his recommendation to proceed under section 128 of the Railways…

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Electrification of Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 4

Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., has placed before the Minister for Public Works representations from the East Maitland Municipal Council…

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The Incidence of Taxation on Motor Vehicles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 4

The Shires' Conference now Kilting in Sydney, which represents the Sydney, which represents the intellect of the local governing bodies in the shires of the…

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Railway Service. Returned Soldier Applicants. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 5

A reply has been received by the Unturned Soldiers League to a communication which was sent to the Railway Commissioners asking for a…

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Gympie Railway Disaster. Nine People Killed; 39 Injured

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 3

A disastrous railway accident, the worst in the history of the Queensland railways, occurred at an early hour on Tuesday morning to the Rockhampton…

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Queensland Railway Accident Nine Killed, Many Injured

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 2

Whilst the Rockhampton mall train was crossing the Traveston bridge, a few miles south of Gymple at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, an engine left…

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Queensland Railway Disaster. Rockhampton Mall Leaves Rails. Nine Killed, 46 INJURED

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 5

Nine passengers were killed and 46 injured when a section of the Rockhampton mail train left the rails while crossing the bridge at…

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“Cou[?]t Over.” Motor Cyclist Injured

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 10

A motor cyclist named Phil Watson, while returning home on Monday after spending the week-end in the Dungog District, met with a nasty accident at…

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Gympie Railway Disaster

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 6

A public funeral will be given to the victims of the Gympie railway disaster. The identity of all the bodies has been established. It is reported…

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Motor Cycling. Dungog Meeting. Buck Beats La Monte

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 10

Another successful afternoon’s speed events were held at Dungog, on Saturday, by the Dungog Motor Cycle Club…

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General News Motor Traffic

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 7

A motion was carried by the Shires' Association that motor vehicles should be taxed on a basis having some approximate relation to…

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