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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 86 of 202

Warkworth Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 8

Mr W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has received a largely signed petition forwarded by the Secretary of the Warkworth Progress Association, opposing…

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Five Injured. Motor Smash on Mudgee Road

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 14

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

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Motor Fatality. Through Bridge and Into Creek. Man Drowned

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

Hilton Cerise, a land salesman, of Melbourne, was drowned on Friday afternoon, when a motor car crashed through a bridge on the…

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Shires' Conference. the Main Roads Board

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 16

The annual conference of the Shires Association was opened in Sydney on Tuesday. Mr. Walker, the new…

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Railway Disaster Mail Train Derailed. Carriage Into Creek. Nine Killed; 40 INJURED

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 3

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

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Bridge Tax. City Alderman Thinks It Unfair

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 3

Speaking at a meeting of the Lane Cove Council Tuesday night, Alderman Dunn protested against the imposition of the Harbour Bridge tax…

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The Floods. Damage to Roads. Government Aid Urged

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

Although the Wagga Municipal Council's losses from the recent floods are heavy, it is not likely that an, appeal will be made to the…

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Road-building. Not a Parochial Affair

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

Some suburban councils, particularly those which have constructed most of their main roads, consider that they have little to gain from…

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Goods-train Derailed Delays on North Coast Line

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

A poods train was derailed between Wauchope and Heron's Crook Tuesday night, and, as the result, the line was blocked, and traffic delayer…

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

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

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 Cycle and Horse Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 4

Master Alister Rourke (19), son of Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Rourke, of Campbell's Hill, West Maitland, was riding a horse near the West Maitland…

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Gympie Railway Smash. Two Victims in Serious Condition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 4

The latest reports from Gympie Hospital regarding the condition of the victims of the railway smash show that Henry Clark and Mrs. Robertson…

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Electrification of Trams

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 4

The possibility of the electrification of the Maitland tramways in the near future is a matter of compelling interest to us all opening up, as it…

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Railway Mishap

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 4

The 5.9 p.m. train from Newcastle met with trouble yesterday at Tarro. As it was running into the station, the occupying of the first carriage…

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

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 14

Ever since the time when the phe[?] of electricity was first [?] the scientists have been s[?]ing to give an accurate and…

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B.s.a. Motor Cycles

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 14

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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Soviet Scheme Control of Railways. Labour Council's Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 9

A full report on the Soviet scheme for the control of the State railways recently agreed upon at a conference of unions wa presented at a meeting…

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First Sod Turned. Moss-vale-port Kembla Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 14

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

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Mr. T. E. Peirce. Sudden Death This Morning. Collapse at Railway Station

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 5

Mr. T. E. Peirce, editor of this journal, died in a terribly sudden manner on Thursday. He had gone to Victoria-street station to see a…

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Safe Robbed. at Petersham Railway Station. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 June 1925 · page 5

Thieves entered the stationmaster's office at Petersham railway station to-day and got away with £23/10/…

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