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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 88 of 202

Drink and Roads

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 4

The roads in Cessnock Shire are notoriously bad and ratepayers have not yet solved the problem as to where all the money they are called…

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Motor Fatality Through Bridge and Into Creek

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 3

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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The Road to Dandaloo

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 5

I'll cross the ranges and I'll reach. The plains that spread to north and west, Where bones of pioneers still bleach…

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Damages Awarded. Rozelle Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 3

Robert William King an agent and the Railway Commissioners before Mr. Justice James in Sydney, for injuries caused to him in a tram accident at…

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

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 2

Mr. T. E. Peirce, editor of the Maitland "Mercury." died in a terribly sudden manner on Thursday morning. He had gone to…

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Money for Motor Sports

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 2

According to the balance-sheet of the Maitland Speedway, which is conducted by the Agricultural Association, operations show a surplus of £2365…

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Mail Motor Afire

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 2

The driver of the, mail motor from Hay to Deniliquin was surprised on Saturday morning when a passing motorist called upon him to stop. The…

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Poultry and Pigeon Club Show Motor Sports Postponed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 2

The second annual show of the Singleton and District Poultry and Pigeon Club was continued on Saturday. The weather, however, was decidedly…

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Fireman Killed. Six Others Injured. Engine Crashes Into Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1925 · page 6

A collision between, a fire engine and a motor car in Christchurch (N.Z.) resulted in one fireman being killed and six other firemen…

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Train Wreck Twenty-nine Killed. Crash in the Night. VANCOUVER, June 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1925 · page 5

A message from Hacketistown (New Jersey) states that 29 were killed and 69 were injured, a number seriously, when a passenger…

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Railway Smash. the Queensland Disaster. Inquiry Opened

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1925 · page 2

The public tribunal presided over by Mr. Justice Webb, President of the Arbitration Court, appointed to inquire into the circumstances of the recent…

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Motor Cycling. Racing in England. Australians Compete. London, June 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1925 · page 7

The Junior Tourist Trophy Road Race, for motor cycles under 350 c.c., was decided to-day over a distance of 226½ miles, in the Isle of Man. It…

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Fell off Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1925 · page 4

Mrs. Watters, an elderly lady, residing at Tenambit, fell from a tram, near Victoria-street Station, early this morning. She had alighted, but…

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Sworn in New Labour Government. Servants of the People. SYDNEY. Wednesday. Damages Claimed. Motor Cycle Collision. Father and Son Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 June 1925 · page 5

The members of the new Labour Government were sworn in this morning, and the first meeting of the new Cabinet was held immediately In the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr. Justice James and a jury of four, Vincent McLean, motor bus proprietor, commenced an action against…

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Main Roads Gazetted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 2

Mr W. F. O'Hearn, M.P., has been advised that the following roads have been gazetted main roads under the Main Roads Act: From the Newcastle…

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Redbournberry-road, or Dangar-road?

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 2

At the meeting of the committee ,of the Dangar Cottage Hospital, held on Tuesday nigt Mr G. S. O'Hallboran suggested that the name of the road…

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Federal Accounts. Bounties and Road Grants

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 7

The Auditor-General's report, presented to the House of Representatives, states that the total expenditure under the various Bounty Acts during the…

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Direct Road. From Sydney to Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 6

The Main Road Board is in earnest in reference to the construction of a direct road between Sydney and Newcastle. Investigations are being…

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Neath-kearsley Road. System of Employment. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 4

Mr. W. Walker, secretary of the Department of Local government, has written to the Cessnock Shire Council, pointing out that it had been noted in…

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Family Injured. Motor Car Somersaults. Remarkable Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 2

For members of family travelling in a motor car in Randwick last night were injured when the machine struck a culvert and…

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