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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 89 of 202

Motor Cycling. Club at Singleton. Singleton

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

A motor cycle club has been formed in singlton, and the membership totals over 40. The patron is Mr. E. Lloyd Jones…

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Lure of the Speed Track Motor Cycle Club in Singleton

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 2

The enthusiasm with which the people of Singleton have greeted the advent of motor-cycle speed racing to the town has found tangible, expression in…

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A Railway Invention

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 4

Two officials of the New South Wales Railway Department, Messrs John Syvret and Wilfred Valentin, have an invention which they claim will…

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Frightful Railway Catastrophe Large Death-roll. (Renter Cable.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 2

A message from Hackettstown, in New Jersey, says at least 16 were, killed, and scores injured, when a passenger, train was wrecked near here…

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Queensland Railway Smash Inquiry Opened

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 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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Fast Goods Train

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 2

During the visit of Mr. W. C. Quinton (Northern Area Commissioner of Railways) to Murwillumbah in February last, the…

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Sydney-newcastle Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 2

Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., writes:—The Main Roads Board are in earnest in reference to the construction of a direct road between…

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St. Albans—wollombi Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 2

The Hon. Walter Bennett informs us that he personally brought under the notice of the chairman of the Main Roads Board the scandalous…

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Correspondence Tiligra Bridge. (To the Editor.)

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 7

Sir,—Friends, Australians, countrymen of Munni, Underbank, Chichester and Salisbury, lend me your eyes…

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Official Correspondence St. Albans-wollombi Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 2

The Hon. Walter Bennett informs us that he personally brought under the notice of the Chairman of the Main Roads Board, the…

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Sensational Accident. Motor Car and House Collide

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred at Gungal on Monday last, and as a result Miss Hinvest is an inmate of the Merriwa Hospital…

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Motor Cycling

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 2

The Muswellbrook Motor Cycle Club, which is growing in strength, has taken the Scone Club under its wing. To-morrow afternoon has been…

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Motor Notes Extra Air

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 2

A motor car engine depends in a large measure upon the exact proportion between the petrol vapor and the air in the explosive mixture. The…

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Motor Cycling and Sports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 4

Weather permitting, Muswellbrook and Scone Motor Cycle Clubs will hold their sports contest on the local speedway to-morrow afternoon. The…

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Cronulla Tram Accident. Compensation for Damages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 3

The plaintiff in this notion, Francis F. James Largerlow, a chainman in the employ of the City Survoyor sued the Railway Commissioners for New South…

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Motor 'Bus Drivers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 4

Resolutions asking that motor bus drivers should he medically examined at regular intervals that their buses should be regularly…

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Motor Cycle Afire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 4

Last night, near Kurri Post Office a motor cycle to which was attached a side-car took fire. The driver made an effort to put the flames out…

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Decapitated Body. Found on Railway Line. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 4

When the clothes of Oscar Jordan, whose body was found decapitated on the line at Auburn railway station last last night, were searched a…

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Burwood Motor Tragedy Elderly Couple's Death

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 7

The accident which resulted in the death of an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Gurr, of Burwood, on the night of March 20, when they were…

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Queensland Railway Smash. Inquiry Opened

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 8

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

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