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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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Motor Smash. Car Crashes Into Post. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 5

A car driven by William Butler crashed into a post in Anzac Parade, Kensington, this morning. The driver and three passengers…

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Penny Sections. on State Tramways. Commissioners Opposed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 5

It is understood that the report of the Railway Commissioners on the proposal to revert to penny sections on the trams is against such an…

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Head on Motor Cars Collide. Woman Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 5

A Wellington (N.S.W.) message says that a head on collision occurred on the Orange road this morning between cars driven by George…

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Motorists Death. Teamster Committed for Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 8

An inquest was concluded at Kalgoorile (W.A.) into the death of William James Lesile, who was killed while riding in a motor car on…

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Crossing Smash. Electric Train and Motor Lorry

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 13

An electric train at North Fitzroy (Vic.) level crossing on Sunday collided with a motor lorry driven by Victor Ford, aged 21, of High-street…

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Graham White. Aeroplane Manufacturer. London, Dec. 28

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 2

Grahame White's bargain ends the protracted dispute with the British Treasury, the most protracted since the Armistice. White, who married…

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Porter Injured. Dragged by Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 11

Mordant Button, 19, a railway porter at Pendle Hill railway station, received internal injuries, a fractured hip and severe abrasions on…

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Two Killed. Run Down by Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 11

Two men were killed and another seriously injured by a train which was shunting in the yard at Newmarket (N.Z.)…

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Train Smash. Collision at Nambour. Fettler Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 6

A railway accident occurred at Nambour (Q.), shortly after two o'clock on Friday morning, when a goods train, which was standing on a loop line,…

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Road Workers' Strike Protest Against Dismissals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 7

One hundred men employed on the Main Roads Board's work on Prince's Highway at Bulli downed tools on Monday as a protest against two of…

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Man Killed Car Drops Forty Feet. Crash Through Bridge Railing. MELBOURNE

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 14

A motor car, containing three men, crashed through a bridge railing and dropped forty feet on Ihe Heidebberg Road this morning…

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Our Good Roads. Tribute to the North. Special N.r.m.a. Report

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 16

One of the surprises experienced by the N.R.M.A. road reporting party, which has just completed a tour of nearly 3000 miles through…

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Driver Killed. Five Others Injured. Motor Car Somersaults

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 6

A motor car, containing six persons, who were returning from the Buchan Caves, was travelling down Nevill's Hill, two miles from…

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Railway Employees. House Building Question

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 3

A request by the Australian Railways Union for assistance to railway employees desiring to build houses for themselves in the country…

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Skull Fractured. Moree Man Falls From Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 3

James Nivins, aged 74 years, a visitor from Moree, fell from a moving tram at Marrickville, on Friday afternoon. He was taken to…

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Motor Fatality. Car Skids and Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 6

One man was killed and two others injured when a motor car overturned near Casterton (Vic.), on New Year's Day…

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Our Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 4

The state Railway service fulfils an important mission in catering for the requirements of its many thousands patrons. On the whole, this it…

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Two Injured. Motor Cycle and Car Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 3

When a motor cycle and motor car came into collision on Princes Highway, Kogarah, last night, Frank Kelaher, 19, driver of the cycle, and…

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Holiday Railway Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 4

Traffic to Newcastle yesterday from West Maitland railway station was much Higher than on New Year's Day of 1925. Only 560 tickets were…

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Railway Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 4

The railway traffic at East Maitland on New Year's Day showed a distinct falling off from the previous year. The weather was cool and…

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