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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

4,039 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 202

Motor Busmen Protest. Withdrawal of Conductors' Licenses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1926 · page 7

A deputation, representing the Motor Traders Association and the Metropolitan Motor Omnibus Proprietors waited upon Mr. J. Mitchell…

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Motor Smash. Car Dives Over Embankment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1926 · page 7

Gilbert Martin aged 21 of Yarra Bay and Joseph Quinn, aged 35 of Clovelly were injured when a motor car dived over a small embankment…

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Breaches of Regulations Big Batch of Motorists Fined. (By Telegraph.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 March 1926 · page 2

At the Water Polico Court today, 197 motorists were charged with various breaches of the traffis. regulations. Two magistrates were engaged dealing…

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Armed Men Arrested in Motor Car

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 March 1926 · page 1

Early on Monday morning two armed men were arrested at revolver point at Rockdale, and, as a result of their capture, it is believed that the police will…

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Maitland Railways No Five-day Week

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 March 1926 · page 4

The comulsory conference between the Maitland Railway Company and the A.R.U. called by the Industrial Commissioner (Mr J. B. Holme), on…

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Motorist Charged Jury Disagrees. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 March 1926 · page 3

After being locked up all night, the jury disagreed in the case in .which, Rupert Low was charged with having caused grievous bodily harm to a child…

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Motor Cars Missing a Boy Arrested. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 March 1926 · page 3

During the night' no less that five motor cars were reported missing ,at North Sydney. This morning the police arrested a boy, who, it is said,…

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Pierced by Shaft. Tram Passenger Terribly Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 March 1926 · page 2

Frederick Walker received a terrible wound on Tuesday when he was pierced by a shaft as a result of a cart and horse dashing into a train at…

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Railway Wanted. Stroud Road-port Stephens

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 3

A deputation walled upon Hon. J. F. Coates, Honorary Minister, at Stroud Showground on March 20 to ask him to endeavor to persuade…

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Railway Wanted. Stroud Road to Port Stephens

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 6

A deputation waited upon Hon. J. F. Coates, Honorary Minister, at Stroud Showground to ask him to endeavour to persuade Cabinet to…

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Mail Train Lurches. Sleeping Car Damaged

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 2

The occupants of at least one compartment on the Brisbane mail train received a severe shock when the train was coming through one of the tunnels…

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The Motorist Supported

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 3

A plea for the motor driver, "with his nerves torn to pieces, trying to dodge careless pedestrians who will not exercise caution on the road," was…

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A Big Haul. 197 Motorists Fined

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 2

At the Sydney Water Police Court on Wednesday 197 motorists were charged with various breaches of the traffic regulations…

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Trees Crash. Motorists' Narrow Escape

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 2

An Armidale motorist, Mr. Keith Benjamin, recently had a narrow escape from instant death Descending the Pinch on the Guyra Armidale…

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Cyclists Injured. Hit by Motor Car. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 5

Two youths, Montague Barlow (18), and Foster Priestley (19), were found seriously injured at East Caulifield [?]auly this morning…

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Damages Awarded. Injured in Motor Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 6

At the Wellington District Court, at which Judge Armstrong presided, Abraham Brindley, a young articled clerk, sued G. H. Rowe, a farmer, of…

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The Trams and Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 4

Owing to water being over Newcastle Street and High Street, the tram service could net run. One tram was with difficulty brought across, and…

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Mutilated Body. Found on Railway Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 6

At 9 o'clock last night the driver of a goods train noticed the body of a man lying across the metals on the on railway line near the Sulphide signal…

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"Very Fortunate" Muir Found Not Guilty Cessnock Motor Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 4

When the jury, after deliberating for an hour and a quarter, found Archibald G. Muir, who was charged at the Maitland Quarter Sessions…

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Bogged Motor Lorry Horse to the Rescue

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 2

Since motor traction has come into universal use there is a tendency to despise the humble horse and to prophesy, the time when he…

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