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Railways, roads & transport, 1926

4,039 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 202

Damages Awarded. Injured in Motor Smash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 11

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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Motor Notes. Observations on the "Extra Air" Question

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 13

the sunject of "extra air" is one that frequently attracts the attention of motoring writers and the public is fairly familiar with the general…

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Arm Amputated. Run Over by Tram

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 4

Thomas Smith, 31. manager in Sydney for Dorman, Long and Coy., contractors for the North Shore Bridge was alighting from a moving tram…

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A Grass Fire Farmer's Claim for Damages. Against Railway Company

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 8

A claim by Thomas Hammond Drice against the South Maitland Railways Limited was heard by Judge Curlew is in the Maitland District Court…

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Motor Fatality. Cessnock Case Adjourned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 5

Archibald Muir was before Mr. Cleeve, P.M., at the Cessnock Police Court on Tuesday, charged with driving a car while under the influence…

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Cyclists Injured. Hit by Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 9

Two youths, Montague Barlow (18), and Foster Priestley (19), were found seriously injured at East Caulfield. Barlow was admitted to hospital…

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Tram Accident Driver Killed, Conductor Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 6

A sensational tram accident occurred between Kogarah and Ramsgate this morning. It appears that a steam tram left…

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Crashed Into Tram Fireman Killed, Three Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 April 1926 · page 7

One fireman was killed and three injured when a. combination hose and pump carriage from Windsor Fire Station crashed into an electric tram at…

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Federal Roads Grant. Minister Outlines Position

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1926 · page 8

A deputation representing the suburban councils in the Melbourne metropolitan area waited on Mr. Hill, Federal Minister for Works, and…

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Five Injured. Head-on Motor Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1926 · page 3

Late on Saturday night, two motor cars met in a head-on collision on the Lane Cove-road, Sydney. All the occupants of the cars were so…

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Neck Broken. Killed in Motor Accident. Five Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1926 · page 3

While a motor car, driven by Edward Rainson, and containing five other men, was proceeding along Cubramatta-road about 5 o'clock on…

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Railway Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1926 · page 4

The railway traffic from West Maitland station was not as heavy this Easter as it was at the same period last year. For Thursday…

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Sport Abroad. Motoring. London, April 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1926 · page 6

Woolf Barnato, driving a British Bentley car, broke all the world records for distances from 50 to 2000 kilometres on the Mont Lery track…

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Motor Notes. Comments on the Alpine Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1926 · page 6

Now that the renewed Alpine Trial, organised by the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, has come to an end, [?] may learn some interesting and…

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Man Killed. Struck by Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1926 · page 6

William James Selby, 60 years, married, a carpenter, living at Brookvale, while endeavoring to alight from a moving tram at…

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Burst Into Flames. Motor Launch Destroyed. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1926 · page 5

When a motor launch was proceeding from Zane Grey's fishing camp during the wock-end, it suddenly burst into flames near an uninhabitable…

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Beams on Lines. Attempt to Wreck Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 April 1926 · page 7

Another attempt to wreck a train the third within a month in the vicinity of Pahmerston North (N.Z.). was made on Saturday night…

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Motor Cycling. Conoulty's Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 April 1926 · page 2

W. Conoulty established a new three miles dirt track record at Newcastle speedway last night, his time for the distance being 2min 51sec. The…

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Six Injured. Motor Van Capsizes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 April 1926 · page 3

A picnic had an unhappy ending when a motor-van capsized on Kurrajong Heights, Parramatta, late yesterday afternoon, Six of a party who…

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Sydney Trams. Competition of Buses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 April 1926 · page 8

Figures of the passengers carried by the Manly steamers yesterday were not available last night but from observation it is believed that they will…

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