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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

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Motor Fatality Cessnock Driver Killed Car Overturns Into Creek. CESSNOCK, April 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 9

Word was received here last night from the Nabiac police that Walter Toovey, a taxi-driver, of Cessnock, a well-known resident, had been killed…

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Coal Heap Slipped. Railway Inspector Killed. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 8

A middle-aged man named William Bennet was killed in the railway yard at Port Waratah this morning. Bennett, who was a sub-inspector in…

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Sport Abroad. Motoring. London, April 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 12

Woolf Barnato, driving a British Bentley car, broke all the world records for distances from 59 to 2000 kilometres on the Mont Lery track…

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Border Railways. Effect on Closer Settlement

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 2

The opening of the Moama to Balranald railway on Monday marks the completion of the first instalment of the railway proposals under the…

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Motor 'Buses. Proposed State Monopoly

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners have been unable to furnish a report to the State Government on the proposal of the Government to take over the…

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Sydney Trams. Competition of Buses

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 6

Figures of the passengers carried by the Manly steamers on Monday prove to be better even than those of last year. A rough estimate places the…

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Victorian Railways. Commissioners Message

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 3

In a special message to the staff the Victorian Railway Commissioner point out that the railways must look after business if they would keep it…

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Railway Goods Siding

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 7

Some months ago a deputation of local business men interviewed the Northern Area Commissioner, and requested that greater facilities be…

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Seven Injured. Head-on Motor Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 5

When two motor cars collided head-on in Burns Bay road, near Fig Tree Bridge, Lane Cove, on Wednesday, seven persons were injured…

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Motorist Charged. Wanton Driving Alleged

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 4

Max Hoffman, 61, manufacturer, was charged at the Central Police Court Sydney, with having done bodily harm to Ruby Thiem by want[?]ly…

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Weekly Motor Notes Prudent Purchasing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 2

To buy wisely is half the battle, and the man or woman who is in the happy position of having finances enough to warrant the purchase of a car and who…

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Motor Spirit Re C.o.r. Debate in House of Representatives. Statement by Mr E. E. Wagstatf

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1926 · page 3

It is extremely gratifying to us to have our bulk development, on which we have spent so much, money during the last few months, endorsed by the…

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Motor Notes. Prudent Purchasing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1926 · page 6

To buy wisely is half the battle, and the man or woman who is in the happy position of having finances enough to warrant the purchase of a…

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Regulation Strike. Melbourne Trams Dislocated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1926 · page 2

Serious dislocation of traffic was caused by the regulation strike which was begun on Saturday on all the Melbourne tramways except these…

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Motor Racing. Results at Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1926 · page 2

E. Buck was the dashing figure on Newcastle Speedway on Saturday evening, and he won on every occasion he started. He broke his own…

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Boy Killed. Five Persons Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1926 · page 2

A motor car containing Mr. and Mrs. Burchett, of Brighton, Barkeroad, South Kensington, and their family, overturned on the…

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Lady Motorist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1926 · page 4

Miss Nora Stacey, aged 19, living at Abbott-street, West Maitland, was treated at the Newcastle Hospital on Saturday night for a fractured…

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The Harbour Bridge

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 3
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The work of censtrucling the Sydney Harbour Bridge is proceeding so rapidly Unit it is expected that the first section of 288 feet will be ready for erection in…

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Bridge at Maison Dieu

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1926 · page 2

Mr W. Bennett, M.L.A., has been informed by the Under-Secretary to the Public Works Department that instructions have been given for the taking…

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