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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

4,039 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 202

Allandale-rothbury Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 6

Mr. Lindsay, shire engineer, reported that the Allendale-Rothbury road was in a very bad condition, and required sheeting in places, in…

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Effecting Improvements Cessnock-maitland Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 6

At a meeting of the Administrator of the Cessnock Shire Council, the engineer, Mr. W. R. Lindsay, reported that the Cessnock to Maitland…

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Anna Bay Road. (To the Editor.)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 3

Sir,—I notice that Mr. Robert MoRae denies' that, neither he or his employees took part in the turning back of a sick woman. I presume Mr. McRae is alluding…

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Heddon Greta Bridge. To be Widened in Near Future

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 6

What is a dangerously narrow bridge and awkward of negotiation in its approaches is the Heddon Greta bridge on the main Kurri-Maitland…

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Campbell's Motor Sales Coy

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 4

Readers are asked to watch next issue for important announcement by the above company…

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A Handy Motor Truck

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 1

While in Scone on Wednesday our representative was shown a Ford motor truck which has heen supplied by M Campbell and Coy. (Scone) to the…

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Motor Smash. Young Woman's Death. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 5

Miss Ruby Slater, 26, who was injured in a motor smash at Windsor on March 7, died in the hospital today…

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"The Blue Bird." More Motorists Caught. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 5

Another batch of law-breaking motorists caught by the "blue bird" police cup came before the court today…

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Motorists' Sensational Experience. How They "Dodged" It

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 2

With battered bonnet, smashed windscreen and broken hood, Dodge 81-787 stands foursquare at the rear of Mantova'a Garage. River mud…

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Police Court (Before Mr. M. H. Cleeve, P.m.) Motor Buses

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 2

The Cessnock Shire Council proceed against Hancock Bros, for having run their bus at times other than those specified in the time-table…

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Motor Bus Trouble. Ditton’s Adjourned Case

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 3

When the case of the appeal of Alfred Ernest Ditton against a decision of the Cessnock Shire Council, was called at the police court on Tuesday…

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Drunken Motor Drivers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 4

The Shire Administrator referred yesterday to a case heard at the Maitland Quarter Sessions in which the accused, the driver, of a…

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More Motor Bus Cases

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 4

Reports were furnished by the inspector yesterday relative to motor omnibuses being run without permission and of others…

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Motor Prosecutions

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 5

Commenting upon the remarks of Mr. McMahon, S.M., who denied the statement that motorists concerned in prosecutions for breaches of the…

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Motorists and Liquor

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 5

Within the past fortnight five men have benn fined at Auckland for being under the influence of liquor while in charge of motor cars. The two first…

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Recent Street Collision Motor Cycle and Sweeper

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 April 1926 · page 5

A report by Constable Martin, stationed at Cessnock, was forwarded from the Police Commissioner's Office, Sydney, for the…

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Heddon Bridge. Referred to Main Roads Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 11

The question of widening or reconstructing the Heddon Greta bridge has exercised the minds of the Cessnock Council for some time. It is a…

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Tarro Shire Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 4

Tarro Shire Council intimates that the weight of loads on all roads within the shire urea, except gazetted main roads, has been limited…

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Maison Dieu Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 6

Referring to the proposed Maison Dieu bridge, Councillor Picton, at the Shire Council meeting on Thursday, commented upon the fact that the Public…

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Aeroplane Crash. Pilot Escapes with Shaking

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1926 · page 5

An Ayro aeroplane, piloted by Lieutenant Kennedy, R.A.N., attached to the Air Force, after landing at the Port Melbourne aerodrome to pick…

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