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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

4,039 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 202

Constables Injured. Motor Smash Near Lithgow

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 11

Two police constables were injured when they were thrown from a motor car while rounding a bend in the roadway near Lithgow…

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Five Injured. Motors in Collision. Crushed Against Light Standard

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 3

A motor car containing five members of a family wa completely wrecked in Normanby-road, Malvern, Vic., on Tuesday afternoon, by being…

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Truck Shortage. Amditted by Railway Department

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 11

The Railway Department admits that there is a shortage of goods waggons. In one instruction to the staff it…

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Drunken Motorists. Fines in New Zealand

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 11

Within the past fortnight five men have been fined at Auckland (N.Z.) for being under the influence of liquor while in charge of motor cars. The two…

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Motor Racing. Results at Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 13

From every point of view the programme at the Newcastle Speedway, on Saturday night was disappointing. Bleak weather resulted in a…

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Scathing Criticism Transport of Stock on Railways. Police Resolution. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 8

Scathing criticism of the manner in which cattle are transported was made at the police conference to-day, when the chairman, Sgt. H. Chinner…

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Run Down by Motor. Case at Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 3

Leith Heuston was charged at Cessnock Police Court with riding a motor cycle in Vincent-street, Cessnock, in a manner dangerous to the safety of…

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Resolutions Re Motor Tax

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 8

The shire clerk reported, at the monthly meting of Patrick Plains Shire Council that 26 municipalities and four shires had written advising…

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Drove Motor Lorry. Whilst Under Influence of Liquor

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 8

Archibald Muir was charged at [?]nock police court with having at Cessnock on December 12, 1925, driven a motor vehicle while under the…

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Sydney's Tramway System Outlived Its Usefulness (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 April 1926 · page 6

Giving evidence before the South Australian Parliamentary Committee, which is inquirng into the motor bus problem, Charles Ludowici, managing…

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Proclaiming New Main Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has been communicated with by Mr. S. J. Henderson, secretary of the Main Roads Board, regarding an…

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Motor Notes. Weekly Notes. What Is Your Car Worth?

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 6

One of the points on which the buyer and seller find it hardest to reach agreement concerns the price to be paid for the used car which…

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Motordrome Fatality Racing Cyclist Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 6

Chas. Gregg died in hospital, following an accident at the Melbourne Motordrome. While travelling at 70 miles an…

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Three Injured. Motor Cycles Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 8

A sensational head-on collision between two motor cyclists, resulting in three persons being seriously injured, occurred on the Parramatta and…

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Both Legs Broken. Car Strikes Motor and Side Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 8

A car, driven by Mr. Wrench, general manager in Australia for the Ford Motor Company, in Melbourne, struck a motor cycle, driven by Keith Johns…

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Motor Racer Killed. Car Overturns on Track. London, April 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 8

At Cerdas, Sicily, the classic European motor race for the Targa Shield was marked by a fatality. In the first lap a Delage car…

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Woman Injured. Motor Crashes Into Post. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 April 1926 · page 5

Pearl Lambert, of Newtown, was injured when a motor car, driven by [?]tie Hockey, 20 crashed into a post at Alexandria last night…

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Closing of Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 4

The Public Works Department announcers that the Claren[?]town Bridge will be closed to traffic on and alter May 3 during period of…

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Clarence Town Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 2

On and after May 3, Town bridge will be closed to traffic. A ferry service will be available for light traffic, heavy traffic…

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Newcastle-Maitland Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 April 1926 · page 4

The Tarro Shire Council has been advised by the Main Board that the board has accepted the tender of Mr. J. McNulty, of £445…

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