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Railways, roads & transport, 1926

4,039 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 66 of 202

Recent Motor Fatality

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 2

There was a large attendance at the funeral of the late George McDonald, of Maitland, who was killed in the recent motor fatality on the…

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Motor Cycling

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 5

The Cessnock Speedway Promoters have definitely announced that no further electric light carnivals will be held this season…

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£100 Prize and Cup. Motor Cyclist Champion

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 4

Sid Bayley, the noted local motor cyclist, won both point score competitions in connection with the local 1925-26 Speedway season. Bayley…

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Motor Acccident

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tehay, residents of Cessnock, were injured in a motor car collision on the cross-roads, Warner’s Bay Road, on Sunday afternoon…

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Motoring Fatality. on Stroud Road. Mr. George McDONALD'S DEATH

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 16

A shocking fatality occurred on the S[?]oud-road, about seven miles from Raymond Terrace on Sunday afternoon, when [?] motor car…

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Patient by Aeroplane. Broken Hill to Cootamundra Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 3

Andrew Brooks, who arrived at Cootamundra yesterday afternoon by aeroplane from Broken Hill, for the purpose of receiving medical…

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Main Roads. Board;s Achievements. Commended by Shires

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 16

The first year's work of the Main Roads Board is reviewed in the annual report of the S[?]es Association, prepared for the co[?] of that…

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Train Crash at Richmond Truck Hurled Into Street

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 5

When a train got out of control during shunting operations at Richmond on Wednesday, afternoon, it crashed through buffer stops, and a truck was…

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Frightful Death. Cut to Pieces by Train. Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 5

Frank Sewartz, employed us a cleaner in the Roma-street locomotive shed, was rut down and cut to pieces in the railway yards at…

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Motor and Tram Collide Smash in Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 6

Five persons were, injured, two eritically, when a motor car crashed with terrific force into a tram in Oxfordstreet. Paddington, on Thursday night…

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Narrow Escape Woman Dragged by Motor Car. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 5

Elsie Hogan 36, had a narrow escape from death to-day, when she was struck by a car at Darlinghurst. Her dress became caught in the…

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Railway Proposal. Cessnock to Cockle Creek. Traffic Manager in Opposition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 11

A railway from Cessnock to Cockle Creek, to cost more than £900,000 is proposed into which the public works committee is now inquiring…

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Bombala to Eden Proposed Railway Rejected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 2

The Public Works Committee unanimously rejected the proposal to build a railway from Bombala to Eden—at an estimated cost of £3,523,441…

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Motor Car Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 11

Whilst Colonel W. White was returning from Singleton to Parkville, near Scone, alone on Monday night in a motor car he was driving along…

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South Maitland Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 4

The secretary of the South Maitland Railway Union. Mr. Clark has communicated with Mr. W. F. O'Hearn,…

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Motor Cycle Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 12

A meeting of Singleton Motor Cycle Club was held on Tuesday night, in connection with making arrangements for a track. A motion was carried…

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Motor Carnival Postponed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 4

Owing to the adverse weather conditions the motor carnival fixed for this evening on the Maitland Speedway has been postponed…

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Three Injured. Motor Car Smash Crashed Into Tree. Tamworth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 5

Three persons were injured when a motor car crashed into a tree near Tamworth last night. The injured were:—…

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Man Killed. Motor Falls Into Cheek

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 1

One man was killed when a motor car containing four poisons fell over a bridge at Teaute. Hawkes Bay (N.Z.). and turned over into the…

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Motor Fatality. Second Victim Identified. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1926 · page 15

The second victim in the motor car smash at Mordialloc, when Thomas Greenhill was killed, has been identified ad Joseph Lawrence, a…

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