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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

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Across Australia. Motor Cyclists Long Ride. Terrific Heat Experienced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 9

The first organised motor cycle tour from Perth to Sydney, a distance of about 3000 miles, concluded yesterday, when a party of 16 young men from…

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Five Injured. in Motor Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 9

Swerving off the main Belgrave-road, Melbourne early on Friday morning, a double-seater car ran up an embankment and crashed into a…

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The Trams. Commissioners Reiterate Decision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners have notified Mr. Horsington, M.L.A. that they could not see their way to depart from the decision already…

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Motor Cycle Capsizes

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 10

When a motor, cycle and side-car, capsized at the coiner of George and King streets, [?]ennie Bates, 14, of Bower-street, Manly, was injured…

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Four Injured. Vagaries of Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

Four people were injured when a motor car swerved off Pittwater-road. Narrabeen, and collided twice with trees. The injured were:…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 14

Arthur Stewart (36) a recent arrival in Victoria from Scotland, was riding a motor cycle along Western Reach. Geelong. when the machine…

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Child's Escape. Run Over by Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

The three-year-old daughter of Mr. G. Marsland, of Upper Cold-stream, over-balanced and fell from her father's motor car in…

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Reckless Driving. Perth Motor Campaign

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

The traffic police of Perth are pursuing a campaign against motorists for reckless driving, and yesterday fines aggregating £130 were imposed…

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Toll of the Motor. More Fatalities. Man Killed by Bus

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 14

Run over by a motor 'bus in Dar-ley-road, Randwick, at about 5.30 p.m. on Monday, a young man, as yet undentitlied by the police, received…

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Railway Washaways

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 15

As a result of the heavy rains experienced in many parts of the State, railway washaways are reported from the west, south, and…

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Fall From Motor Bus

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 14

years, lab[?] of the Suburbs Hospital, Collins fell the step of a motor 'bus in Weth[?]…

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Four Injured. Motor Car Runs Over Culvert

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 11

Four persons were injured when a car in which they were travelling ran over a culvert and overturned. The most seriously hurt was…

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Cyclist Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 11

Harold Barnes, 14, was riding a bicycle at Paddington when he was knocked down by a motor car. He sustained fractured ribs and…

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Tram and Lorry at Clovelly

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 10

A motor lorry and a tram came into collision at Clovelly on Sunday and D. Quinn driver of the lorry, and Vincent McQuire, aged twelve,…

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Railway Trat[?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 15

The station master at West land Railway Station reports that a[?] lines in this district have not been effected by the rain, and that trsflic…

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Car Hits Tram

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 10

When a motor-car and a tram collided in Bunnerongroad, La Perouse, on Saturday, three persons were injured…

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Rockland Floo[?] Worst for Many Years. Railway Washed Away

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 8

Torrential rain which fell on Saturday has caused the worst floods for fifty years in the districts north of the city…

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Motor Taxes. Estimated Revenue

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 13

Mr. II. I. Johnson, secretary of the National Roads and Motorists' Association, points out that motor taxes in New South Wales wore estimated…

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Kyogle Railway Discontinuance of Work. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 16

Mr. Geo. Bodkin, secretary of the railway workers industry branch of the Australian Workers' Union, describes the decision of the…

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Perth Tramways. Regulation Strike

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 12

The regulation strike organised by the Perth tramway employees on the issue of the Arbitration Court award on Friday was met hy the suspension…

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