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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

4,115 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 206

Motor Car Taken First Local Case of Kind. Three Alex Fixed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 5

When Mr. A. G. Unicomb, butcher, of Taree, reported to the police on Thursday night that his Ford [?]ter car had been taken…

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Motor and Steam Ships

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 5

Lloyd's shipbuilding return for 1926 shows that of a total world's tonnage under construction on December 31 of 1,933,000 tons…

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Pastoral. Sheep Transport by Motor. an Interesting Queensland Experiment

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 6

Details of an interesting experiment in the transport of sheep appear in the "Queensland Agricultural Journal." The journal describes how Mr…

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Crashed Into Tram

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 13

Temporarily Winded by the glare of the sun shining through the wind screen of his car, Harry Clarke (44) of North Sydney,, was unable to see…

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Motoring Fatality

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 14

When a motor car was travelling near Lismore (Vie.), one of the tyres burst and the ear overturned, rolling for some distance before it…

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Motor Cycle Fatality Death of Mr. Harry Miller

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 11

Cessnock people, among whom he was well known, were both shocked and grieved to hear of the death of Mr. Harry Miller, who died in the…

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Motor Car Auction Sale

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 February 1927 · page 9

Attention is drawn to Chapman Motors advertisement in our business columns, announcing a monster auction sale of used cars at Cessnock on…

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Killed by Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 5

John Francis Borrier, GS, an inmate of the Liverpool Hospital, was run down by a train while crossing the line near Liverpool station, and…

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Good Roads a Necessity

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 4

The Patrick Plains Shire Council has received the following letter from the Liverpool Municipal Council: "This Council has made the following…

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Rune Street Bridge. "No More Rates!"

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 9

[?]t we, the ratepayers of B Hiding, refuse to pay any more rates to Kearsley Shire Council until we have direct representation" (moved…

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Baby on Rails Driver Stops Train

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 6

While the 6-45 p.m. Frankston train was speeding between Cheltenham and Menton (Vic.) one day this week the alert driver saw, a long way ahead, a…

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Tracks Impracticable. Buloio Goldfield Prospects. Aeroplane Service Needed, Cairn's

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

Mr. MacDonnell, who some time ago left for the Bulolo goldfields, New Guinea, in a letter to his friends, expresses the belief that some…

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Lochinvar. Personal Items. an Execrable Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

The Rev. Mr. Brown, rector of Holy Trinity Church, Lochinvar, is convalescing after his recent illness. Mr. Crobert, an old resident of…

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Politicians and Loyalty Special Train Wanted for Canberra

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, Mr Wearne asked Mr Lang, the Premier, if he would give members of the State Parliament an opportunity…

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Train Robbery. £9,000 Missing. London, Feb.4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

A registered mail bag, placed on a train at Cardiff, was missing when the train arrived in London, It contained four packages each of £2400 in…

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Porter Killed. Run Over by Train. Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 5

A railway porter, named Robert Baker, was found on the line at Port Waratah, at one o'clock this morning seriously injured…

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Killed by Train. Fatality at Ash Field. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 6

Albert Ernest Health, 24, was run over and killed by a train at Ashfield railway station late has night…

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Tram and Motor. Women Injured in Head-on Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 4

Blinded momentarily by the rays of the sun late on Wednesday afternoon, William E. Clarke, of North Sydney, drove a motor car into a…

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Flood Damage. Kurri-maitiand Road. Main Boars Hoard to Inspect

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 9

Mr. George Booth, and Mr. Walter, O'Hearn, Ms.L.A., waited on Mr. Garlick, Chairman of the Main Roads Board, in connection with the…

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Pastoral. Sheep Transport by Motor. an Interesting Queensland Experiment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 5

Details of an interesting experiment in the transport or sheep appear in the Queensland Agricultural Journal. The journal describes how Mr. W. A…

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