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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

4,115 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 206

Taree. Motor Car Theft. Three Men Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 8

the results of examinations held in connection with the Sydney College of Music for the year 1926, show that three Taree pupils were very…

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Tarago Fire. Inspection of Railway Locomotive. Ordered by Coroner. Goulburn

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

The coronial inquiry concerning the fire at Tarago in December last, when property worth £ 10,000 was destroyed, was reopened at…

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Motor Notes. the Motor Show

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

The motor show of the M.T.A. Just concluded was successful beyond the dreams of the promoters. During the whole time the exhibition was…

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Pinned Under Motor Van

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 14

Overturning at Lilydale on Saturday morning, a motor van crushed to death James Cecil Knapp (28), married, who was pinned beneath…

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Killed in Motor Smash

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 14

When a motor car got out of control and somersaulted in Forest-road, Hurstville, on Saturday afternoon, one man was killed and three others…

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The Tramway. Proposal for Electrification. Councils Reject Engineer's Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 11

A proposal by tho electrical engineer to tho West Maitland Municipal Council, Mr. S. G. Turner, for the East and West Maitland Councils…

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Tramway Policy. Question to Minister. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 11

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. O'Hearn asked the Minister for Railways, in view of the fact that the Railway Commissioners had…

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New Railways. Ratification Bill

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 11

The Grafton-Kyogle to South Brisbane Railways Agreement Ratification Amendment Bill was read a second time on the voices, and taken…

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Motor Fatalities. 36 Killed Last Quarter. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 8

The return of accidents for the quarter ended December 31 shows that 36 persons were killed In motor mishaps, and seven deaths were…

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Motor Tragedies. Protecting the Public. Premier Questioned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 3

In the Legislative Assembly, Dr. Arthur asked Mr. Lang, the Premier, if he was aware that wholesale murder took place in the streets of…

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Man Killed. Thrown From Motor Cycle. Rushing to Meet Wife

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

While rushing to catch a train to meet his wife in Sydney, Harold Miller, of Charles-street, West Maitland, was thrown from a motor cycle…

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Boy Killed. Run Over by Motor Truck

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

A fatal accident occurred on 20th ilt on Church Hill on the way to Bacrami (writes our Denman correspondent)…

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Tram Bolts. Man Seriously Injured

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

A ballast tram of two trucks laden with metal bolted at Rozelle early on 28th inst and crashed through double gates of White Bay power…

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Motor Cycle Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 4

Mr Harry Miller, Maitland district representative of the International Correspondence School, died in Maitland Hospital on Thursday at 8.30 a.m., from…

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Motor Notes Testing Motor Tyres

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 2

While no car has yet attained a speed of 200 m.p.h., tyres have, nevertheless, been tested at that speed. In a specially constructed shed at the Dunlop…

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Railway Staff Changes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 4

Mr L. Squires, night officer at Singleton Railway Station, has been removed to East Maitland. Mr M. Dunne, from Tamworth, will fill the…

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Forgery Charges Railway Cleaner Before Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 7

Lester James Clements, a cleaner at the Temora Loco. Department, was arrested and charged with having forged and uttered a railway pay docket for…

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Motor Notes. a Good Way of Carrying Tools

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 6

The locker at the rear of a singleseater car. usually presents an apappearance of chaos, everything being dropped in haphazard, so that…

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Minister Favours Railway. Gulgong to Maryvale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 3

"I shall report to the premier on Monday, and impress on him the necessity for this bill being passed." said the Minister for Mines, Mr…

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Fuse Blew Out. Tram Driver Burnt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 6

A fuse blow out on a tram at Rozelle on Saturday, casing some of the gear in the trout compartment to burst into flames. The driver,…

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