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Railways, roads & transport, 1927

4,115 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 206

Motor Cycle Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 4

The Maitland Motor Cycle Club will hold a grass hill climb on Sunday, between Greta and Allandale. All the local clubs will be…

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National Importance. Sandy Hollow to Maryvale Railway. Bill Read Second Time

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 4

In moving the second reading of the Sandy Hollow, via Gulgong, to Maryvale Railway Bill, Mr. Flannery, Minister for Works and…

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Killed by Motor Bus. a Sydney Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 8

While crossing the roadway at Central-square, Sydney, to the tramway waiting shed, on Wednesday afternoon, an unknown man, about…

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Many Injured. Motor 'Bus Crashes. Adamstown Sensation. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1927 · page 4

Three people were injured and fourteen others received minor abrasions, when a motor 'bus crashed into a building…

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That Kline-street Bridge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 10

Horatio's Bridge will have nothing transcendent about it by the time Weston ratepayers and the Progress Association have done with…

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Feeder Roads. Assisting Rural Industries, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 5

The Minister for Labour and Industry, who is in control of the Main Roads Board, assured Mr. Stuart Robertson in the Assembly that the…

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Great Northern Road. Slow Progress of Work More Money Required

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 5

The Great Northern Road— Lochinvar to Harper's Hill—formed the subject of a report by the engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) at…

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It Isn't Done Because Roads Won't Let 'Em Speeding in the Shire

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 5

Correspondence dealt with at yesterday's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council included a letter from Patrick Plains Shire, requesting…

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The Railway. Third Reading Passed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 2

The Legislative Assembly yesterday passed the third reading of the Bill authorising the construction of the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway. The…

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Eaten by High Costs. Profit on Railways

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 2

The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ending December 31, 1926, discloses the remarkable increase of 2,541,465 in the number of…

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Sandy Hollow, via Gulgong, to Maryvale Railway. Where the Line Will Go

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 1

This railway connecting the northern and western railway systems commences at 206½ miles from Sydney and at the western end of Sandy Hollow station on the Muswellbrook to Merriwa branch from the Great Northern Railway, and it proceeds westerly across the Goulburn River and in close…

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Women and Wine. Railway Porter's Lapse. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 5

Cocil' Franks, a railway porter at Dundas, pleaded guilty at Parramatta Court to having embezzled & 9/10/, the property, of the, Railway…

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Shots Fired. From Motor Car. at Stranger in Back Yard. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 5

A series of revolver shots was fired from a motor car at a stronger in a bank yard at Cambridge early this morning…

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British Motor Trade. Organising Secretary Appointed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 February 1927 · page 6

The Association, of British Motor Manufacturers, Ltd., in conjunction with the Australian Association of British manufacturers and their…

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Roads Grant. State Attitude Resented

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 7

The refusal of the State Government to accept the Federal Government grant under the Federal Aids Roads Bill is causing bitter resentment in…

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Feeder Roads Receiving Consideration. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 4

The Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr Baddeley) stated that the question of constructing "feeder" roads to railways in order to enable…

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"Not Good Enough." No Speedway on Cessnock Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 4

"There is no speeding on Cessnock roads, they're not good enough," facetiously remarked Administrator J. Brown, when a letter was read…

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Tramps Luck Out Peculiar Motor Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 3

Bernard Sheehy, of the Railway Parade, Leura, was travelling home with a tramp, whom he had picked up near the Anzac Memorial…

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Murulla Disaster. Goods Train Crew Punished. Minister Supplies Information. SYDNEY

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 5

The guard of the Roods train, portion of which broke away at Murulla and collided with a North-West Mail. causing 27…

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British Motor Trade Organising Secretary Appointed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 9

The Association of British Motor Manufacturers, Ltd., in conjunction with the Australian Association of British manufacturers and their…

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