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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

4,115 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 206

Water Supplies. Payment by the Railway. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 March 1927 · page 4

In the legislative Assembly, the Minister for Works informed Mr. Buttenshaw that he had not yet received a reply from the Railway…

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High Flying Aeroplane

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 2

Exports in Rome are examining the possibilities of a new aeroplane, in which it is hoped to fly from Rome to London in an hour, and from Rome to…

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Army Aeroplane. at Rutherford Camp, Air Warfare Demonstrated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 4

A feature of the military training at the, Rutherford Camp this morning, where the 35th and 2nd Battalions are under canvas, was a…

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Expensive Roads. Cost of Stone Crushing

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 6

The Warrah Shire councillors have recently made an inspection of the road construction plant (says "Marrurundi Time"), and the Engineer…

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Fettler Killed Run Down by Train

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 2

A message from Nyngan states that two railway fettlers, named Baird and Gibson, were proceeding from Girilambone on Saturday morning on a railway…

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Crossing Fatality Car Struck by Train

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 3

Striking a large closed-in car with terrific force at a level crossing near Croydon (Vic.) early on Saturday night a, train carried the car along for 45…

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Family Endowment Cost to Railways and Tramways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 3

The Legislative Council Select Committee on the Family Endowment Bill heard further evidence, mainly in relation to railways and tramways…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council. Cr. Jas. White Welcomed. Council Decides to Buy Road Plant

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Muawellbrook Shire Council was held on Friday last, when there were present: —Crs. D. M. Bell (president), J…

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Dangerous Voyage. Disabled Motor Launch. Adrift for Eleven Hours

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 1

Captain R. E. Evans, of Melbourne, and Eric Rutley, of Wyee, drifted for eleven hours on Sunday for miles off the coast when the motor launch, Ena,…

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Sandy Hollow-Maryvale Railway. Appropriation to Be Sought

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 1

The Gulgong Railway League has sent letters of thanks to Hon. J. M. Baddeley, Hon. W. F Dunn, and Messrs: H. V. Thorby and J. A. Clark,…

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Rail Motor for Canberra

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 6

Greatly increased traffic in the direction of Canberra is to be met by the inauguration or a rail-motor service between that place and…

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N.r.m.a. Notes Motorists and Ambulances

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 6

The New South Wales Ambulance Transport Service Board has appealed to the N.R.M.A. for its co-operation in educating motorists to the necessity…

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Dicing With Death. Motor Racers. Hobart

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 4

In giving his verdict at the inquest into the death of Gerald Harry Roberts, aged 15, who was killed in a motor cycle race at Sorell, on February…

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Drunk on Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 4

"You ring tp Mr. Lazzarini the Commissioner of Police and they will say am not drunk." A middle-aged man, who was arrested on West…

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Youths Detained. Alleged Larceny of Motor Car. Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 5

The police are holding two youths who are thought to have come from New South Wales in a stolen car. It in alleged that a car belonging…

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Unregistered Cycle. Motorist Fined at Cessnock. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 4

Jonathan Payne was fined £1, with 16/- costs, at the Cessnock Police Court this morning for riding an unregistered motor cycle, and for…

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Nine Charges. Motor Mechanic Remanded. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 5

On a charge of having stolen a car worth £550, the property of Augustus Culley, Donald mcLaren, 26, a motor mechanie, appeared before the…

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Fell From Tram. Little Boy's Skull Fractured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 5

John James, aged 10, fell from a tram in Elizabeth Street, Sydney this morning, and sustained a fractured skull. He was admitted to…

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Legislative Assembly Railways and Day Labor (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 2

When the Legislative Assembly met to-day, the Minister for Railways, Mr Flannery, said he would to-morrow introduce a bill to provide for the…

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Railway Fatality Young Man Killed Near East Greta. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 March 1927 · page 6

The District Coroner. (Mr.George Brown), on Friday last, at Abermain Police Court, held an inquiry into the circu[?]istances surrounding the…

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