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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

4,115 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 206

The Singleton Argus TUESDAY, 15th MARCH, 1927. LOCAL & General News Mishap to Goods Train

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 2

When a goods train from Singleton arrived at Farley early on Sunday morning it was found that a box axle was missing off one of the trucks, and its…

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N.r.m.a. Notes. Motor Depreciation and Taxation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. is actively continuing its campaign in an effort to have a greater allowance in respect of depreciation of motor vehicles by the…

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Motor Collision Woman Loses an Eye

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 3

Two motor cars collided at Gulargambone. One driven by J. Litchfield overturned, but of the live occupants none was injured. The other,…

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Motor Victim. Death From Injuries. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 5

Kenneth Boat; who was injuried when two motor lorries collided near Parramatta last Thursday, died this morning…

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Three Injured. Capsize of Motor Bus. Following Collision. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 4

When a motor 'bus capsized at Croydon this morning, three persons were injured. Cecil Holmes, the driver, 27,…

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Dungog and the Comboyne A Motor Trip of Unsurpassable Charm, through Waving Forests, by Wooded Hills and through Smiling Valleys

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 4

There are place along the N.S.W. coast, northwards of Port Stephens, where it would seem that Nature sets herself out to enchant the…

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Callous Motorist Four Years' Gaol

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 March 1927 · page 1

Stanley H. Young, aged 23, found guilty of the manslaughter of a man named Shaw by knocking him down with a motor car while driving at an…

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Flood Damage To Shire Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 4

With reference to a request from the Bolwarra Shire Council, addressed to Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., that the Minister for Local…

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Skull Fractured. Girl Falls From Train. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 5

Sylvia Hall, 14, while standing on the back platform of a moving train, near Lewisham railway station, overbalanced and fell on to the track…

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Under Motor Car Smash Near Wellington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 6

A motor car, in which three men were driving, overturned near Wellington, (N.S.W,), and the victims were pinned beneath the vehicle for…

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Manslaughter. Elderly Woman Killed. Motor Car Driver Sentenced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 2

Arthur Douglas Newell, 36, balliff's asistant, was convicted at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of having feleniously slain Mary…

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Motor Lorry Crashes. Driver Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 March 1927 · page 5

Harry Lockwood, 42, was seriously injured this morning when a motor lorry, which he was driving, crashed into an electric light pole…

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Boy on Train Buffers

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 2

A lad of 12, who ran away from home at Lithgow, had an exciting adventure before he was found. The local police telephoned the…

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Skull Fractured. Knocked Down by Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 6

John Campbell (16), of Short-street, Canterbury, was severely injured by a train between Canterbury and Campsic railway stations on…

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Closing of Road Against Timber Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 4

Mr. S. N. Dark, clerk to Wallarobba Shire Council, notifies in an advertisement elsewhere that council has decided to close the road,…

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Meeting of Railway Employees

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 4

A meeting of the South Maitland Railway employees will be held at the Soldiers' Club rooms, High-street, West Maitland, on Sunday,…

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Singleton Letter. Water for Railway Carriages

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1927 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of Singleton Municipal Council, Alderman Millard mentioned that the railway carriages were supplied with water…

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Tramway Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., Interviewed Mr. Flannery, Minister for Railways and Works, in connection with the tramway bridge adjoining…

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George's River Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 3

Motorists who have occasion to travel the south "coast have learned with regret, according to the N.R.M.A., that the date of the…

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Proposed Broke Road How the Scheme Originated. (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 March 1927 · page 3

Sir,—Kindly allow me space in your valuable columns to correct a statement made by Mr. J. R. Scott at his meeting held at Branxton on…

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