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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

4,115 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 206

Motor Cyclist Injured. Machine Skids

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1927 · page 6

Maurice Denham, aged 20 years, of Phillip-street, Balmain, was seriously injured shortly before 6 o'clock, last evening when the motor,…

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Motor Notes. Oil Measure and Filler

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1927 · page 6

A combination funnel and container which is of considerable convenience is made as folows. Any ordinary metal funnel can be used for…

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Sydney Trams. 1,520,879 Passengers. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1927 · page 5

"Passengers carried on the Sydney trams on Saturday 1,520,879. The revenue received totalled…

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Little Girl Saves Train Horse on Bridge

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 3

A report from Wingen states that a little girl was the means of preventing a serious railway smash at Charity Creek on Friday morning. The fact…

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Saved Train. Action by Little Girl. House on Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 2

A little girl was the means of presenting a serious railway smash at Charity Creek, Wirigham, on Friday morning…

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Useful on Gate-Strewn Roads

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 4

'North-West Champion," Moree, tells of an invention that would be a boon to travellers on district roads strewn with public gates of a more…

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The Newcastle-Maitland Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 4

Very satisfactory progress is being made with the reconstruction of the Newcastle-Maitland road. In the Tarro Shire area the work is…

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Nelson's Bay Road "Pilot" Representative. Braves the Risk

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 4

The reports on the road to Nelson's Bay shave been so conflicting that many motorists would not venure the journey. However, on…

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Cindeheula Copeland The Roads Thereto OLD A.A. Coy.'s Influence

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 7

We arrived (in imagination) at Copeland in a previous issue, without getting there, as it were. That is, the town in its ancient glory was…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, March 29, 1927. Bow Railway League. Meeriwa to Cassilis Extension

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 2

A meeting of the above league was held at the Soldiers' Settlement, to advocate the extension of the railway from Merriwa to Gassilis…

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The Toll of the Motor Accidents in the Country. Albury

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 2

A motor collision occurred between (we cars on the Sydney Road, near the turn-off for the Hume Weir. One, driven by Cyril Arthur Wakeford, of…

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Fatally Injured. Near Railway Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 3

Suffering from injuries which subsequently proved to be fatal, Phillip Raymond Hammill, aged 36 years, a baker, of Burns-street, Campsie, was…

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Railway Accident. Prevented by Child. Wingham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 2

A little girl was the means of preventing a serious railway smash at Charity' Crook, near Wingham. The fact that the train was…

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Chased by Ingo. Motorists' Adventure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 5

To be confronted by a hungry dingo was the experience of two motorists. who were travelling on the Armidale Road…

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Large Increase in Pay. Demand of Motor Drivers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 6

Motor truck proprietors and other employers of motor drivers have been served with a log claims by the Federated Carters and Drivers'…

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Two Injured. in Tram Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 3

An electric tram crashed into the rear of another that was stationary at the intersection of St. Kilda and Commercial roads last evening…

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The Tram Lines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 4

The work of removing the tramlines between East and West Maitland is being steadily proceeded with. The work commenced at the…

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Motor Vehicles Collide Youth Fatally Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 3

Shocking injuries, which subsequently proved to be fatal, were sustained by Horacc Jackson, aged 16, of Bankstown, on Sunday evening, when a motor cycle…

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Motor Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 8

Interesting news come strom England to the effect that the Vauxhall Motor Co. is experimenting with a foolproof gearbox which is designed…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 29 March 1927 · page 6

On Sunday evening Maurlee Denham, aged 20 years, of Philip-street, Balmain, was seriously injured, when the motor cycle which…

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