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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

4,115 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 206

Railway Platforms Cleared for Royal Train. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 5

The Railway commissioners have given instructions that none of the public are to be allowed on the platforms during the passing of the Royal…

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Run Over by Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 4

A man named Charles Hogden is reported to have been run over at 7.30 this morning by a train at Ashfield. He was taken to the Western…

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Killed by Tram. When Crossing City Street

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 3

Run oyer by a tram in Hay-street, near Pitt-street, city, at 1.20 p.m. yesterday, an unknown woman, aged about 75 years, received fatal injuries…

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Body Identified. Tram Accident Victim. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 5

The body of the woman who was killed as a result of being knocked down by a tram at the corner of Hay and Pitt streets, Sydney, has…

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Seriously Injured. in Motor Collision. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 5

Fred Linguist, aged 22, a clerk collided with a motor car while driving a motor cycle along. Macquarie- street to-day. He was taken to…

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Rain Making by Aeroplane

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 4

Is scientific achievment approaching the point where it will be able to "make rain" at will or to distribute its fall more evenly over wider areas in order to prevent floods?…

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Saved Train

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 2

A little girl was the means of preventing a serious railway smash at Charity Creek near Wingham on Friday morning. The fact that the train was running…

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Taken Ill on the Road

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 2

Mr Thomas Howard, of Jerry's plains, was operated on at the Maitland Hospital on Monday afternoon by Dr. King, for acute appendicitis. Mr…

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The Royal Train. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners have given instructions that none of the public is to be allowed on platforms during the passing of the Royal train, unless…

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Kurri Police Court. Wednesday, March 30. (Before Mr.. W. H. Clcevo, P.m.). Motor Traffic Breaches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 6

Donald Rodney ami Clarence V. Harrison were each, fined 2/6, 8/ costs, or 24 hours for neglecting to notify the authorities that motor…

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Motor Record. Major Segrave's Over 200 Miles An Hour. New York, March 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 5

On Dayton Beach (Florida), to-day, Major H. Segrave, the British motorist, drove his Sunbeam racing car faster than any mini had ever…

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Henry Ford. Seriously Injured, Motor Car Plunges 20 Feet. Bontread, March 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 5

A Detroit message states that Mr. Henry Ford was taken to the Henry Ford Hospital to-day, where he is being treater for injuries sustained…

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Extraordinary Motor Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 4

Mr. J. D. Handley-Sevmour an undergraduate of Clare, College, Cambridge was killed as the result of an extraordinary accident, an English exchange says…

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Toll of the Motor Accidents .In the Country

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 4

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

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Motor Racing Col Seagrave's Record. (By Cable.) Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Thursday 31 March 1927 · page 2

At Dayton Beach, Florida, Colonel Seagrave, the English racing driver, established a world's record of 203.841 miles per hour, for a four ton speedster…

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Little Girl Saves Train. Horse on Bridge

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1927 · page 8

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

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Kline-street Bridge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 April 1927 · page 9

An order has been issued for the closing of Kline-street bridge, Weston, part of the approaches to which were washed away in last January's…

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The Royal Train

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1927 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have issued instructions that none of the public is to be allowed on platforms during the passing of the Royal train…

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England's Roads. "Best in the World," Says Mr. McELHONE. What of Our Own

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1927 · page 8

The "Daily Telegraph," said Ald. W. P. McElhone, on Tuesday, laughing heartily, "has by no means over-colored the picture in its cartoon…

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Hungry Dingo. Motorists Surprised. Chased Car

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 April 1927 · page 7

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

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