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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

4,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 203

Motorist Fined. Drove Cab While Drunk. License Suspended

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 5

Thomas Lumsden Seath, who was represented by Mr. W. J. Enright, pleaded not guilty at Kurri Kurri Court, to a charge of having, on…

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Killed at Windsor Car and Motor Cycle Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 14

When a motor car and motor cycle came into collision in the main street at Windsor on Saturday night, Aubrey Rushell, aged 19, a resident of…

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Motor Notes. Tail Light Shock Absorber

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 5

The filamenst of tail—light lamps are frequently broken by road shocks. This can be prevented to a great extent by mounting the lamps on rubber…

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Motor Accident Wedding Party Meets with Mishap

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 5

A motoring accident in which a wedding party, including the bridal couple, were concerned occurred on the Armidale—Uralla road late on…

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Speed Limits. Abolition for Motor Vehicles Automobile Conference Decision. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 4

The Conference of the Commonwealth Association of Automobile Organisations, sitting at Hobart, passed a resolution favouring the…

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Seriously Injured Car and Motor Cycle Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 2

Severe internal injuries and abrasions were sustained by William Davies, of Sans Souel, when a motor cycle which he was riding collided…

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Railway Night Officers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 4

Mr. Booth, M.L.A., has made representations to the secretary of the Railway Commissioners in regard to night officers whose services, it has…

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Alleged Motor Bandits Captured by Police

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 5

After a wild chase, two Albury constables captured two alleged motor bandits at the point of the revolver. The men; when passing through the…

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Motor Notes News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. has been informed that Goulburn Municipality has undertaken to jut in hand main road maintenance works involving an expenditure of…

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Electrification Suburban Railways

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners on Wednesday outlined the programme laid down for the electrification of suburban railways and stated the…

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Motor Car and Cycle a Peculiar Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 5

A motor accident occurred late on Wednesday night at the corner of Beaumont and Dumaresq streets, Hamilton. Mr John Waugh, mounted on a motor…

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Tragedy at Motor Cycle Carnival a Driver Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 7

A tragedy marred a motor cycle carnival at Deacon (Q.) on, Thursday. During the luncheon interval Edgar Hanlon, aged 33, single, of Brisbane, one of the…

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Motoring Record Sydney to Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 6

The motor car record for the journey from Sydney to Melbourne (about 570 miles) was again, broken on Wednesday by Mr H. J. Beith, driving the same…

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Burmese Train Smash. Forty Killed. Calcutta, Jan. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 5

Twenty were killed and 30 injured in a railway disaster 100 miles from Rangoon, on the main line to Mandalay. A mail train crossing a…

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Killed by Train. Tragic Death of One Time Jockey. Rockhampton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 5

The body of John Harker, 82, an old age pensioner, well known in his younger days as a jockey, was found lying dead yesterday beside the line…

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Motor Notes. "Shimmy"-a Wheel Complaint

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 6

One of the most curr[?] and dangerous [?]esuits of excessive axle till is exhibited when the front wheels wabble violently and rapidly from…

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Toll of the Motor. Week-end Fatalities. Woman's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 6

Violet May Brown, aged 40 years, Mackenzie-street, Waverley, was knocked down by a motor car at Narrabeen, late on Saturday evening…

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Imported Motors. British Proportion for November

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 3

Figures made available by the Customs department show that during November 4289 unassembled motor chassis, valued at £400,337, were…

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Child Killed. Remarkable Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 6

Kathleen Jennings, a four-year-old child, who was returning with her parents on the Great Western express to Leonora (W.A.), was killed…

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Motor Accidents Suggested Taxation of Owners Mr. Watson in Defence SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 5

Mr. J. C. Watson, President of. the N.R.M.A., says that the number of accidents in which motor vehicles figure in N.S.W. in any…

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