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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

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Road Making in United States. Concrete and Cement Favoured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 6

Mr. Charles W. Lloyd, a member of the executive of the National Roads Association of Australia, is returning from Canada and the…

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Drunken Motorists. Magistrate Replies to Criticism

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 6

"I would like to see statistics to find out whether offences of this kind are increasing or decreasing," said Mr. McMahon, S.M., when…

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Motor Cyclists Visit

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

About twenty Newcastle motor cyclists set out on a reliability trial on Sunday, travelling via the North Coast road to Stroud, thence to…

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Trees Save Big Smash. Sensational Motor Accident Glen Innes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 4

Two trees—a lemon and a gum—were responsible for a remarkable deliverance from a ghastly accident on the Glen Innes-Grafton road. A car…

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Railway Picnic

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

The traffic and permanent way staffs of the Newcastle to Singleton district hold their picnic yesterday at Speer's Point. A special train left Singleton…

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Motor Cycling. Speedway Royal

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 3

A record crowd attended the Speedway in Sydney, on Saturday night when the Australian one mile dirt track champicinship was docided…

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Toll of the Motor Three Women Killed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

When two taxis crashed at the corner of Exhibition and Lonsdale streets, Melbourne, late on Saturday night a woman passenger In one was fatally injured,…

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Deputation to Mr Quinton Railway Matters Discussed

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

The Northern Area Railway Commissioner, Mr W. C. Quinton, the Assistant Commissioner, Mr D. Mulheron , the District Superintendent, Mr E. E…

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Bourke to Darwin Bishop Advocates Railway Orange

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 2

Speaking at Holy Trinity Church yesterday, the .Bishop of Bathurst, Dr. Long, advocated the construction of a railway line from Bourkc to Darwin,…

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LOCAL & GENERAL Bridge Needed at Martindale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., had an interview with Mr. Buttenshaw, Minister for Works and Railways, and urged that a bridge be…

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Cancer. New Form Attributed to Motoring. London, February 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 9

Sir Arbuthnot Lane, the famous surgeon expresses the opinion that motoring is the cause of a new form of cancer of the lungs, of which 10 per cent…

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Ash Island Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw, the Acting Premier, received a deputation at Hexham in reference to the condition of the Ash Island Bridge in the…

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The Lake Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 4

The Minister for Local Government Mr. bruntnell, M.L.A., has informed Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., that he is giving attention to the request that he…

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Harbour Bridge Linking Up Steel Work

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 4

The steel work of the southern approach to the Sydney Harbour Bridge iS now being Jinked up with the pylon near the water's edge, thus…

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Fireman Killed Train Falls Into Creek

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 4

A report from Cockburn (S.A.) on Wednesday afternoon stated that heavy rain there caused was haways on the railway line…

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Mangled by Train Conscious Until He Died

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 4

Two hours after he had been badly mangled by a, train at, Parramutta station on Monday night, Roy Tatc, aged 32, a ticket examiner, died'from shock…

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Minimbah-Morisset Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. Fraser, the Chief Railway Commissioner, was recently asked by Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., to receive a deputation on the question of a…

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New Form of Cancer Motorig the Cause

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 1

London, Monday.—Sir Arbuthnot Lane, the famous surgeon, expresses the opinion that motoring is the cause of a new form of cancer of the lungs,…

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Alleged Theft of Motor Cycles Two Men Arrested

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 4

Three motor cycles and two sidecars, which are alleged to have been stolen, were recovered, by the police during investigations which led to the…

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Under Influence of Drink Motorist Fined £10

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 2

At the Bulli Police Court on Tuesday, Frederick Lord was fined £10, and his license was suspended for six months, for driving a motor vehicle on' the…

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