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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

4,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 203

Poulton’s Motors Ltd

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 4

Poulton’s Motors Ltd. will have on view at their Stand at the Cessnock Show to-day and to-morrow and in their Showrooms Vincent Street,…

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Motor Cycle Running Costs. B.S.A.’s Good Figures

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 3

The actual detailed [?] of cars and motor [?] [?] need to be very [?]…

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Train Traffic Dislocated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 2

Up till Friday afternoon no express trains from Sydney had reached Albury owing to the washaway at Illabo…

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Motor Fatality Car Over Bridge Charge Against Driver Pails. Cairns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 16

Felloe Groppi, an italian taxi—driver, who is charged with having unlawfully killed Eva Clarke, and Batisihe Do Martin, was discharged by…

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Arm Severed. Fell Under Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 9

John Woodward, a carpenter, working, at Port Kembla, attempted to board a moving train at the Wollongong station, but missed his…

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Train Falls Into Creek Fireman Killed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 7

A report from Cockburn (S.A.) on Wednesday afternoon stated that heavy rain there caused washaways on therailway line. Between Cutana and…

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Fireman Killed Train Falls Into Creek

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 8

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

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District News Letters Singleton. Re—decking Gowrie Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 7

At the regular meeting of the Municipal Council a letter was received from the Chamber of Commerce asking that the Council endeavour to…

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Fell From Train. Man Badly Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 3

Charles Beaumont, 22, of Marrickville, sustained internal injuries, concussion, lacerations to face and abrasions to the body, when he fell…

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Road Making in United States. Concrete and Cement Favoured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 16

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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Bourke to Darwin. Railway Line Advocated. Orange. Monday

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 14

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

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Motor Notes. Cures for Petrol Leaks

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 6

As petrol is by no means a cheap commodity, it is just ns well to stop all leaks that may take place. If often occurs that the plugs situated just…

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The Knock Out. Struck by Rim of Motor Tyre. Sydney, Monday '

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 14

While Wm. Eric of Cremorne was trying to get a tyre off the wheel of a motor car to-day the steel rim flew…

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Drunken Motorists. Magistrate Replies to Criticism

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 16

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

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Cancer New Form Attributed to Motoring. London, February 13

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 2

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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Three Women Killed Melbourne Week—end Motor Fatalities Man Dees at Brisbane. Dentist Killed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 14

Three women were killed and several persons were injured in motor accidents in Melbourne at the week—end…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 14

In a collision between a motor cycle and car at Darlington, on Sunday night. Joseph Pickering Duncan Street, Ancliffe rider of the cycle…

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Railway Washaways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 2

Many washaways were reported to the Railway Commissioners, Damage to the line by the rushing flood waters was done at Junee district…

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Coolamon Floods. Rescues From Motor Cars

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 2

Creoles in the Coolamon district, usually at this time of the year sandy depressions, flowed miles wide. Never previously had such floods been…

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Japanese Railways Object Lesson for New South Wales

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. W. F. Weeden, an old resident of Young, and a well-known business man, who has been on a tour to Japan, gives some interesting imprpssions…

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