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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

4,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 203

Alleged Slaying. Sequel to Motor Smash. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 5

Ronald Cousins, 22, a taxidriver, was remanded at the Central Court on a charge of having feloniously slain Arthur Selwyn Bryant…

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Motor Accidents. Newcastle's Week-end List

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 5

George Johnson, aged four years, living at Islington, was knocked over by a motor car on Saturday find sustained a fracture of the right thigh…

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Sulky Smashed. Bumped by Motor Car. Driver Injured. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 5

The Liverpool police are searching, for the driver of a car which struck a sulky on the main road about midnight on Saturday…

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Motor Notes. the Joys Op Coasting in Neutral

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 6

Many motorists when touring in hilly country have slipped the gear lover in neutral and enjoyed the pleasure of coasting, but when they…

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Railway Loyalists. Intentions of State Government

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 6

It is the intention of the Government to give early consideration to the position of the men who, during the strike of 1917, went to the…

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Woman Killed. Knocked Down by Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 3

While crossing St. Vincent-street, Port Adelaide, on Saturday evening, Mrs. Florence E. McGowan was knocked down by a motor car and…

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Harbor Bridge Fatality

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 4

Another fatality occurred on the Sydney Harbor Bridge construction on Friday, afternoon, when William Woods, laborer, lost his footing and fell 70ft…

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Killed by Train

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 1
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

William Theodore Snell, aged 25 years, a railway employee, of Denisonstreet, Newtown, was dragged 40 yardsby a train hear Lewisham railway…

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Gates on Public Roads (To the Editor)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 5

Sir,—Mr. Moore accuses me of renewing the attack on owners of gates on the roads. This is rather an unfair way of putting it. I claim that I…

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Killed by Train. Islington Woman's Death. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 3

Mrs. Margaret Lane, who resided at 101 Fern-street, Islington, was killed by a train shortly before 8 o'clock last night, near tho loco sheds…

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Bungwahl-Forster Road Exchange for Forster Suggested

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 3

The Manning Shire Council at its meeting on Monday received the following letter from the clerk to the Stroud Shire Council:—…

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Express Train. Sleeper on Line. Passengers' Thrill. Newcastle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 2

What appears to have 'been a deliberate attempt to wreek the BrisbaneSydney express was made when the train was running between Tainworth…

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Cessnock to Lake Main Road Proposed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 5

Representatives of West Maitland, Tarro, Kearsley and Cessnock Councils had a conference with the Minister of Local Government this…

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Collapse of a Bridge Boats to the Rescue. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 2

One of the spans of the swinging bridge at National Park collapsed yesterday. Percy Tressider and his nineyear-old daughter fell into the water,…

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Kearsley Shire. Cost of Maintenance. Contribution to Main Roads Up Keep

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 3

Mr. W. J. Grieve, clerk to Kearsley Shire, has prepared the following report on the degree of council's contribution to main roads upkeep…

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Main Road Upkeep Kearsley Council's Contribution. Programme for 1923

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 7

In connection with the degree of Kearsley Shire Council contribution to main roads upkeep, 1928 programme, the Shire Clerk (Mr. W. J. Grieves…

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Old Scenes RE-VISITED—No. 2 From Coal Areas to Gippsland's Forests; Something About Roads

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 5

"An Inquirer" wants to know something about distances and conditions of road travelled. In the absence of the narrator of the trip, Mr. E. K. Lambert, since the interview with him, I will do my little best to comply, from "lengthy" memory. Might be more…

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Runaway Tram. Accident at Double Bay

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 2

A tramcar ran off the line at Double Bay on Monday. It jumped the rails at a curve, and continued on an almost parallel course for about 20…

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Railway Loyalists Premier's Promises to Be Fulfilled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 7

ThE Premier (Mr. Bavin) state that he had obtained a report from the Railway Commissioners regarding the 1917 loyalists. That report was…

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