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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

4,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 203

Skull Fractured, Motor Cycle Crashes Into Standard

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 13

Ah a result of his motor cycle crashing into an electric standard in shepherd—street, paddington, on Sunday, Philip pennington,…

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Leg Fractured. Motor Cycle and Car in Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 13

A collision occurred on Sunday between a motor cycle and motor car at Newtown. Henry Pearson, aged 23, the rider of the cycle, was…

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Railway Men. Hours of Work. Judge's Dilemma

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 3

In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court. Sir John Quick had before him an application by the Australian Railway Union for a variation of its…

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Motor Notes. a Cause of Slow Leaks in Tyres

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 14

Many cases of tyre trouble are due to the fact that the tube hag not been properly Inserted. Before a tube is placed in a cover the nut…

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Motor Car Overturns. Accident at Toeonto

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 14

Stanley Green; aged 37 years, of Brooks—street, Wallsend, sustained a probable, fracture of the pelvis, and his wife sufferer from severe shock,…

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Motor Gars Double Brakes Scheme With. Held

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 11

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Bruntnell) has decided to willhold, the imposition of a regulation which would have compelled the owners of all…

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Tram Derailment West Wallsend Fatality. Coroner Comments on Faulty rail

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 11

Giving evidence at the adjourned inquest into the .death of Alfred McPhe, tram river, who was Wallend in the 'West Wallsend; tram derailment,…

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One Killed. Two Seriously Injured. Motor Cycles in Collision. Melbourne

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 16

Cecil Jose, 23, of Preston, was , .killed, and George Limmer, 23, of. Reservoir, critically injured, when two motor cycles collided…

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Woman Injured. Arrest Follows Motor Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 11

Following an accident at Darlinghurst, last night, in which a woman was seriously, injured the driver of a motor, who, it is alleged, did ' not…

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Cessnock Robbery. Motor, Car Parts Stolen, Cessnock

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 16

Thieves broke into the laneway of cessnock school of arts at the week end and removed a rim new tyre and tube from a motor car owned by…

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Motor Record. New Zealand Claim. Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 16

C. Hamilton drove a Sunbeam car over a straight course in 33 seconds, equal to a speed of 109 miles an hour…

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Interstate Railway Excursions. Agreement Between States

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 16

By a recent arrangement between the Railway Commissioners of the respective States of the Commonwealth, excursion rate for travellers…

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Shops Flooded. Storm in Melbourne. Many Motors Marooned

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 9

Accompanied by vivid lightning a storm broke over Melbourne, on 2nd instant. In places exceptionally heavy falls of rain were recorded and…

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Bag Snatchers Operate From Motor Cars. Women Victimised

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 9

Bag snatchers, operating from motor cars, attacked women at Haberfield and Annamdale on 2nd inst…

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Motor Racing. to Attack Record Americans Building Cars. London, Feb, 20

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 13

Speaking at a racing motorists' dinner at the Pleeadilly Hotel to Mr. W. H. Paull, Dunlop's tyre expert Major seagrave referring to…

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Under Motor Lorry. Kyogle Resident Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 3

Frederick ives, 46, refreshment-room porprietor at Kyogle, was killed through the overturning of a motor lorry on Cawongla road…

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Motoring Tragedy. Killed at Mayfield. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 2

When a motor-car, driven along the Maitland Road, at Mayfleld, last night, overturned, one of the occupants, Miss Hazol Bull (30), of 6…

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Motor Cycle Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 4

A special meeting of the Maitland District Motor Cycle Club will be held in Tegg'a office on Monday, March 12, at 8 p.m. The business for…

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Railway Sleepers. More to Be Purchased

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 8

Recently the Railway Commissioners issued instructions to close down country sleeper depots. This action threw numbers of sleeper-getters out…

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SPEEDING. Motor Lorry Driver Fined

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 8

John Sheldon was charged at Burwood Police Court on Wednesday with driving a motor lorry at a speed dangerous to the public. The police said…

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