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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

4,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 203

Assault on Tram Conductor. Gaol for Culprits. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 4

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day, William Thompson (24) and Thomas Craig (28), were sentenced to three years' gaol for having assaulted a tram…

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Motor Smash One Killed, Five Injured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 3

One of the worst motor accidents to happen in Newcastle district for some considerable time occurred on Sunday afternoon on the Hexham-Raymond…

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Drunken Motorists. Statement toy Minister

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 1

Mr Lee, Minister for Justice, states that lie wishes to make it clear that it is useless for persons who had lost their motor license for drunkenness, to apply…

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The Motor Car

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 4

One of our representative graziers deplores the fact, that there is a tendency in some quarters to decry the Lime payment purchase of motor cars…

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Cessnock Motor Cycle Club

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon the Cessnock District Motor Cycle Club carried the Nicholls Point Score Cup competition a further stage. A…

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Proposed Railway Extension

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 6

The Dundas Council has decided to ask the Railway Commissioners to extend the Clyde-carlingford railway line so that it will junction…

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Dodge Brothers Motor Dody Work

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 6

It is characteristic of the Standardised Motors Limited that they have continually improved the body work as filled to Dodge brothers products, and…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Weston Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 2

When he was thrown from a motor cycle at Weston on Sunday afternoon, Richard Rostron, 19, received injuries to the head. He was later conveyed…

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Radio Exhibition Railways Fine Display

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 5

One of the largest and most interesting exhibits at the Radio and Electric Exhibition now being held in the Town Hall (March 21 to 31)…

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Young Man's Lapse Theft of Electric Motor "Wanted It for His Wireless."

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 March 1928 · page 5

Before Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court this morning Frank pratt, 19. was charged with stealing an electric motor, valued at…

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Leap From Bridge. Man Seriously Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

William Bridgewell. 83, fell 50 feet from the bridge at Parsley Bay, Sydney. A horrifled eye-witness said he saw Bridgewell clamber on to the…

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Train Fatality. Girl's Shocking Injuries, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

Gladys Coleman, 18, of Eastwood, was shockingly injured when she was run down by a train at a level crossing at Eastwood last night…

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Shooting of Constable. on Lonely Essex Road. Browne Maintains Innocence London, March 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 5

The hearing in the case in which Kennedy and Browne are accused of shooting Constable Gutteridge on a lonely Essex road last October, was…

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Alleged Murder. Man Fatally Injured. Motorist Charged. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day, Nicholas Anthony, aged 30, a confectioner, was charged with having feloniously slain Henry Blane Jones…

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Motorist Arrested. Elderly Man Killed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 2

A man named Jones, 64, whose address was unknown, was knocked down by a motor car and killed in William-street, near…

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Manslaughter. Motorist Sent to Gaol

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 2

Reay Keith Domel was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour, by Mr. Justice Draper in the Criminal. Court, Perth, for…

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Heated Finish. Questions in South African House. Purchase of Railway Engines. CAPETOWN, March 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 5

A fusillade of questions, regarding the purchase of engines and railway material, bad a heated finish in the Assembly…

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Collided with Post. Death of Motor Cyclist. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 4

Stanley Turner, aged 21, of Coogee, died in hospital to-day from the Injuries he received when his motor cycle collided with a post at Bondi…

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Smash' on 'Hexham Road

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 4

When a Ford car driven by Kevin King overturned at kennigton Hill, on the Raymond Terrace road, on Sunday afternoon, one of the six occupants was killed…

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Run Over by Train Girl's Shocking Injuries

Singleton Argus · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 2

Gladys Coleman, aged 18, of Eastwood, was shockingly injured when she was run down by a train at a level crossing at Eastwood on Tuesday night…

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