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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

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Railway Inspector Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 1

Inspector A. Morris, of the Railway Department, Newcastle, met with a painful accident at Glounie's Greek, on Tuesday morning, through catching his…

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Motor Revenue

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 7

The motorists of Now South Wales will pay into consolidated revenue during 1928 probably £1.40,000, says, the N.R.M.A. in countering the suggestion…

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M. T. A. Motor Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 7

The Motor Show which was opened in Sydney to-day, is the fifth of the series held under the anspices of the Motor Traders' Association…

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275,222 at Motor Show

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 7

Now attendance records were created at the recent Olympia motor show, London, when 275,222 persons paid for admission…

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Skull Fractured. Knocked Down by Motor Car. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 5

When alighting from a moving tram at Marrickville late last night. Arthur Biddulph, 23, was knocked down by a motor car going in the…

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Boy Injured. Knocked Down by Motor Lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 3

William Roddenby, 14, residing at Paxton, and employed as a counter-hand at Cessnock, was knocked down by a motor lorry in…

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Motor Cycle Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 4

The Maitland District Motor Cycle Club, at its meeting last evening, decided to run a speedway carnival on the night of Wednesday, January 25…

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Terrible Ordeal. Motor Launch Aflame. Dock Labourers Badly Burned. Berlin, January 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 4

One of the great motor faunches, used to convey Hamburg's dock labourers to work caught fire on the Elb River, resulting in an explosion…

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Failed to Notify Sale of Motor

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 4

At the Police Court on Tuesday, William Power was fined 10/-, plus 8/- costs, for [?] to notify the sale of a motor vehicle…

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Minimbah-morisset Railway. Minister for Works Unsympathetic

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 5

Mr. Geo. Booth, M.L.A., has received the following communication, from the Department of Public Works, under date of [?]…

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Tuned Down Proposed Minimbah-Dora Creek Railway. Departments Reply to Mr. Booth

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 3

In connection with the propose! railway from Minimbah via Cessnock, to connect with the main Northern line, at Dora Creek,…

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Northern Railway Project

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 3

The Public Works Committe is taking evidence regarding the construction of a railway line from Murwillumbah along the south band…

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Remarkable Escape. Train Crashes Into Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 9

Mr. J. Murdoch, of Tarce, had a narrow escape from death when the Kempsey mail train dashed into his car at a level crossing near Taree last…

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Workmen's Train Derailed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 8

A train containing about 300 workmen became derailed at Chullora on Thursday owing to a fishplate being inserted in the points. Fortunately tlre…

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Killed by Train

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 8

Robert' M'Donald, aged 64, of Lakemba, was killed instantly when he was run down by a train near the Summer. Hill railway station on Thursday…

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Maitland-Cessnock Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 4

Councillor A. Burns, president of the Kearsley Shire Council, Mr. A. O. Evans, deputy shire clerk, and Mr. J. F. Shine, engineer, went to…

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World's Record. Sustained Aeroplane Flight. New York, Jan. 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 2

Kingsord Smith, who, in the "Spirit of California" made an endurance flight last month in California, established a world's record…

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Spit Bridge. Half the Cost Raised

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 11

When the Spit Bridge was constructed across Middle Harbour in 1924, it was anticipated that 15 or 16 years would clapse before the net…

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Seriously Injured Fell, From Moving Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 2

When a train was pulling into [?]orusby railway station last night. Robert Johnson (44), whose address is unknown, endeavoured to jumb off…

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Killed by Train. Woman's Terrible Injuries. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1928 · page 16

Mrs. Ada Greentree, 59, a resident of Willoughby, fell between the platform and a moving train at Central Station last night. She sustained…

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