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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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The Road That Led Home (Published by Special Arrangement.) Copyright. Chapter XXIV.—(Continued.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 3

And Nora set off to see her the very moment, almost, after the message was received. Mrs. Methune was both shocked…

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Motor Accidents Car and Cycle in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 2

At midnight last night, a motor car and a motor cycle crashed into each other, near the intersection of Macquarie and Hanbury streets,…

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Ford Motors Increased Production Planned. New York, Dec. 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 8

The Ford Company of Detroit has announced that it will employ approximately 30,000 more men, and increase the production of cars and…

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Motor Ships Year's Record Building. London, Dec. 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 4

The world's output of motor ships for 1928 was a record of 189 vessels of 1,177,235 gross tonnage, compared with 137 vessels of 816,000 tons in…

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Alleged Assault Sequel to Motor Jaunt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 6

An attempt to assault a young Newcastle girl is alleged to have been made by three young men on n bush track near Swansea on Monday…

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Railway Revenue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1929 · page 4

The passenger revenue received at the West Maitland railway station for month of Dec., 1928, totalled £3917/ 3/5½, as against £4265/10/6½,…

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Two Women Killed. Train Crashes Into Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 3

A train travailing through Waikato (N.Z.) at 40 miles an hour crashed into a motor car on the Horotul crossing…

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Cars Fall Over Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 6

Two serious motor accidents, caused in the same way, and at the same place, occurred at the overhead railway bridge east of Moe (Vic.), on…

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Toll of the Motor Cars Fall From Bridge Two Similar Accidents

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 3

Two serious motor accidents, caused in the same way, and at the same place, occurred at the overhead railway bridge cast of Moe (Vic), yesterday. About…

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Upper Rouchel Dry Road

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 2

The Main Roads Board has written Mr. W. Cameron, M.L.A., apropos of the above, the communication being as follows:—…

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The Road That Led Home (Published by Special Arrangement.) Copyright. Chapter Xxx

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 3

Most of Nora's luggage was packed for her role of a lady in reduced circumstanced moving from Dangerfield House to the modest quarters of…

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Motor Cycling. Penrith Championships

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 6

A record crowd attended the Penrith Speedway on Tuesday, where an interesting programme, including several championships, was decided…

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Motor Accidents Nine Injured. Two Families in a Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 6

The members of two families were seriously injured in a motoring accident at the intersection of Lincoln-street and Ninth-avenue,…

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Motor Smash. Child Dies From Injuries. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 5

Patricia Plumer, aged two and a half years, who was terribly injured in yesterday's motor smash at Campsie, died this morning…

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Motorist Killed. Cycles in Collision. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 5

Allan Wilson, 23, of Croydon, wan fatally injured in a collision between his motor cycle and another cycle. The other rider escaped with minor…

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Nasty Motor Smash

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 2

A nasty smash occurred at about 11 o'clock on Sunday night on the Maitiand-road, when a motor cycle, ridden by Mr Harry Cousins, collided with a…

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Output of Motor Ships World's Record

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 2

London, Tuesday.-The. world's output of motor ships for 1928 was a record, 189 vessels, of 1,177,235 gross, tonnage, compared with 137 vessels of 816,000…

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Alleged Assault Sequel to Motor Jattnt

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 4

An attempt to assault a young Newcastle girl is alleged to have been made by three young men on a bush track near Swansea on Monday…

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Third Victim. Train and Motor Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 6

Mrs. Lillian Anderson, aged 25, died on Wednesday at Horoitu, in Waikato (N.Z.). She makes the third victim of the…

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Hurled From Train. Passenger's Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 4

A remarkable tragedy occurred in the Whangarel (N.Z.) railway line, which winds in and out of mountain gorges, often with a sheer drop to…

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