Railway Work in Queensland. Rush of Men From This State. Mr. McCORMACK'S CHARGE
The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 8
When the Queensland Premier (Mr. McCormack) reached Inglewood to turn the first sod of the proposed railway to Silverspur, about 400 navvies, who…
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Singleton Argus · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 6
Walter Gook, aged 34, of Rooty Hill, met a shocking death last night, when a car he was driving crashed into a culvert on the Richmond-road. The rail…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring & Cycling Notes
Singleton Argus · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 4
At a joint meeting recently held in in London of the Institution of the Rubber Industry and the Institution of Automobile Engineers, some very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Head-on Motor Collision. Four Members of Air Force Injured. Melbourne
Singleton Argus · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 6
Four members of the Air Force were injured this morning in a head-on motor collision near Laverton. A. C. Richardson received lacerations…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 1
Police on Tuesday last had an exciting chase after a 1929 model Master Six blue Buick sedan motor car alleged to have been stolen from…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 8
Owing to the flood at Gloucester trains are unable to go beyond that station. The line is under eight feet of water…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 8
A tramway bridge at Bulahdelah weakened by the recent fires collapsed as a locomotive belonging to Allen Taylor and co., was travelling…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 13
Pinned against the side of one of the platforms of Honeysuckle railway station by a slowly moving passenger train Richard Joseph plun…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 4
[?]sear Hick, 34, Painter was run [?] by a train while crossing the lines between Redfern and sydney this morning He died almost…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 12
After the German steamer Deister crashed on the rocks at cape Leixoes, mountainous seas swept 21 of the crew from the…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 9
William John Carroll, 36, an agent was fined £20 or three months imprisonment at the central court sydney for having driven a motor car…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 6
On Tuesday afternoon, the west Maitland police received advice from sydney that a Master six Blue sedan Buick motor car 1929 model was…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 6
During, blinding; rain last night a motor car driven by clarence Reid of Adamstown ran ints a flooded creek at Now Lambton and turned…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 14
If delay and inconvenience are to be avoided, it is esscutial that the motorist, should always have on hand some appliance for ascertaining with…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 16
Struck by a motor lorry at Bellbird yesterday afternoon samuel Booker 23 of Greta street kurri suffered concussion He was admit…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 16
A car driven by Albert mandelberg of Bellevue Hill sydney got out of control at the corner of the main western road katoomab on sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Maitland Coal Victorian Railway Contract
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 14
It is announced by the victorian Railway commissioners that they have contracted to purchase 5000 tons of good quality Maitland coal at…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Killed by Motor Hamilton Woman's Death. Newcastle
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 16
Struck by a motor car at Hamilton at 8.15 last night, Mrs. Minnie May Cussan died less than an hour later in the Newcastle Hospital…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 11
Seven men were injured in Bowens-road, Kogarah, when the motor lorry on which they were travelling got out of the driver's control after skid…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 16
Returns furnished by the Government Statistician show that during 1028 15.407 accidents occurred in the public streets within the metropolitan…
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