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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 199

Woman Killed. Two Men Injured. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 9

When a motor car overturned near Pendle Hill, early on 1st inst., a young man was killed and two men were injured…

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Man Crushed. Enfield Railway Tragedy

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 9

Crushed between an engine and a tender at the Enfield railway works on Friday afternoon. Jack Bowden, 37, of Granville, received fatal…

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The Soviet. Constructing Motor Car Factory. Moscow. March 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 2

The Soviet is constructing a motor car factory, with an output of 100,000 annually…

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Struck by Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 14

While jack Bough, 20, of [?] was motor cycling, at Baulkham Hills, his machine. skidded at a railway crossing, and was struck by…

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Motor Contest Eighteen Cars Compete. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 14

The big Royal Automobile Club's combined trial and touring contest promoted by the R.A.C. of Australia and the N.R.C. of Victoria commenced…

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Railway Unions Forty-eight Week Opposed

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1929 · page 14

At a combined meeting of the Newcastle and Port Waratah branches of the A.R.U. on Sunday, a motion was carried in opposition to the…

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Porter Killed. Run Down by Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 2

John Hill, a railway porter, was run down by a shunting train near Indooroopilly railway station (Q.), on Saturday afternoon and cut…

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Rail and Road. This Competition Bogey

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 8

There is at the present time a tendency, in some quarters, to eye with disfavour the expenditure of public moneys upon those roads…

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Huge Cracks in Roads. No People Injured. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 2

Further particulars to hand of the earthquake shocks at the entrance to Otira Tunnel, New Zealand, show, that nobody was injured…

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N.Z. Earthquakes. Great Cracks in Roads. People Rush Prom Dance Hall Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 5

Further particulars of the earthquake shocks at the entrance to the Otria tunnel, New Zealand, show that nobody was injured…

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Woman Killed. Two Motor Cars Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 2

When two motor cars collided head-on in High street, Northcote (Vic), on Sunday afternoon, a woman was thrown on to the jagged…

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Hit-run Driver Hexham Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 2

An accident at Hexham on Saturday afternoon, in which a motorist, after crashing into a motorcycle, is alleged to have driven on without stopping,…

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Man Killed. Knocked Down by Motor Lorry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 2

Charles August, aged 40, of City-road, was knocked down by a motor lorry on Saturday night while crossing Cleveland street, Sydney. He…

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Motor Racing. Australasian Beach Campionship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 2

The Muriwal Beach (N.Z.) motor races on Saturday included the Australasian beach championship over 25 miles…

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Victims of Motor Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 4

The condition of Howard C. Simmons, and Edward Franklin, who were injured in motor accidents on Friday night, was stated this…

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Motor Cycle Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Maitland' District Motor Cycle Club, there was a good attendance of members. Mr. J. C. Cameron was the…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 4

Roy Waight, 21, living at Wallsend-road, Sandgate, fell from a motor cycle in High-street, West Maitland, and received slight concussion,…

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Motor Notes. Oiling the Springs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 March 1929 · page 6

Broken springs are usually caused by loose spring clips which permit sufficient strain to reach the centre of the spring, which is its weakest…

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Stroud Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 1

After suffering for many years the injustice of having all mail matter for this district carried to Sroud, and returned many hours…

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Chinaman's Hollow Bridge Curve Not Straightened

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 6

Apart from Press publicity, Mr. J. Watson, of Cessnock, successful tenderer for the concrete, between Weston…

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