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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

4,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 203

Kearsley Railway Crossing. Bridge Plans Being Prepared

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 6

The recent representations of Horsley Shire Council for an overhead bridge at Kearsley railway crossing apparently will come to fruition…

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Motor Magnate Coming. to Examine Road Conditions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 6

Mr. W. N. Morris, head of the Morris-Cowley motor firm in England has arrived at Auckland, on route to Australia. where he intends to examine…

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The Anti-Road Hogs

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 7

The fact that the motorist who doesn't observe the rules of the road and of good manners is as much a menace to other motorists and to his…

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Repairs to Roads Kearsley Shire Work

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 5

Repair work to the Kurri Kurri Maitland Road is at present being carried out by the Kearsley Shire Council. That portion of the road…

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Gates on Roads. (To the Editor.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

Sir,—Apparently my letter of the 10th. ultimo rapped Mr. Moore's conscence fairly hard or he would not have written such unreasonable ideas in an…

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Anti-Road Hog. League Formed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 6

Motor car accidents in Australia are now, on an average, causing one death and injury to 10 persons daily. This was one of the statements made…

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Road Improvements Tarring Dowling Street

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

Dungog Municipal Council employees are busy tarring the surface of Dowling Street. Dungog. The road was scarified and rolled some…

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That Broke Road. Kearsley Shire Criticised

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 5

Kearsley Shire Council came in for criticism in regard to the proposed Cessnock—Broke Road at a meeting of the Combined Progress Association…

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Newcastle-sydney Road. To be Fully Concreted

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 5

There Is much criticism extended by train travellers on the subject of the capacity of the road-now under construction from Sydney to…

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Newcastle-Maitland Road Undertaking Too Big Council's Position

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 5

That the reconstruction of the Newcastle-Maitland road with the necessary bridges had proved financially to be an undertaking beyond…

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South to West Cessnock Road Proposed Alteration of Route

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 5

In reporting on the South to West Cessnock Road last night, the Mayor (Ald. O'Neil) said that from perusing the correspondence he found it…

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Muswellbrook Municipal Council. Fortnightly Meeting. the Gasworks—an Offensive Drain—gerald Park Road—bands Wants Rotunda

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting oil the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening, when there were present: Aldermen D. Jordan (Deputy-Mayor),…

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Further Progress. the Railway Rest House

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 1

Some time ago the Municipal Council brought under the notice of the Railway Department facts concerning the lack of accommodation at the rest…

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Frozen at Wheel. Lady Motorist's Ordeal. Fight for Record

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 6

"It was terrible: I thought it was the end; when they came to relieve me I was crying with the pain." This was the frank admission of the…

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Motor Accidents. Less Than One Per Cent. in Public Hospitals

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 6

Mr. J. C. Watson, president of the N.R.M.A., says the number of accidents in which motor vehicles in New South Wales figure in any way is less than…

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Scone Wants New Railway Station

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 3

The residents of Scone are agitating for a new railway station building, which is said to be behind the times. We think a similar movement for more…

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Drastic Changes Consolidating Railway Staffs. Economy's Demand NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 5

Drastic changes in connection with the offices of the Railway Area Commissioners and District Superintendents are foreshadowed, and these…

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Dungog Motor Cycle Club BANQUET

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 5

A very nice banquet was tendered to the visiting cyclists by the above club, at the Globe Cafe on Anniversary night. The tables were…

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Motor Offences. Safety of Public. More Drastic Punishment Suggested. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

A prominent Sydney legal man, in report to the National Safety Council of Australia, suggested that magistrates should have powers, as in South…

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Lack of Sanitary Arrangements S.M. Railways Criticised

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 5

A complaint against the entire absence of sanitary arrangements on passenger trains on the South Maitland line was voiced by Aid. Elliott at…

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