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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

4,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 203

Manslaughter Charge. Sequel to Motor Car Fatality. Cairns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 5

Police Groppi, driver of the motor oar which somersaulted over a bridge at Babinda, when Iva. Hay Barbe, an Italian named Bastaste Martin were…

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Italian Charged. Sequel to Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 3

The Commissioner of Police, Brisbane, has been advised by Inspector Mann, of Cairns, that the Italian, Felice Croppi, the driver of the car…

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Fatal Collision Death of Roy Wile. Fell Under Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 3

At Cessnock Courthouse on Wednesday, the District Coroner (Mr. O. Brown, J.P.), hold an inquiry into the circumstances of the death of…

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Motor Disaster Racing at Terrific Speed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 3

Racing along with terrific speed, a motor car crashed through the railings of Babinda Creek bridge, Queensland, at 1 o'clock on. Tuesday morning, and…

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Collision with a Car Motor Cyclist Awarded Damages

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 2

Alfred John Brown, in Newcastle Small Debts Court, on Tuesday, was awarded £10 damages, which he claimed from Frank Flannery, for…

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Eagle Attacks Aeroplane MELBOURNE

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 3

When an areoplane speeding to pick up an injured man passed over Hay yesterday it was attacked by a big eagle…

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A Corious Bridge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 7

Lucerne, in Switerland, possesses what is probably the most unisue bridge in the world, as well as one of the greatest historic interest. This…

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Better Farming Train

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 9

The Dartbrook branch of the Agricultural Bureau at its meeting on Tuesday last passed a resolution in favor of the secretary writing to the…

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Gates on Public Roads

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 1

The controversy concerning gates on public roads brings to mind the experience of one of Muswellbrook's doctors, when on a call to a sick person living…

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Arm Severed. Fell Under Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 3

John Woodward, a carpenter, working at Port Kembia, attempted to board a moving train at the Wellongong station, but missed his foot…

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What Bad Roads Mean to Motor Tyres American Investigations Reveal Staggering Losses. Conversion of Surfaces

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 1

Though most motorists naturally do not concern themselves with the technique with the to highway engineering, they are intensely interested in their…

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Broke Road Survey. Now Completed

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 5

The Main Roads Board has advised Kearsley Shire Council that the clinometer survey of the proposed Cessnock-Broke developmental road had…

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Alternative Route South to West Cessnock Road

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 5

At a special meeting of Cessnock Municipal Council last night it was decided to request the Lauds Department to make a survey of the…

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Registration. or Motor Cars. to Be Displayed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 7

Details of a proposed new scheme for the display of motor ear owners' registration receipts on the windscreens of their cars were given by the…

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Union Merger. Railways and A.W.U. 250,000 Members. Negotiations in Progress. Hobart

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 2

What is regarded in union circles as the most important trade union merger in the history of Australia was foreshadowed, at the convention of the…

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Echo of Collision. Between Car and Motor Lorry Plaintiff Succeeds in Claim for £10

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 3

An echo of a collision between two motor vehicles in Vincent-street on October 4th last was heard at the Small Debts Court on Tuesday when…

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Motorists Should Note ! A Wonderful Publication

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 5

“The rapid development of motoring, whilst adding many facilities for the advancement of business and pleasure, has brought with it…

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Better Farming Train to .Take) Road Again

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 11

Arrangements have been made by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) for further tours of the Bettor Farming Train, which last…

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Carburettor Stolen Motor Train Held Up. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 5

A carburettor, stolon from the Muswekllbrook-Merriwa motor tram, was missed from the Muswellbrook station on Thursday morning, and…

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Broke-Cessnock Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., has been informed by the Main Roads Board that no application has been received from Kearsley Shire Council in…

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