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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

4,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 63 of 203

Brother and Sister Killed. Tragic Motor Smash

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 5

When a motor car got out of control and turned completely over, near Broke yesterday, a brother anil sister were killed…

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Goods Train Derailed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 2

Between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday a special goods train proceeding northward, became derailed! at the 162 m.p. near Nooroo. The…

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Impassable Road, Which?

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 2

The Raymond Terrace correspondent to the Newcastle "Herald" should not make wild statements concerning the Ten Gardens road…

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New Port Stephens Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 2

The road from Salt Ash to Lemon Tree Passage is now completed and car owners who have made the trip state that the surface is in an…

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Better Farming Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 4

Recently, the Branxton Progress Association made representations to Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A., asking that the better farming train stay at…

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New Northern Road

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 3

The 22 miles section of the new northern-road, between Hawkesbury River and Gosford, has just been traversed for its whole distance by a car…

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BRITISH & Foreign News, The following items are from English papers just to hand:— Floating Aerodrome

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 3

The huge electrically-driven aircraft carrier, Saratoga, the keel of which was laid in 1920, has just been completed for the United States Navy at New…

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Road Problems Government Aid for Shires Foreshadowed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 6

The intentions of the Government in regard to road construction and assistance to shires were foreshadowed by the Minister for Local Government (Mr…

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Freight Reduction Motor Cars Fob, Australia New York, April 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 5

The Roosevelt Steamship Line, operating the America-Australian line; Funch, Edye, and Company, operating the Cunard service, and…

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Motor Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 4

A boy named Raymond Scarlett, 14, was killed in a motor accident at Limeburner's Creek last evening. A motor lorry, driven by Mr. George…

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Youths' Escapade Motorist Held Up

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 3

Two youths escaped from the Invercargill Borstal institution. N.Z., on Thursday One, named Maxfield 18 years old, procured a change of…

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Declining Revenue. the Victorian Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 6

The Victorian railway receipts from July 1 to March 31 were £650,014 less than for the corresponding period of the previous year; goods…

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Railway Intelligence

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 2

It appears that the system of notifying country stations of trains leaving Sydney for those stations is not as perfect as it might be. On Wednesday…

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Motor Notes News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 3

Local Governing bodies in the Murray Valley, on the Victorian side, are moving strongly to have a national highway built along the valley, says…

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Railway Tragedy Official's Alleged Neglect

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 April 1928 · page 5

At the Parramatta Sessions on Wednesday, William Edward Barton, a railway official, was charged with having feloniously slain Leslie Clark…

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Thornton-Minmi Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 4

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., interviewed the Acting Premier, Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw, relative to the proposed grant for the repairing of the…

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Tram Collision. Ten Persons Injured. Smash at Five Dock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 2

Ten passengers were injured on Saturday night which a tram, which, it is slated, get out of control on the decline loading to the Fivedock loop, in…

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Motor-cars Kill Tress

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 2

The Paris, Municipal Council is seriously, concerned (according to the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail") at the great mortality of the…

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Skull Fractured. Motor Cars Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 8

Four men and two children had narrow escapes on Saturday afternoon, when a motor car in which they were travelling collided with a…

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Through Fence. Motor Car Out of Control

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 April 1928 · page 8

While a motor car was being driven along Sydney-road, near the Auburn Meatworks, early yesterday morning, it ran off the road, and,…

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