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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1928

4,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 69 of 203

Huge Profit. Morris Motors, Ltd. London, April 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 April 1928 · page 8

Morris Motors (1020), Ltd., allows a profit of £1,034,997, of which preference shares absorb £225,000. The report states that "in order to use all…

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Thornton-minmi Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 5

Representations were resently made by the Tarro Shire Council. through Mr. G. Booth, M.p., to the Minister for Local Government,…

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Nelson's Bay Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 2

Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., has been informed by the Main Roads Board as follows:—In reply to your communication re above, I am…

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Raymond Terrace-Booral Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 2

Hon. Walter Bennett, M. L. A., who complained of the execrable condition of the main North Coast road, between Raymond Terrace and…

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Better Farming Train Health Department's Contribution

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 4

The Health Department's contribution to the Better Farming Train, though comparatively small in extent, is full of interest. Nothing concerns…

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Better Farming Train. Health Department's Contribution

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 2

The Health Department's contribution to the Better Farming Train, which will arrive in Scone on Saturday next, though comparatively small in…

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Harbour Bridge Strike. Men Decide to Resume

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 8

A deputation. representing the crane men, who strunk on the sydney Harbour Bridge works, waited upon the management and put…

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Better Farming Train. Importance of Good Health

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 5

The Health Department's contribution to the Better Farming Train, though comparatively small in extent, is full of interest. Nothing concerns…

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Denman News. Sports at Martindale. Need for Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 2

The Martindale Progress Association's annual hamper picnic and sports was held on Easter Monday, and considering the wet weather and the fact of the…

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North Shore Bridge Work Held Up. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 2

Cranedrivers employed on the construction, of the North Shore bridge struck work this morning. Their grievance was that while the men inside the…

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Between Trams. Motor Oar Crushed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 4

To have their motor car crushed between two train cars and irreparably damaged and yet to escape injury, was the remarkable good fortune of…

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Muswellbrook Shire Council. Monthly Meeting. Programme for Year—29 Minor Roads Will Benefit

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Muswcllbrook Shire Council was held on Friday last, when there were present:—Crs. D. M. Bell (president), J. Lonergan,…

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The Better Farming Train. Due at Scone on Saturday Next. Demonstrations and Lectures by Prominent Men. Ten Exhibition Cars Open From 10 a.m. DAILY

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 4

The Director of Agriculture (Mr. A. H. E. McDonald) in a message to producers within reach of the stopping places on the coming tour of the Better…

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Hundreds Killed Chinese Railway Disaster. Shanghai

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 2

Inestimable hundreds of Chinese were killed when a v refugee train en route to Tientsin collided with a military train on a bridge at the Fai River…

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Railway Travelling

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 2

A passenger to Singleton by the 8.37 p.m. train from Sydney on Sunday complains bitterly of the inadequate accommodation provided by the Railway…

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Motor Cyclist. Found Dying on Roadside

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 2

About 2 a.m. on Saturday Mr J. Lynch was going along the Benalla (Vic.) road in a motor lorry when he found Frank Rodda unconscious on the…

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Train Wreckers Attempt on Broken Hill Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 9

A letter named Gross, while patrolling early on Tuesday morning, near Broken Hill, discovered what appeared, to be a deliberate…

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Cessnock-lake Road Questions in Assembly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly. Mr. Baddeley asked the Minister for Local Government if he had noticed the statement of Mr. Farrar Minister for…

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Lost an Eye. Struck by Parcel Thrown From Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 7

While a passenger train on December last was passing through Longmollow station (Q.), a railway employee named Ernest C. Neilson, who…

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Armed Bandits. Chicago Train Passengers Robbed. Daring Hold-up. Chicago April 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 10

Four armed and masked bandits entered the obseryation car of the North-western Railroad Overland, Limited, just outside the Chicago…

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