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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 199

Inspection of Roads

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 5

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., has been informed by the Minister for Local Government, in answer to his recent interview urging the Minister to…

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Bridge at Ecoleston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

At a recent meeting of the Wallarobba Shire Council a letter was received from the Main Roads Board intimating that £5000 was available…

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Main Roads Board Work

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 5

Mr. George Booth, M.L.A. has been informed by the Minister for Local Government in answer to his personal representations regarding postal…

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Concrete Road Making

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

The Cessnock Shire Council have carried out some concreting on the road near Neath, where the length of concrete roadway is to be laid…

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Attempt to Wreck Mail Train

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

A deliberate attempt to wreck the northern mail train between Innisfail and Cairns occurred at Da[?]adgee railway station yesterday. The…

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Main North Coast Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

The action of the Wallarobba Shire in endeavouring to induce the authorities to divert the main North Coast road was brought before the…

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Aeroplane Crashes. on Farm at Windsor. Man's Head Cut Off. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

A Moth aeroplane, which, with, another type, left Richmond aerodrome about 10.30 this morning, crashed on a farm outside Windsor half an hour…

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11-1 Wickets in One Season. B. Bridge's Record

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 1

Last year Bert Bridge, [?] member of the Muswellbrook B. grade club, took [?]1 wickets and to mark the feat he was presented with a ball, mounted…

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Shot on Train Arrest of Suspect. Sequel to Quarrel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 2

The police hunt for William Leslie, 23, who, it is alleged, shot Frank Bettinger, a middle-aged German, on the Geraldton to Perth train late on…

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Developmental Road Congewai to Martinville Proposal Receives Enthusiastic Support

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 5

A meeting of resident of was Congewa[?] was held in the Public School on Sunday last regarding the construction of a road from Congewai Creek to…

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Proposed Road Congewai to Martinsville Link Between Cessnock and Morisset

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 8

At Congewai, on Sunday, in the public school, a meeting was held for the purpose of furthering the proposed road linking Congewai and…

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Motor Show. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 6

One must confess to a feeling of disappointment after having visited the motor show, which concluded on Saturday after having been in progress for…

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Terrific Crash Motor Bus Strikes Pole. Boy Killed: Ten Injured. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 5

A motor lorry, in which 12 boys and youths were travelling to their homes from the swimming baths at Brighton Le…

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Newsboy Killed Fell From Moving Tram. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 5

While stepping from the back of a tram to a car in front at Sandringham to-day, Ernest Campbell, 12, a newsboy, slipped and fell…

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Motor Cvelist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

Mr. Frank Cridland, 32, of Elgin-street, West Maitland, the rider of a motor cycle, which came into [?]sion with a motor car, driven by…

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Railway Electrification

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 January 1929 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., has again placed before the Minister for Railways, Mr. Buttenshaw, the necessity for the electrification of the…

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Shooting on Train Charge of Murder

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 2

Franz Bettinger, the German who was shot in a train near Strawberry, W.A., on the Midland railway, on Friday night, died in hospital yesterday…

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Man Shot on Train Sequel to Quarrel. Arrest of Suspect

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 3

The police hunt for "William Leslie, aged 23, who, it is alleged, shot Frank Bettinger, a middle-aged German, on the Geraldton to Perth train late on…

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Railway Supplies. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 5

It was stated this afternoon that the Railway Department had only sufficient coal to provide for about twenty days' supply for the normal…

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Coal Position Railways Well Stocked. Coal Owners Meet SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 January 1929 · page 5

Should there be an upheaval on the Northern coalfields, it will not affect the railways, as there arc large stocks of coal in…

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