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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 199

'Beggars Description" Condition of Kurri Kurri-Lake Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

During the week end many motorists used the Kurri Kurri-Lake Road to take them to the lake shores cool breezes…

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Weston's Main Road Further Discussion on Question. Deputation's Report

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 4

Further business relating to the question of Weston's main road was brought up at the annual meeting of thee Weston Progress Association on…

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Seven Injured When Motor Lorry Overturned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 3

Seven men were injured in Bowens-road, Kogarah, when the motor lorry on which they were travelling got out of the driver's control after…

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FINED £20. Drunken Motor Driver. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 5

William John Carroll, 36, an agent, was fined £20 or three months' imprisonment at the Central Court to-day for having driven a motor…

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Railway to Port Stephens Cessnock Council to Co. Operate. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 4

Cessnock Municipal Council decided last night to co-operate with Stroud Shire and Port Stephens Developmental League in having the proposed…

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Cheap Railway Excursions

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

A further notification is given regarding the cheap excursions to be run during the second week in February. Intending travellers are…

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Scone Railway Premises Improvements Sought. Commissioner Sympathetic Plans for Standard Platform. and Overhead Footbridge

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

At the invitation of the Scone Municipal Council, which for some time past has been moving to the end of having improvements effected at the…

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State Railways. Should They Be Sold? Drastic Ills Need Drastic Remedies

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 4

Mr. Charles Binnie, who writes this article, is President of the Stockowners' Association. He has a reputation for…

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Motor World

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 5

The maximum fine (£20) under the present Act, was inflicted by a Sydney magistrate upon a drunken driver recently, reports the N.R.M.A. In…

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Squatter's Deal. in Motor Trucks. Results in Arrest

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 6

"Well, do you think you would like one of those trucks! We can offer you excellent terms of payment." "Terms, pshaw! One truck,…

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British Supremacy Workmanship and Material. Attempt at World's Motor Record. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Capetown

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 6

Captain Campbell arrives on Monday to attack the world's speed motor record, at Verneuk Pau. He wirelessed in response to…

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Gay Party in Railway Street. "Had a Dozen Bottles"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 4

Just when a gay little party, being staged in Railway-street, Kurri Kurri, on Sunday, January 20th, had reached its zenith, Sergeant…

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Anxious Train Trip. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 5

A train from Kempsey yesterday had an exciting experience owing to bush fires which approached the lines…

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Broke Road. Council Not Responsible for Delay

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 11

It was reported at Kearsley Shire Council on 24th ult., by the engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine) that the survey, plans, and specifications of the Broke…

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Lucky Escape. Fell Between Train and Platform. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 13

Isaac Newton, 70, dropped between a train and the platform at Allowah railway station this morning, and would assuredly have been run over…

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Damaged Rail Train Bumps Violently. Lucky Discovery, Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 16

At a late hour last night, the guard of a train bound from Sydney to Liverpool, felt a violent bumping near Casula…

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Meat and Groceries Supplies at Road Workers' Camp

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 9

On behalf of the unemployed who have been placed in work on the main roads work at Yarrowitch, Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., has interviewed…

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Road Work Employment of Foreigners. Erskinville Suggestion. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 16

At a meeting of the Erskinville Council last night, one alderman declared that he know of a case where an Italian had been brought all the…

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Five Injured Tram and Motor Car Collide

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 13

When a tram and a motor car came into collision at Fivedock, Sydney, late on Sunday afternoon, five persons were injured…

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Loss of Life Feared Train Buried Under Snowdrift. London, Jan. 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1929 · page 13

A report from Bucharest says that it is feared that 40 people have perished from cold and starvation in a snowdrift…

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