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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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

The N.r.m.a. and Drunken Motorists

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

Definite instructions have been given to the N.R.M.A. patrol men to take every reasonable measure to discourage the presence of intoxicated…

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The Noisy Motor Cyclist

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

A special appeal is made by the N.R.M.A. to motor cyclists td assist in removing the impression unquestionably hold by a large…

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Are Motorists Persecuted

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. suggests that a number of cases brought specially to its attention would appear to indicate that certain suburban police officers…

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N.R.M.A. Notes. Motor Sale Victim

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 4

Persons purchasing cars are urged by the N.R.M.A. to exercise every care with their agreement, and to see that no suspicious blanks are…

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Radio in the Home You Hear It All Over the Air Radio on the Motor Bus

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 5

The first radio-equipped coach in Australia now runs between Sydney and Goulburn. The receiver is a live-valve, the aerial being hidden in the ceiling of…

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Motoring & Cycling Notes

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 2

Not all motorists realise the importance of using only good conditioned tubes in their covers. The length of life of a tube can only be ascertained…

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Steel Sleepers for Railway Lines British Experiments

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 1

For some time past extensive experiments have been carried out by practically all the British railway companies with, a view to finding whether the…

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Mystery Death in Railway Carriage Foul Play Discounted

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 2

Further inquiries concerning the death of Archibald. McCullum, the Victorian, whose body was found in a lavatory of the Sydney-Tamworth mail train…

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Motor Cycle Ablaze Dive Opf Cliff

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 8

While Frank Coleman, aged 19, was riding a motor-cycle at Pymble, his machine got out of control and with him dived over a 20-foot cliff. The…

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Bishop's Bridge Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 6

Mr. T. Nicholls, of Bishop's Bridge, on behalf of residents of the district has naked Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., to endeavour to secure a relief grant…

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Third Victim. Train and Motor Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 4

Mrs. Lillian Anderson, aged 25, died on Wednesday at Horoltu in Walkato (N.Z.) She Makes the third vicitim of the…

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Two Women Killed. Train Crashes Into Motor Car

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 3

A train travelling through Walkate (N.Z.) at 40 miles an hour crashed into a motor car on the Horetul crossing…

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Cars Fall Over Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 7

Two serious motor accidents, caused in the name way, and at the same place, occurred at the overhead railway bridge oast of Moo (Vic), on…

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Hurled From Train. Passenger's Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 5

A remarkable tragedy occurred in the Whangaref (N.Z.) railway line, which winds in and put of mountain gorges, often with a sheer drop to…

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Main Roads Board. Record Expenditure This Year

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 5

For each of the last three years Main Roads Board expenditure has increased, and it is expected that in 1920 there will be a still larger amount…

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Train Beaten . Steamer's Trip Prom Brisbane

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 14

A new record for a passage between Brisbane and sydney was made by the Orient liner Orama which entered the Heads on Saturday…

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Train Smash. Young Porter's Admission. Pulled Wrong Lever

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 11

Members of the Board of Inquiry appointed to Investigate the railway accident at Koo-wee-rup (Vic.), on Monday, in which 54 persons were…

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The Road That Led Home (Published by Special Arrangement.) Copyright. Chapter XXXI.—(Continued)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 3

For it was, indeed, Nora who stood there laughing at them with tears behind the laughter, her slender little figure swathed in a blue and…

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The Road That Led Home (Published by Special Arrangement.) Copyright Chapter XXV.—(Continued)

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 10

Lutie made no reply—perhaps none was expected—and a couple of minutes later after an interval of rapid pen-scratching Nora blotted the…

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The Railways Changes in Administrative Control

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 4

Drastic changes are contemplated by the Government early in the New Year in regard to the administrative control of the railways and the…

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