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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 199

Woman Killed. Fall From Tram

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

While a tram bound from Sydney to Cook's River was proceeding along King-street, Newtown, early on Saturday night, Ethel Nora Mullen, aged…

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Wire Across Road Trap for Motorists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

Police are investigating a maniacal attempt to wreck a motor car on the main Sydney road, between Avenel and Longwood, on Friday night, says…

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Wire Across Road Motorists' Narrow Escape

Singleton Argus · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

Mr and Mrs Henry Johnson, of Mullcwa (Vic.), and their child, might easily have been killed, when their motor car struck a piece of fencing wire…

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Railway Unions Forty-eight Week Opposed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

At a combined meeting of the Newcastle and Port Waratah brunches of the A.R.U. on Sunday, a motion was carried in opposition to the…

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Motor Racing. Flying Mile Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 7

Two world's motor records were created at the Auckland's Club's annual meeting. Percy Coleman, winner of the President's Handicap,…

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Singleton Court. Breaches of Motor Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 6

Mr. D. W. Reed, P.M., occupied the Bench, at the Singleton. Police Court. Clifford William Halton was…

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Motor Notes. Why the Air Vent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 6

Few motorists understand why a breathing or air vent is provided in motor engine crankcases. The reason is that if not provision were made for…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 8

A motor cyclist, Joseph Armstrong, 20, of Brighton (Vic), was fatally injured in a collision on Saturday. His brother, William…

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Two Killed Week-end Motor Accidents. Melbourne Tragedies. Cycle and Car Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 8

Elizabeth Myrtle Council, aged 35 years, of Montague, was killed when the sidecar and a motor cycle driven by her husband came into collision…

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Struck by Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 8

While lack Bough, 20, of Gladesville, was motor cycling at Baulkham Hills, his machine skidded at a railway crossing, and was struck by…

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Motor Contest Eighteen Cars Compete. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 5

The big Royal Automobile Club's combined trial and touring contest promoted by the R.A.C. of Australia and the N.R.C. of Victoria commenced…

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Aeroplane Model

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 4

An interesting model of an aeroplane is on view in Mr. J. N. Lintett's window, Made by Mr. H. C. Morton, of East Maitland, it is three…

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Road Signs and Shire Charges

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 2

Despite a very definite claim made by Bellingen shire council against a sign-writing company for payment of certain advertising signs, which…

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Quirindi Show. Railway Arrangements

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 2

Railway arrangements in connection with the Quirindi Show, to be held on March 12, 13, and 14, provide for the issue of return tickets at the rate of…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 4

A. G. Roweliff, 48, living at Paterson, and employed at Martin's Creek, railway metal quarry, received abrasions to the right hand, probable…

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Windows Shattered. Motor Cyclist Crashes. Sensational Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 4

A sensational accident, which culminated in a young man being taken to the Maitland Hospital, occurred at J. F. O'Brien's…

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Morpeth-Port Stephens Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last, Mr. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Public Works when he intended to…

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Trappaud Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 March 1929 · page 4

The overseer of works, Mr. W. Vitnell, reported to West Maitland Municipal Council last evening, that, in his opinion, tho Trappaud Bridge,…

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The Long Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 March 1929 · page 4

The Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce wrote to the West Maitland Municipal Council last evening, urging council to request…

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Killed by Train Young Married Woman

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 March 1929 · page 2

Wellington, N.Z., Tuesday.—A young married woman, Gladys Evans, was killed instantly by a train on a level crossing near Hawera. The driver saw…

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