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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 199

Rich Stone at Cowra Used for Road Paving

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 March 1929 · page 1

Messrs. J. Perry and E. Scott, of Port Kombla, were sponcling a holiday at Cowra, when thoy noticed that the stone ballast on the roads was rich in…

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Motor Cars Collide

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

A collision occurred between two cars on Monday afternoon at the intersection of John and Campbell-streets…

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A Long List. Seventy-three Charges-against Railway Guard. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 March 1929 · page 5

At the Burwood Court to-day, Henry Charles Bentley, a railway guard, was charged with alleged wholesale thefts of parcels…

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Alleged Thefts of Parcels Railway Guard Charged. Unlicensed Pistol Found. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 March 1929 · page 2

At the Burwood Court to-day Henry Charles Bentley, a railway guard, was charged with the alleged wholesale thefts of parcels consigned to Moss…

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Fined £20 Each Five Youths in Stolen Motor Car

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 March 1929 · page 2

A fine of £20 in each case, in default three months' hard labour, was imposed at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday upon William Cuthbert Pendlcbury, 18,…

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Buck Snake in Motor Car Under Child's Feet

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 March 1929 · page 2

Mr and Mrs Alf. Sullivan, of Clybucca, near Kempscy, discovered a black snake in their car on Sunday last while driving to Smithtown…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Crashed Through Plateglass Window

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 March 1929 · page 2

The admission of Harry Pattinson, aged 19, to the Maitland General Hospital yesterday, suffering from extensive injuries, followed a sensational…

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Man's Leg Severed Trucks Crash Into Tramcar Asked for Cigarette, Brisbane

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 March 1929 · page 2

Benjamin Saunders had his left leg severed when some runaway, railway trucks crashed, into a tramcar at Loganroad level crossing last night. When…

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Motor Camp at Barrington Tops

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

An Easter motor camp at Barrington Tops is being arranged. The programme provides for the arrival of campers at Moonan's Flat at lunch…

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The Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 6

The roads are certainly in need of some little attention. It only required a visit by the Shire Councillors to convince them of the…

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Roads—Ancient and Modern Interesting Review

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 3

The evolution of the road, that great instrument of civilisation, is an interesting subject, closely reflecting as it does the social, economic, and…

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State Loan Works Kearsley Shire Roads

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 4

Reporting on State Joan works at last night's meeting of the Kcarsl'ey Shire Council, the engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine) slated that the works in…

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Goods Train. Another Derailment. Tamworth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 5

A derailment, the second in two days, of a regular goods train plying between Tamworth and Werris Creek, occurred yesterday when four…

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Damage to New Road Surface

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 2

The wastefulness involved in the improving of roads merely to permit of their being cut up by heavy timber drawing vehicles is…

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Bridge Strike. Graduated Wages Wanted. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 5

The trouble in respect to the strike on the Sydney Harbour Bridge is still unsettled, as a result of which there was no work to-day…

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Strike on Harbour Bridge Claims for £16 a Week

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 6

Bocause demands for higher wages were not conceded about 150 ironworkers and boiler-makers ceased work on the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday…

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On Strike. Men on Harbour' Bridge. Dissatisfied with Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 6

Boilmakers and ironworkers, comprising about 150 men in all, ceased work on the harbour bridge on Thursday…

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First Concrete Section West Maitland to Cessnock Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 5

In a progress report concerning the first concrete section of the main West Maitland to Cessnoek road, the Kearsley Shire engineer,…

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Railway Picnic. At Muswellbrook To-morrow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 1

The railway employees on the section from Singleton to Werris Creek will hold their annual picnic on the Muswellbrook show ground…

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The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. reports that the Railway Commissioners, who for a long time have been concerned about competition of motor vehicles with…

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