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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 199

Railway Repair Shops

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 4

That the Railway Department intended to build carriage and waggon repair shops in the north, was s statement made by Mr. Frank L…

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Intrepid Lady Motorists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 6

Interesting visitors are two lady motorists, the Misses McIntyre and Shorlock, who after driving their Dodge car from Townsville to…

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Victims of Motor Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 4

The condition of Edward Franklin, the boy who was knocked down by a motor, car in High Street West Maitland, on Friday night last, was…

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Speed Motorist Killed. Attack on Segrave's Record. Ends in Disaster. Camera Man Cut in Halves. Daytona Beach, March 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 5

While attempting to break the record recently established by Major Segrave, an American driver, Mr. J. M. Lee Bible, in White's triplex car, travelling at 202 miles an hour, crashed into a sand dune and was killed…

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Train Jumping

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 4

At East Maitland Police Court, Thomas Walton and James O'Donohue were convicted on a charge of travelling in a railway carriage between…

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"Cross-Roads" Signs

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 10

On Tuesday was commenced the erection of direction finger-posts around Cessnock. That at the junction of the old and…

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Weston Railway Bridge Deputation to Colliery Management

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 2

A deputation which will wait on the superintendent of the Hebburn collieries at an early date will ask that the present traffic bridge…

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Reso Train Victorian Visitors

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 2

Delegates from various public bodies, numbering nine, met on Tuesday night last, to discuss the visit or the Victorian farmers on the Reso…

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Harbour Bridge Men Again Threaten Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 6

Unless a compulsory conference is granted to discuss their claims for double wages the ironworkesr and boilermakers employed on the Sydney…

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Kearsley Shire Roads Repairs Being Carried Out

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 7

Many roads in the Kearsley Shire Council area damaged by the went heavy rains arc undergoing repairs. While the work being carried out…

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Fall From Train Young Man Dies From Injuries. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 5

Roy Brown, 22, who fell from a train near Clyde last night died this morning…

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That Main Road Question Again. Deputation to Minister Not Representative of People. "A One Man Show"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 10

Although it was confidently believed that the deputation to meet the Minister for Local Government concerning the alteration of the…

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Railway Employees' Picnic. Held at Muswellbrook Last Saturday. an Enjoyable Outing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 8

Last Saturday was the occasion of the annual picnic gathering of the railway employees, comprising the section from Singleton to Tamworth…

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Baby Competition. at Railway Picnic

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 1

The baby competition at the railway employees' picnic attracted 30 entries, and a great deal of interest was centred therein. Dr. Garrett and Matron…

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Intrepid Lady Motorists

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 7

Interesting visitors are two lady motorists, the Misses McIntyre and Sherlock, who, after driving their Dodge car from Townsville to…

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Railway Picnic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 3

The annual picnic of the railway employees from Singleton to Barraba, Werris Creek, Tamworth, and intermediate stations, took place on…

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Victims of Motor Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 4

The hospital authorities reported this afternoon that there was no change in the condition of Edward Franklin, who is still in an…

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Port Stephes Development League Proposed Railway to Port Stephens

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 1

We are amazed at the apparent apathy in connection with the forth coming Public Works Inquiry. A body of apparently "live wires"…

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World's Speed Record. Motoring at 231 Miles an Hour. Daytona Beach

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 6

Major H .O. D. Segrave, the British speed motorist, set a now world's automobile speed record to-day, when he travelled at the speed of 231.36246…

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Motor and Cycling Notes

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 2

Many motorists will no doubt be surprised to learn of the car mileage covered daring the process of testing Dunlop Company's fleet of cars, which…

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