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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 199

Motor Notes. to Prevent Battery Acid Marks

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

The diluted sulphuric acid which forms the liquid or electroltye is an automobile buttery is destructive, to clothing and leather, and at first…

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Motor Accident Nine Injured. Two Families in a Collision

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

The members of two families were seriously injured in a motoring accident at the intersection of Lincoln-street and. Ninth-avenue,…

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Train Marooned. Railway Lines Washed Out. Queensland Rains. Rockhampton

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

The train which was marooned at Mills Creek owing to the flood waters, succeeded in reaching high ground. The passengers are quite safe. There…

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Train Tragedy. Adjourned Inquest. Further Evidence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 5

The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Archibald C. McCullum, of Malvern, Vic., whose body was found in the lavatory of the…

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Train Traveller Assaulted Aggressor Fined £10 and Costs

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

Charged with having assaulted Arthur Smith on the Cooma mail train on Friday night William Patrick Brown, a pipe-fitter's assistant, appeared at…

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Marooned Train Safe Magnificent Rainfalls. State Wide Jubilation. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

A message from Rockhampton states that the train which was marooned at Mills Creek owing to the flood waters has succeeded in reaching high ground…

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

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 3

Yet now Nora was telling off the days with an aching heart, though showing a smiling face to Riffmoor which must not suspect how hard…

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Motor Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

Mr. Vic Creagh, of. Mt. Peerless, had a nasty accident when his lorry overturned in a cutting on the Upper Bowman road. There was a number…

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Motor Accidents. Child Killed. Armidale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 5

Leslie Swan, 3, was knocked down and fatally injured by a car during the week-end…

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Queensland Floods Railways Submerged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 6

Torrential rain has fallen at Cardwell (Q.). Tully registered 15 inches for 48 hours to 9 o'clock on Sunday morning. The water at 7 o'clock at…

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Motor Cvcle Club

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

At a general meeting of the Maitland District Motor Cycle Club, Mr. J. C. Cameron was in the chair, and there was a good attendance of…

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Motor Notes. Filing Without Scratching

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 6

When filing, small particles of metal adhering to the file cause scratches on the work. This trouble can be prevented by chalking the file…

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Motor Cycling. Maitland Speedway. Excellent Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 7

There was a good attendance at the Maitland Speedway on Saturday evening, and although engine trouble spoilt several promising finishes, the…

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The Railways Drastic Changes

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 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 tramways…

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Toll of the Motor Four Killed: 20 Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 3

A heavy toll of life was taken on Saturday, when motor smashes occurred at Lawson, on the Blue Mountains, and on the Parramatta-road, Flemington. In…

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Motor Car Explosion Cessnock Resident Killed

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 2

Richard O 'Neill, of Aberdare, died in the Kempsey Hospital yesterday from injuries received as the result of an accident, at Yarras, near Wauchope, on…

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Cessnock-Maitland Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 7

The Cessnock-Maitland road bids fair to become one of the best motor routes in the North. Mr. J. F. Shine, Kearsley Shire Council…

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Suicide in Mail Train

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

The adjourned inquest on the death of Archibald McCallum, of Malvern (Vic), whose body was found in the Sydney-Tamworth mail…

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"Scandalous Condition" Kurri Kurri-lake Road Relief Work Question

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

During the last twelve months the Government spent nearly £20,000 in the issuing of food relief orders at Kurri Kurri and Weston…

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"In Dangerous Condition" Approach to Weston Bridge Coroner's Comment at Kurri Inquest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 5

"It seems to me that the approach to the bridge is in a very dangerous condition, and should be widened to do away with a death trap."…

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