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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

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Wiseman's Ferry Road Work Dismissal of Men

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 6

Yesterday a deputation of the Newcastle district members of Parliament, introduced by Mr. H. Connelly M.P., waited upon Mr. Bruxner the…

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New Models on the Road Essex "The Challenger."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 5

Because of the great all-round improvements which have been effected. the Essex is now called "The Challenger," and as the name implies,…

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The Road to Utopia. Quite Easy to Follow. If Mr. Davies Be Correct

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 2

Mr. Davies, general secretary of the Miners Federation, addressing the Constitutional Association in Sydney, argued that the…

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Railway Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 6

The traffic on the railway looks like being the lowest at, Easter time for some years, particularly if the showery weather which commenced…

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Proposed Railway Morpeth to Pindimar. Refered to Public Works Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 8

The Minister for works moved in the Legislative Assembly that the question of the construction of the Morpeth to Pindimar railway should…

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Coalfield Railways Kurri Trains Discontinued

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 10

The South Maitland Railways, Ltd., has decided to curtail train facilities pending a settlement of the coal trouble. The train service between…

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Absence of Town Clock Again Deplored "We Don't Know Where We Are,"says Ald. Shakespeare. Railway Time to Be Taken as the Standard

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 28 March 1929 · page 7

"Nobody in this town seems to know the right time I want to know it there is a possibility of getting a standard time to go by."…

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The Road to Utopia Quite Easy to Follow. If Mr. Davies Be Correct

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 4

Mr. Davies, General Secretary of the Miners' Federation addressing the Constitutional Association in Sydney on Monday, argued that the…

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Tragedy Reigns. People Trampled to Death

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 3

Tragedy marked the scenes at the Arc de Triomphe late this afternoon, where hundreds of thousand passed the bier…

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The Development of Port Stephens Proposed Railway From Morpeth

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 6

The opening up of Port Stephens by railway from Morpeth would be giving decentralisation a practical turn, and would be in keeping with…

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Morpeth-Pindimar Railway Referred to Works Committee

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 2

We have been informed by Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., that the Assembly has referred to the Public Works Committee the Morpeth to…

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Motor Collision Verdict for £100 Damages. Against Greta Resident

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 6

Alleging negligence, Cyril Give Bailey, of Cessnock, proceeded against Frederick Bernard M'Cosker, of Greta, at Maitland District Court on…

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The Railway Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 7

As the Parents and Citizens' Association had received no satisfactory reply in connection with the matter of the railway bridge over the…

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Road

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 8

Station Lane has received no attention for some considerable time, and is in a very bad state. A visit by the Shire Councillors, and they…

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Melville Bridge League

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 6

There was an excellent attendance of members of Melville Bridge League at its meeting at Rosebrook on Tuesday night, when the president (Mr. F…

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Fatal Fall. From Harbour Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 5

Thomas McKeown, 48, a rigger, who was killed on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, on Tuesday afternoon, sustained dreadful injuries…

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Road Collision. Motor Smash at Night. Verdict for £100

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 5

For damages sustained in a collision between two motor cars on the Newcastle road, on the night of December 22, Cyril Clive Bailey, of…

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Bridge Wanted. Across Westbrook to Mundewoi

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 14

A deputation, representing the ratepayers of Westbrook-road, waited upon the Shire Council at Singleton with reference to the construction of…

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Faulty Signals. Blamed for Train Collision

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 16

A collision between a goods train and a mail train from the West Coast occurred at Kirwee (N.Z.). Three carriages were damaged, but…

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Mail Robbery on Moree Mail Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 March 1929 · page 11

A thief rifled the mail box on the Moree mail on Saturday and stole about 150 letters. It is not known yet whether they contained any…

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