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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1929

3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 199

Railways and the Public

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 4

In his letter, which appears in another portion of this issue, a correspondent imagines an attack upon the State Railway Department in…

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Port Stephens Proposed Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 3

The action of the Government in referring to the Public Works Committee the proposed railway from Morpeth to Port Stephens, may be…

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Tasmanian Floods Huge Losses. Railway Lines Out of Commission

The Scone Advocate · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 5

Almost every railway line in Tasmania is out of commission because of destroyed bridges or serious washaways…

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Motor and Cycling Notes

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 2

Of all the parts of the average car receiving the greatest abuse brakes occupy a prominent position, for they are regarded by most drivers as the…

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Cessnock Motor Cycle Club. Reliability Trial

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 1

May 12th has been chosen by the Cessnock District Motor Cycle Club for its second of three reliability trials (not races) for the Bennett and…

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Motor Cycle Trials How They Help Locals

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 10

Kurri Motor Club's activities have been quiescent for some time. One of its public activities will ever live in memory of those…

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Railway Sensation Mail Train Fireman Forcibly Removed

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

A sensational incident occurred on the railway platform at Warwick, Q., shortly after the arrival of the Sydney mail train, a fireman being…

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Reserves for Motorists. New Road to Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 16

The Under-Secretary for lands (Mr. W. J. Roper) has expressed to the N.R.M.A. the sympathy of his department with the effort to set up a series…

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Stanhope Reso Train, Visit

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 5

The visit of the Reso tran to Branxton gave the Victorian dairy farmers, managers, and others of the party who visited the…

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Reso Train. Tourists at Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 5

The Reso train arrived at Gloucester on Friday, and stayed 50 minutes. It was met by the Shire President (Councillor A. J. White) and…

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On Buffers Perilous Train Ride

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 13

A determined and dangerous attempt to obtain free travel from Sydney to Melbourne was made by a man on Saturday night…

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Reso Train. Visit to Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 11

The Chief Traffic manager, N.S.W. Railways, has advised the Newcastle Chamber of Committee, that the Victorian "Reso" train party will…

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Dissatisfied. Harbour Bridge Workers. Sydney, Tuesday

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 16

Work on the Sydney Harbour Bridge wan suspended the morning to enable the men to hold a stop-work meeting to ventilate their…

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Killed by Train Accident at Lidcombe

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 7

While walking along the railway line near Lidc[?]mbe Railway Station, on Tuesday afternoon, Gordon Sheridan. 45, of Lidcombe, was run down…

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Not Serious Damage to Moir's Plane. Accident When Near Aerodrome. London, April 5

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 12

Captain Moir and Flight-Lieut. Owen proceeded to Alexandria to meet the Vickers-Siddeloy exports to arrange aerial transport to…

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Fell Under Train. Young Woman Fatally Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 9

Just as the 6.25 a.m. train from Gosford was leaving on [?]/th inst., the driver saw a woman fall on the ralls and pulled up the train, which was…

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Developmental Road. West Wallsend to Kurri

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 11

Kearsley Shire Council has decided to co-operate with Lake Macquarie Council in a move to have a road from West Wallsend to Kurri…

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Main Road Contracts Estimates by Shire

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 9

That he and the council were placed in a difficult position in giving an estimate as a competitive figure against contractor's tenders, was the…

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Toll of the Roads Deaths in France. Paris, April 7

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 12

Dentils from road accidents in France in 1928 totalled 2000…

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Reso Train Victorian Dairy Farmers On Tour. Visit To Singleton SINGLETON

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 3

The Reso train, conveying dairy factory managers, dairymen, and others, arrived this morning. The visitors…

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