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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

2,724 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 137

Indian Resumes Solo Flight Damaged Aeroplane Repaired. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 2

The Indian, Singh, who recently had an aeroplane damaged near Paris when attempting a solo flight to India, again set out for India during the week end…

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Motor Skidded. Woman Injured at Balmain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 3

Annie Kirkpatrick, 54, of St. Mary's-street, Balmain, received concussion and severe abrasions to the head, shoulder, and shock, when a…

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Railway Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 4

The doubtful state of the weather this morning proved very discouraging to would-be excursionists, and the number of passengers who…

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Railway Electrification

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A., who recently waited on Mr. Cleary, Chief Railway Commissioner, regarding the necessity of the electrification of the…

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Hints for Motorists. Fixing Broken Car Windows. Restoring Efficiency to Screen Wiper Vital Parts of "Vac" Tank

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 6

Points in the vacuum tank which should be noted are a printing plug in the cover which allows petrol to be poured in should the tank ever…

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Toll of the Motor. Several People Killed. Many Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 8

Several people were killed in motor accidents at the week-end and many were injured…

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Car Collides with Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 8

Charles Jennings, warehouseman, of Marrickville, received an injury to the face, and Mrs. Jennings wounds to the head and concussion…

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Firefly Creek Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

In the course of a conversation with the Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A on Monday, he informed us that he had obtained a promise from the…

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Congewai Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 1

Recently the Congewai Progress Association wrote the Kearsley Shire Council, asking that 200 yards Of blue metal be placed "between the…

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Wingham Aerodrome. Splendid Site Being Proposed Wingham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 5

Headway is being made with the work of providing an aerodrome. When the timber has been removed, it will be a splendid site, seeing…

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The Moor Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. Bennett was driven out to Elizabeth Bay, over the much-talked-of Moor road. This road leads from Eungwahl to Forster. He inspected…

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Maitland to Cessnock Road Second Concrete Section

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 5

Reports dealt with at Friday s meeting of the Kearsley Shire. Council included one from the engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine) relative to the…

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Train Crew Killed. Derailment on Mountains. Passengers Have Narrow Escapes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

As the result of a serious derailment last night, traffic on the Blue Mountains line was completely disorganised for…

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Saturday Night Train. Wanted for Wingham and Taree, Wingham

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

A movement has been started to get a train from Sydney to the Manning, leaving Sydney each Saturday night…

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A Tramp Over the Tops

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 6

Escaping from the suffocating heat of Gloucester, I made for the distant mountains. Finally, I met several old friends. I reached "Boonara," the…

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Railway Freights on Wool

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 6

Representations have been made by the Graziers' Association to the Railway Commissioners, pointing out that the freight charges on greasy…

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Pathetic Features. Killed in Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

There were some pathetic features associated with the death of william James Wadmore, who was killed in a motor accident at Albury…

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Four Injured. Motor Car and Lorry Collide. at Arncliffe. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

Four people were injured, one seriously, when a motor car and a heavy lorry collided at Arncliffe late last night…

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Skull Fractured. Motor Smash at Hamilton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 4

Sidney Cooper (33), of New Lambton, was admitted to the Newcastle Hospital, suffering from severe lacorations to the forehead, abrasions to…

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Motor Accidents, Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 5

Motor accidents recorded yesterday and at the week-end numbered 18, Many persons were injured, mostly in road accidents…

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