Affect of Heavy Coal Lorries on Kearsley Shire Roads Engineer Estimates Rate of "Wreckage" at £400 Per Week. Council Sending Deputation to Mr. Bruxner
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 7
Matters dealt with at yesterday's meeting of Kearsley Shire Council included a report by the engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine) concerning damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Engineer's Little Bombshell Claim of £116 for Commission on Main Road Works. Civic Fathers Reach for the Aspros. Ald, Duggan and Mr. Bathgate at Variance
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 5
There was a lively discussion at the Cessnock Municipal Council's special meeting on Tuesday night, when the engineer (Mr. J. R. Bathgate) presented the council with a bill for £116/1/6, which he claimed was due to him in respect of main road works carried out is the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coalfields. the Opening of Railway. Imputation to Premier
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 6
A deputation comprising representatives of unassociated collieries urged the Premier (Mr. Bavin) to ascertain what could be done to open the South…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 4
An A.J.S. motor cycle, the property of Mr. E. A. Fletcher, of Lorn, West Maitland, was stolon from Elgin-street, West Maitland, last evening…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 6
Alexander Allen of Taree was killed and his sister, Marie Allen, was seriously injured when their car overturned on the road at Eungal…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 2
The ambulance class which has been conducted at Dungog Railway Station by Inspector Geo. Butler has been very successful. An examination…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brisbane-Cairns Linked by Air Tri-motor Liners to Start New Service
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 5
Arrangements are practically complete for the commencement of a regular air service destined to bring the larger towns of the North-East…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 7
The State Government has before it a direct offer from Mr. F. H. Stewart, 'bus proprietor, to form a company to buy the trams and he offers to pay an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railways
The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 7
Despite the rumours in the city Press, I am informed on reliable authority that there has become conflict between Mr. Buttenshaw and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a
Singleton Argus · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 3
Members of the E.R.M.A. are responding well to the Association's invitation to improve their driving ability by a "finishing course," which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Inspection
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 March 1930 · page 6
The Northern Area Railways Commissioner (Mr. W. C. Quinton) will make a tour of inspection of the Main Northern line and branch lines…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 4
Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., at the request of the Beresfield Progress Association, has asked the Railway Commissioner, Mr. Quinton, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hints for Motorists. Spare Bulbs and Fuses Strains, Stresses and Road Risks Watch That Magneto
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 6
It is necessary that the contact breaker be kept clean, and the platinum points kept smooth and even, so that when they touch, they make…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Under Tram. Man's Narrow Escape
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 2
A narrow escape from death was experienced by Jack Marrs, aged 49, of Morehead-street, Redfern, when he fell from a cart in Oxford-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Records Smashed. Rail and Tram Ambulance Corps
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 2
A record number of 4619 members passed examinations in first-aid work during 1929, the annual report of the Railway and Tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Injured. Tram and Car Collide
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 8
Five people were injured, two seriously, when a tram and car collided in Lane Cove-road, Longueville, on Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Taxtion of Motorists Need for Action. (Contributed.)
Singleton Argus · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 1
The proposal to tax Australian motorists further by an imposition of an extra 21/2d a gallon on petrol—approximating an additional annual payment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposed Aerodrome
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 4
The secretary of the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce, Mr. J. P. Idstein, recently wrote to various councils on the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Startles Natives
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 6
A despatch from Samoa states that a seaplane taken there by the cruiser Dunedin greatly startled the natives on its first flight. On that day a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Developmental Roads
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 4
At Hinton last night, Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A., was approached in connection with the question of developmental roads. It was asked that action…
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