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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

2,724 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 137

The Ghost Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1930 · page 6

This most wonderful of plays will be presented to-night at the Town Hall. More interest has been created by the train effects than in any…

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Child Killed. Motor Smash on Orange Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1930 · page 4

A motor car, owned and driven by Mr. G. Gallagher, proprietor of a drapery business at Orange, skidded and overturned on the Orange-road…

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Two Killed. Victorian Motor Fatalities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1930 · page 5

The collapsing of a rear wheel caused a motor car to overturn on the road between Nowa Nowa and Lakes Entrance (Vic.). The driver…

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Railway Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1930 · page 6

The railway traffic between Maitland and Newcastle yesterday was very light, as compared with that of last year. There were practically no…

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ILLOGICAL. A.R.U. Attitude. Railway Economies. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1930 · page 7

The President of the Permanent Way and Signalling branches of the Railway Employees Association, Mr. Skelton, referring to the dismissal…

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Hints for Motorists. Errors Op the Novitate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 6

It is generally accepted that a person undertaking any new duty or occupation is liable to make some percentage of errors during the early…

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Riots at Bengal Insurgents Attack Railway. Seven Shot Dead. Troops Sent to Scene. Calcutta, April 19

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 4

Seven men were killed at Chittagong when a mob of insurgents attacked and destroyed the railway and police armouries. It is believed that a European sergeant-major, one Anglo-Indian, and four Indians were shot dead by the…

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Best Man Killed. on Way to Wedding. Tamworth Motor Tragedy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 8

A tragedy in which the boat man was killed in a motor accident, prevented a wedding which was to have taken place at Armidale at the…

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State Finances. Mr. Steven's Hopes. Heavy Railway Losses. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 5

The State Treasurer, Mr. Stevens, this morning stated when the financial year closes on June 30, he expects to find the finances on the…

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Lang's Threats Railwayman's Reply Not Violating Award. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 April 1930 · page 5

Interviewed this morning, Mr. W. Fletcher, general secretary of the Permanent Way and Signalling Branch Association…

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New Newcastle-Sydney Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 4

The Main Roads Boards states that, unless something unforeseen happens, the new road between Hornsby and Gosford—hitherto the missing link…

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Fell Prom Tram. Woman Succumbs to Injuries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 6

Mrs. Catherine Josephine Baker, of Newcastle, mother of Mr. J. Baker, of the firm of Douglas and Baker, who fell from a tram near the railway…

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Legs Fractured. Hit by Motor Cycle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 4

David Lipman, of Westmore Street, Kogarah, whose birthday was yesterday, had both legs fractured when he was hit by a cycle and side-car in…

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Maitland M[?] in Motor Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 4

N. Watson, of Maitland, sustained abrasions [?] the left leg when the motor cycle and sidecar in which he was travelling collided with a…

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Railway Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 4

The West Maitland railway station was a busy [?]entre yesterday. The number of passengers to Newcastle and the Lake[?] resorts, though…

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Control of Industry. A.l.p. Conference Move. Mr. Cleary Attacked. Rationing of Railway Work Condemned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1930 · page 8

A motion to appoint job committees, and to work in other ways to get control of industry for the workers, was carried unanimously at the A.L.P. Conference. Mr. J. S. Garden succeeded in having the matter of the…

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Fettler Injured Run Down by Mail Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1930 · page 7

H. Nash, a fettler, was returning by tricycle from Bonvile to his home at Pepton, near Raleigh, when the was overtaken by the Sydney mail train in…

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Melville Bridge. Move for Further Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 6

Mr. W. F, O'Hearn M.L.A., has again placed before Mr. Buttenshaw the question of further reviewing his decision regarding the need for a…

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New Dental Gold Stronger Than Bridge Steel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 2

Gold alloys three times as strong as bridge steel have been developed in the civil engineering laboratories at Cooper Union Institute U.S.A…

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The Railways. Rationing of Work. Mr. Skelton Favours Plan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1930 · page 2

Mr. W. P. J. Skelton, manager of the Railway and Tramway Employees' Service Agency, made a statement on the system for…

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