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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

2,724 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 137

Motor Prosecutions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

At East Maitland Court to-day, James Morris pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a motor cycle without a prescribed number plate being…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. reports that the repair work on the main western highway over the Blue Mountains, which has been in progress, for, some months, is…

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Motor Fraud Charge Woman Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 10

Alleged to have obtained a motor car, valued at £175, from Harold Ross Henderson, by means of a false pretence, Florence Murray, aged 34, was…

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Eleven Killed. Midnight Train Collision. Calcutta. Jan. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

Eleven Indians were killed and 13 injured in a midnight collision between the Peshawar to Lucknow express and a stationary goods train…

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Big Contracts. Over a Million for Motor Bodies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 2

Mr. H. B. Phipps, vice-president of the Chrysler Export Corporation, stated in Adeladie on Friday that contracts for the manufacture of…

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Mutilated Body. Tram-driver's Discovery. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

The body of an unknown man, was discovered early this morning by the drier of an electric train, near the line, under Edgeware-road Bridge…

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Killed by Train. Woman's Body Mangled. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 5

An unknown woman was run over by a train at Newtown last night and killed instantly. The body was mangled beyond recognition…

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Run Down by Electric Train Woman Shockingly Mutilated. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

Stepping between the rails, in front of an electric train drawing into Newtown Railway Station last night, Mrs Gertrude Mary Robertson, aged 47, who…

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Hints for Motorists. Tips for Tourists the Electrical System. Battery Terminals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

Poor connections at the storage battery terminals often are responsible for trouble in the operation of the car. Occasionally the trouble is…

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Motor Accidents Fatalities in Victoria

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

In a head-on collision between a motor-cycle which he was riding and a motor car, L. J. Burrows, 24, of Mentone, was killed instantly on…

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Rothbury Coal Railwaymen's Ballot. Majority Against Handling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

By 223 votes to 122, the northern members of the Australian Railways Union have decided that they will not handle coal hewn at Rothbury by…

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Motor Record Norman Smith Does 146 Miles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

Mr. Norman Smith, in his 350-h.p. Rolls-Royce engined Cadillac, the Anzac, broke the one mile Australian beach motor record on Saturday on…

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Railway Vote Militants Disappointed. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 5

It is reported that the militant section of the Trade Union movement is greatly disappointed with the figures in the ballot at Newcastle…

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Motor Cars. Australia's Expenditure. Toowoomba

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 5

Replying to a deputation from the Toowoomba City Council, the Assistant Minister for Customs. (Mr. Forde) said that the credit of…

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The Mining Position Ballot by Railway Employees Will Not Handle Rothbuby Coal

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 2

The Waratah and Newcastle branches of the Australian Railways Union have decided not to haul coal hewri by volunteer labour at Rothbury. The result of the ballot taken by. members of those branches was…

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The Railway Ballot Militant Section Disappointed. Unanimous Vote Expected. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 2

It is reported that militant acetion of the Trades Union movement greatly disappointed with the figures in the ballot of the Newcastle and Port…

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Proposed Aerodrome

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 4

The Maitland District Chamber of Commerce advised the Tarro Shire Council, at its meeting to-day, that it had communicated with the Civil…

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Rothbury Coal. Another Train Load

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

Thirty-six trucks carrying 340 tons of "free" cool arrived at Waratah this morning from Rothbury. There was no demonstration…

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Tea Gardens-karuah Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 2

Good progress continues to be made in the reconditioning of this road, and it is understood that it will be found possible to recondition…

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Train Service Stopped. Cockle Creek to Wallsend

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 6

Miners have succeeded in bringing about the cessation of the passenger train services on the Cockle Cree-Wallsend private railway line…

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