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Railways, roads & transport, 1931

1,933 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 97

Motor Smash Cyclist Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 8

John Abbott, 21, of Ernest-street Belmont, suffered concussion and probably a fracture of the skull when his bicycle came into coll…

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SINGLETON Motor Tragedy the Inquest Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 8

The District Coroner (Mr. Alex Morrison) held an inquest concerning a sad doubt, tragedy on the Maitland-road on April 15, resulting…

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Aberdeen Railway Bridge. Alarming Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 1

The Upper Hunter Shire Council, at its meeting at Scone yesterday, decided to write to the Railway Department, pointing out that the…

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Road Dedication

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 4

As a result of representations made for the dedication of a road from Hawkes Nest to the Ocean Beach, the Stroud Shire advises that the…

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Motor Car Overturns Collision on Cassilis Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 8

On Saturday afternoon last at about 5.30 p.m., Mr. A. J. Watts, together with his son and daughter and a friend whom they had been to meet…

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Aeroplane Fabric Found. Fatal Tasman Flight Recalled

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 6

A Greymouth (N.Z.), message states that portion of the fabric of an aeroplane fuselage 5ft. 4in. x 2ft. 3in. was found at the top of a terrace at…

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Aberdeen Railway Bridge Is It's Safety Endangered? Shire Council Takes Action

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council, held yesterday, Cr. Kennedy drew attention to the condition of the northern banks of…

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Creek Impassable Bridge Washaway CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 5

That seven families were debarred access to Cedar Creek road by the collapse of the bridge during the last fresh in…

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Mail Train Crews. to Change at Muswell-brook?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 1

We understand that there is a possibility of all mail train crews being changed at Muswellbrook. For many years the crews have been…

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The Budget. and the Railways. Uneconomic Lines

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 6

The most outstanding feature of Mr. Lang's recent budget is the huge railway deficit of £4,290,000, which is more than half the total deficit of the…

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Motor Car Insurance Question of Pedestrians. Liabitliy of Companies

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr Council asked the Premier if his attention, bad been drawn to the fact that certain insurance compaines,…

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Motor Registration Fees Payment by Instalments Refused

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 8

The Minister for Local Governnment stated in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that the Government had decided to agree to the request…

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Burst Into Flames Mishap to Motor Car

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 1

An almost new motorcar, which bogged between Neath and Kearsley during the heavy rains of Monday night, came to grief whilst it was…

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AERODROME For East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 4

Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., stated to-day that he had further discussed with the Minister of Lands, Mr. Tully, the question of making Crown…

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Wallarobba Shire Meeting of Council Camyr Allyn Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 6

The Wallarobba Shire Council, which proposes to levy a special rate for the rebuilding of the Camyr Allyn Bridge, has decided to approach the Local Government Department and Main Roads Board for assistance…

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Killed by Train Aged Man's End SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 1

The body of an unknown man, about 60 years of age, was found on the railway line at Lavender Bay this morning…

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Woman Killed Fell from Train Hit Cyclist Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 5

While an electric train was passing over a high bridge at Cardenvale to-day, a woman full from a doorway, and was killed when she struck…

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In Motor Smash Famous Cricketers Four Injured. London, July 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 5

Famous cricketers were involved in a double motor smash near Nottingham after the Leicester match…

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Leg Crushed Tram Man's Accident. Great Fortitude Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 1

Crushed between two trams which he was uncoupling at the Waverley tram depot to-day, Albert Kirkwood (38) a tram conductor, had his…

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Two Killed Motor Cycle and Lorry Head-on Crash Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 11 July 1931 · page 2

When a motor-cycle and sidecar came into violent collision with a motor-lorry on the main WEstern Road, at Lawson, a…

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