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Railways, roads & transport, 1931

1,933 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 97

Horse Struck Dead But Rider Escaped. Electric Shock from Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 2

A horse was struck dead, but its rider escaped, on Bolwarra Hill on Monday. Mr. L. Duck, of Vacy, was driving…

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Motors Collide

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 2

A lorry driven by Mr. Kennedy and a car driven by Mr. C. E. Wall came into callison yesterday near the A. C. and P. Co's. shop. Slight damage was…

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The Motor World. Suggested Wheel Tax

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 4

A suggestion is being made to the Government by the N.R.M.A. that legislation be introduced to impose a wheel tax on all vehicles other than…

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Motorists Like New Spirit. Enthusiastic Reception

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 4

Probably no spirit introduced to tho motoring public has been accepted so widely, so readily and go permcntely as the new White Flash spirit recently…

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Is the Motor Car Passing Remarkable Letter Before Shire Council

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 1

"The motor car is passing quickly. In two years we will not remember what they are like." This opinion was expressed in a…

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Theft on Tram Conductor Attacked

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 2

Leslie Beckle, aged 29, tram conductor, of Waverley, suffered severe incised wounds to the head when he fell to the roadway in an unsuccessful…

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'Motor Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 2

It is rather surprising that some provision baa not been made by automobile manufacturers for the fitting of a red reflex glass button at the…

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Motor Cycling Australian's Success LONDON. Aug. 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1931 · page 1

The Australian motor cyclist, J. H. pringle, riding a J.A.P. machine, at Brooklands, won first race in England when he gained the gold…

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Hints for Motorists V Lessons of the Brakes Is the Mixture Ideal!

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1931 · page 3

It takes quite a motoring expert to detect minor faults in the setting of the carburettor as will result in…

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"Sell Railways" Abolish Parliaments Dr. Duhig's Appeal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1931 · page 4

A spirited appeal for the abolltion of state Parliaments, and for private enterprise, was made…

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Railway Smash Engine Driver Killed PERTH

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1931 · page 4

When a goods train traveling to Perth from Northern [?] hend on into a passengers train towards Mount Holean about 8…

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Singleton Police Court Friday, August 14th. (Before Mr F. D. H. Sutherland, P.m.) Motor Traffic Cases

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 August 1931 · page 4

Ernest Barnes, junior, pleaded guilty to driving without a tail light and was fined £1 and 8/- costs. Charles Whitton pleaded guilty to…

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Rubber.roads

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 4

The extraordinary low price of rubber—it dropped to less than 3d. per lb. last month—has had the effect of the construction in England of…

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Dead Man On Railway Line Police Puzzled Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 1

The police were mystified at the discovery this morning of the headless body of a man on the City railway line about 200…

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"Putting It Over" Magistrate's Comment Motor Breach Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 5

"The sins of the fathers shall be visited on the sons" is an old saying, but it was reversed at Cossnock police Court to-day, when Arthur L…

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Tram Hold Up Electric Wire Breaks NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 6

Whon an overhead electric wire snapped last night, and curled round a tram between Union-street and the beach, passengers were in imminent…

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ABANDONED Guyra-Coast Railway Goods Sold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 4

The agitation for the Guyra-to-the cost railway, commoneed by the pioneers 50 years ago, has proved in vain after it scemed…

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Imports Drop Motor Industry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 8

The figures issued by the Chamber of Automotive Industries show a reduction of £11,965,081 in the imports of motor vehicles, petrol,…

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Took Risk "Bus—Tram Collision Trust Sues Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 5

Newcastle and District Transport Trust was plaintiff in the Newcastle Small Debts Court to-day tor the first the time in this Jurisdiction…

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Motor Mechanics

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 1

Correspondence was received from head office, giving copy of letter received from the National Roads and Motorists' Association (technical…

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