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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

1,933 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 97

Coal Pilfering Railways' Loss Three. Men Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1931 · page 4

At the West Maitland Court to-day, Roy Bennett, 36 Edward Coatees, 38, and George Hyde, 24, were charged with stealing…

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Money for Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 2

Mr. Albert Burns, President of Kearsley Shire, left Kurri Kurri yesterday for Sydney, where, it is understood he will endeavour to…

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Road Money. How Shall it be Spent? Main and Minor Roads. Ii

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 6

The suggestion by the Shires' Association of New South Wales, contained in a circular sent to the various councils throughout the country, that…

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Train-born Babies

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

A woman while waiting in a suburban train at a Melbourne platform gave birth to a baby on 7th inst., and on the same day a boy was born in…

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Federal Unemployment Grant MERRIWA'S £250. Cr. Bensley Gets It for Uarbry Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 3

The Merriwa Shire Council is in receipt of advice that an amount of £250 has been made availble to the council from the Federal…

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Motor Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 3

Returns relating to motor accidents in N.S.W. in 1930 show a decrease of 57 fatalities and 727 eases of injury as compared with 1929, says the…

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Railway Saving

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

It is expected that a saving of between £600,000 and £700,000 a year will be affected in the New South Wales railway service as a result of…

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Motorist Fined Sequel to Collision NEWCASTLE, Friday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

For not keeping his motor car to the left when driving along Railway street, Wickham, John Street, of Bull-street, Cook's Hill, was, ats…

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Out to Please The Railway Dept. Reply to Criticism

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

"The Railway Department is out to please the travelling public, and I welcome suggestions that will enable us to render PAT HAMILTON, whoso conslatent riding of into will soon not him the big races, He will ride for Maitland against…

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Railway Men. The New Award. Will It Apply? Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

There is some discussion as to whether the railway employees will be affected by the Federal Arbitration Court's wage…

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Motor Party

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

A number of local residents set out for a day's outing at Chichester Water Works, but were obliged to return home after reaching Washpool,…

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Millions Gone Sir G. Allard Caustic BRIDGE—CAPITAL

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 11

Vigorous condemnation of heavy Government expenditure, on works which have no reproductive value, was…

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Tram Sections Request to Trust More Travel Newcastle

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 11

The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce has placed before the Newcastle and District Transport Trust a further proposal in…

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Motor Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 11

Returns relating to motor accidents in N.S.W. in 1930 show a decrease of 57 fatalities and 727 cases of injury…

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Coal Pilfering Railways' Loss Three Men Fined

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 12

At the West Maitland Court Roy Bennett, 36, Edward Coatees, 38 and George Hyde, 24, were charged with stealing…

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Motor Notes. Standard Axle Types

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 10

Although probably not fifty per cent, of private motorists realise the fact, the back axle of a modern car calls for more pronounced designing…

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Wild Flowers Warning to Motorists

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 8

Fines of from £2 to £10 have been imposed in the Gosford Police Court in cases of illegal wild flower picking…

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Road-rail Train Demonstration Given

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 1

A demonstration run, of a road train built by the London Midlands and Scottish Railway, to co-ordinate road and rail transport, was given on Friday…

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Fireman Falls From Moving Train Hip Dislocated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 5

When the "fruit" train from Brisbane to Sydney was between Kyogle and Casino, the fireman was missed by the driver when…

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Aeroplane Tragedy Three Skilled Pilots Killed. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) . London

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 2

R.B. Waters, the proprietor of the Garwick aerodrome, was horrified on Saturday afterhoon when he saw an Avro 504 K, which he had been…

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