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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1932

2,121 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 107

Aeroplane Crash Young Officer Killed. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 2

A pilot officer, Adrian John Warfordmein, aged 22, an Australian, attached to the Digby training school, crashed in a single-seater Avro, which…

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Paid by Cash. Railway Employees

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 7

Local railway employees were paid by cash on Wednesday last…

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Motor Registration Still Decreasing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 2

The number of effective motor vehicle registrations is still being reduced in New South Wales, one of the reasons, according to the N.R.M.A.,…

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Failure Again Soviet Motor Works Torchlight Ploughing Riga, April 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 1

The soviet's great motor works at Ninil Novgerod, employing 25,000 men, is reported to have been a failure, The…

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Tram Men Paid Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 5

sydney tramway employees received their wages to-day when over £38,000 was paid out in cash it is understood than employees…

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Removal of Railwaymen

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 2

Mr Malcolm Brown, M.L.A., has received a communication from Mr F. Burgess, Private Secretary to the Staff Commissioner, Office of the Transport…

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Minimbah-Morisset Railway

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 5

The Cessnock Chamber of Commerice has received a reply from the Premier (Mr. Lang) regarding it further representations in support of…

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Postal Motor Service

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 5

Cessnock Chamber of Commerce has decided to write to the Postmaster General's Department, asking that the postal motor Service to Keinbah…

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Leapt From Train Girl's Frantic Action Man to Blame? Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1932 · page 1

A sensation was caused at wynward square underground railway station last night when a girl leaped from a fast moving…

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Close Shave In Front of Tram Cyclist's Escape Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1932 · page 1

Lance Houghton, 13, of Clovelly, had a remarkable escape from serious injury last night, He was riding a bicycle along…

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Knocked Off Tram Lad in Hospital SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1932 · page 1

Robert wilson (11) of Annadale was admitted to hospital this morning in a critical condition as the result of being hit by a tram…

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Not Warrantee Minimbah—Morisset Railway Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1932 · page 6

The premier (Mr. J.T.Lang) has written to the cessnock chamber of commerce relative to the agitation for the construction of a railway…

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Pay in Cash Edict to Motorists Govt.'s New Move

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 April 1932 · page 4

The latest move by the state Government to prevent the Federal authorities securing control of its revenue is the issue of a circular to…

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Hit-run Motorist Man Found on Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 April 1932 · page 8

Stephen Braszel, 80, of Northcote, the victim of a hit-run motorist was found lying badly injured on the road in Victoria Street, North…

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Harbour Bridge Fine Souvenir

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 April 1932 · page 3

The Government Tourist Burean has issued an illustrated supplement to the sydney Harbour Bridge Official Souvenir Book, under the title "The…

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Woman Molested on Train Risks Death in Escaping

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 April 1932 · page 1

A young woman risked death at Wynyard station on Friday night to escape the molestation of a pest. As the train on which she had…

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Motor Record BUDAPEST, April 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 April 1932 · page 1

The Australian speedster, Simcock, established a Hungarian motor cycling record of 236,22 kilometres per…

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Poor Motorist! Enormous Figures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 April 1932 · page 3

What the motorist of Australia as special taxpayers mean to the Federal and State Governments, says the N.R.M.A., is revealed in the fact…

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Hints for Motorists Starting Engines in Winter Fuel and Oil Needs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 April 1932 · page 6

Even those mortals who delight in the cold season cannot afford to assume that their cars are equally hardy, and although they themselves…

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Two Killed Motor Cycle Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 April 1932 · page 8

Mannoll Martin, 63, married, late master of the log use, of Bioten, and Alfred Bick, 43, shunter, single, of victoria Park, were killed…

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