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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1932

2,121 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 107

Car and Motor Cycle. Scone Road Crash

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 April 1932 · page 5

A young man, Henry Jones, a resident of Aberdeen, was admitted to the Scott Memorial Hospital on Thursday evening suffering from shock, together…

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Muswellbrook Police Court. Friday's Cases. (Before Mr. W. C. Geikie, P.m.) Motor Traffic Act

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 April 1932 · page 1

Stanley J. McTaggart and Francis H. O'Brien were each fined 2/6 and 8/- court costs for failing to return expired motor car licenses…

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Happy Motoring "Feverish" Radiator

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 April 1932 · page 3

There are three types of radiator in use to-day differing in the type of cooling element fitted. There is the tube type, which is fitted to most…

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Warning to Motorists

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1932 · page 2

During the hearing of motor traffic cases at the local police court on Monday last (says the Gloucester "Advocate"), the Police Magistrate…

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The Motor Spirit for Autumn

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1932 · page 1

April! healthful, sparkling snappy days! Crackling leaves glint with a thousand shades of red and gold as they twirl in a last defiant dance…

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Motor Lorry Tax Concession. a Dairyman is a "Farmer."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1932 · page 4

In accordance with a ruling of the Transport Commissioners a dairy farmer who uses his motor lorry for the purpose of carting his own milk…

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Easy Cold Starting Union Winter Motor Spirit

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1932 · page 1

Already the mornings are chilled a breath of cold that heralds the approach of winter. Already motors are becoming somewhat obstinate in…

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War Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 7

A war bridge evening will be held in the Boys' Assembly Hall, Elgin-street, to-morrow evening, under the auspices of the West Maitland…

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Grafton Railway Bridge Substantial Saving in Time

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 1

With the opening of the bridge over the Clarence River at Grafton, in a few weeks, there will be a further substantial saving in time on the…

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Motor Mishaps Their Relative Causes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 2

Last month's heavy crop of running troubles by motorists, to which the N.R.M.A. patrol men attended, discloses interestingly the relative…

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Motor Purchase Interesting Case Moratorium Act Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 2

The magistrate at the Grafton Court to-day gave permission to the Traders' Finance Corporation, Ltd., of Sydney and Brisbane, to repossess a…

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Extra Trains South Maitland Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 7

To cope with the extra traffic on Anzac Day, the South Maitland Railways have decided to run two extra trains on Monday, April 25…

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Position Worse N.S.W. Railway Finances

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 5

While the nett position of the railway finances in New South Wales is actually worse than before the introduction of the State Transport Act,…

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Happy Motoring a series of Talks by World Authorities Driving

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 4

Through nowadays nearly everyone knows how to "operate" a motor car, it is by no means true that nearly everyone can "drive" a motor car…

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Motor Registrations Proposed Scheme to Detect Expiration

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 1

It was stated in political circles on Morday that the Transport Commission proposes to inaugurate a system where by it will be impossible for persons to…

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Two Brothers Killed Car Collides with Cycle and Motor Cycle. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 2

In an unusual road accident involving a motor-car, a motor-cycle, and a bicycle at Pennant Hills last night, two brothers were seriously injured, and…

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Bridge Party

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1932 · page 3

In honour of Miss Robin Logan, who is very shortly to be married, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Capper, of "Shenstone," Bolwarra, gave her a most delightful…

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£380 AVERAGE Harbour Bridge Toll SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1932 · page 10

A statement issued last night by the Department of Transport shows that the toll collections for the calendar months ended April 19, on the…

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New Device Kerosene for Motors Success Claimed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1932 · page 4

When the threatened cessation of the production of shale petrol at Newnes came up for discussion at a meeting of the N.R.M.A. Board of…

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Kerosene Motor Fuel

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1932 · page 2

At a meeting of the N.R.M.A. Board of Management the chairman (Mr. J. C. Watson) referred to what he described as the successful use of kerosene bi internal…

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