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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1932

2,121 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 71 of 107

Motor Smashes Numerous Fatalities Week-end Toll Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 August 1932 · page 2

During the week-end numerous fatalities from motor accidents occurred throughout the State, and many others Were…

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Hints for Motorists Designing a Garage Wear and Tear Problem

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 August 1932 · page 6

When the motorist is building a new private garage he will find that even when he is prepared to spend only a small sum on the work, the…

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First Train Trip

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 3

Included among the passengers in the special train from Merriwa on Sunday was a 50-year-old woman who had never before…

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CARROLL The Bridge Family VALEDICTORY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 8

A Valedictory social, with presentation, was tendered the Bridge family by the residents of…

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Rugby League Semi-final Special Train Arrangements

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 3

The special train for the conveyance of coalfields fans to the Cessnock-Eastern Suburbs Rugby League semi-final at the Newcastle Sports…

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Amateur Cycling E. Bland Wins Road Championship

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 1

The Cessnock Amateur Cycling Club's 10-mile paced road championship, held on Saturday afternoon, resulted in a win for E. Bland, whose…

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Lost Memory Train Sealer's Plea Fine Inflicted. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 5

Alleging loss of memory James Joseph Moore (45) clerk in Newcastle police court to-day, pleaded not guilty to having travelled in a…

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Railwaymen Talk Strike. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 1

There is talk of a regulation strike among railwaymen as a result of the decision of the Government to make the 10 per cent…

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Boy's Long Tramp. MOREE

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 1

Considerable anxiety was felt by parents and others concerning the whereabouts of a nine-year-old boy named Sildey Salton, who set out from…

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Man Fatally Burnt. Beneath Blazing Motor Car. Amazing Fortitude

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 6
Also in The Scone Advocate

Richard Gorst, 32, a commercial traveller, of Goulburn, suffered burns which caused his death when his car overturned near Robertson late on…

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Wage Cuts "Will Combat Them" Railway Union Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 2

In an interview the State Secretary of the Australian Railways Union (Mr. E.A. Chapman) condemned the proposals of the Government…

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Our Railways Minister's Important Statement Capital May Be Written Down

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 1

Speaking at the opening of the Moss Vale—Port Kembla railway line on Saturday the Minister for Transport, Colonel Bruxner, intimated that the…

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Reduced Wages. Rail and Tramway Employees Ten Per Cent. Cut

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 4

The wages of railway and tramway employees in N.S. Wales whose awards were set aside by the Federal Arbitration Court are to be reduced by 10…

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"Siamese Twins" and the Railways

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 August 1932 · page 4

Can "Siamese twins" travel with one railway ticket? According, to "Modern Transport" legal opinion in the United States, where the problem has been…

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Speed Limit for Harbour Bridge Proposal to Be Considered

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1932 · page 2

It is possible that a speed limit of 25 or 30 miles an hour will be imposed on motor vehicles crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The matter is under…

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Lovers' Quarrel? Desperate Girl on Bridge Timely Rescue Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 August 1932 · page 1

While a railway employee was coming home across the Harbour Bridge early this morning he heard a woman scream. and saw a man…

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Vicious Cow On Railway Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 August 1932 · page 5

After breaking out of a paddock and careering wildly along the railway line at Tolarah, a cow, described as being of a vicious nature, met…

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The Railways Position Improves Last Year's Loss Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 August 1932 · page 2

Although details are not available, it is stated on good authority that the railway deficit for the year ended June 30 last will be about £4,500,000…

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Little Boy's Long Tramp Parents Were Anxious

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1932 · page 1

The disappearance of Sidney Salton, the 9-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Salton, of Pallamallawa, from his home during the week-end caused his…

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