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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 107

The Railways Departmental Changes North Division

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 2

Widespread reorganisation is taking place in the Railway Department. Branches are being combined, officers transferred or given new…

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Fatal Fall Tram Conductor NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 6

A wet and slippery footboard on a tram is believed to have been the cause of a fatal accident at Mayfield yesterday, Cecil Priorly Bailey, as, a…

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Unique Station Vatican City Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 8

The Vatican City railway station was officially handed over recently by the Italian Government, at whose expense it was constructed in…

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Railway Transfers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 2

Mr. Bert. Irwin, who has been on the local railway staff, on and off, since 1918, has been removed to Goulburn. A fellow-worker, Mr. Leo…

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Motorist Killed. Car Plunges Down Mountain. Wife's Ordeal. Taree

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 3

Lindsay Murray Shiels, of Comboyne, was fatally injured last night when the motor car in which he and his wife and son were returning home from…

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Rabbit Extermination Railways Will Help. Promise by Mr Bruxner

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 8

The Minister for Transport (Mr Bruxner) announced that the Railways Department will co-operate in every way with moves for the extermination…

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Suspect Unlucky Arrested After Being Rescued From Tram. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 6

After a man had been rescued from the front of a tram in George-street this morning, he was recognised by detectives as a suspect for whom they…

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Train Thieves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 3

When the Forbes mall arrived it was discovered that thieves had got into a truck of goods consigned to business people there, and caused…

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Passengers Dive From Train Windows Alarmed Cars off Line Rail Up Gilgandra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 1

Advice has been received here of a sensational derailment which occurred halfway between the towns of…

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Train Thieves

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 2

When the Forbes mail arrived it was discovered that thieves had got into a truck of goods consigned to business people there, and caused considerable…

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Non-skid Roads Successful Experiments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. reports that the main roads section of the N.S.W. Department of Transport recently carried out a successful experiment to turn a…

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Road Accidents Child Fatally Hurt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 8

When a toy motor-car in which he was riding near his home suddenly swerved and collided with a motor-car Frank Amphlett. 5, of Stuart-street,…

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Train Passes Over Child a Mangled Hand

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 2

At Orange on Friday afternoon, although the full length of a goods train passed over the 12-months-old son of Mr and Mrs J. Andrews, of Amaroo his…

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Dairying Lands to be Developed £300,000 for Roads and Clearing

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

Relief work, costing more than £300,000, and to be carried out during the next 18 months, will be undertaken to develop an area of nearly 700,000 acres in the upper valleys of the Clarence and Richmond Rivers…

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Railway Traffic Berlin, Feb. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

Dockers and carters refused to handle the diverted railway traffic…

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Hints for Motorists Spring Flexibility and Skidding Car Maintenance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 6

There are other causes besides fast driving, abrupt cornering and slippery roads which lead to skidding and amongst them the condition of the…

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Unsafe Motors Council's Complaint Enforcing Law

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 3

The presence on the road of motor vehicles in an unsafe condition was discussed at the last meeting of the N.R.M.A. Council, at which Dr. F…

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Railway Case Obliged Sister

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 4

Dave McNeill, of Cessnock, was fined 5/ with 8/ costs in default two days' gaol at the West Maitland Court to-day…

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Plain Questions Railway Service Offer Accepted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 4

The publicity manager of the New South Wales Government Railways has written to the Editor of the "Daily Mercury"…

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The Singleton Argus Local and General News Registered Owners of Motor Vehicles

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 2

From advice received from the Singleton Police Station it appears that many owners of cars and othor motor vehicles are apparently not fully aware…

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