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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 107

Standard Hours Inquiry Terms of Railway Award Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 2

The executive minute directing the Railway Commissioner "as a matter of Government policy to give effect implicitly to the terms of all awards,…

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Accident to Motor Cyclist

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 2

Serious injuries were sustained on Saturday night by Mr Jack Thomas, aged about 24, of Broke-road, and employed at "Buroona," when his motor…

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Stroud Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 4

The return cricket match, Oddfellows versus the remainder, was played on Saturday last, the Oddfellow winning by an innings and 18 runs…

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Camyr Allyn Bridge. Shire Wants Help

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 1

Cr. J. B. Carlton, President of Wallarobba Shire Council made a request to the Premier on Friday for financial aid in the construction of Camyr…

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Dusty Road at Bellbird School

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 1

Cr. Blown, at last Thursday night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council, asked if anything had been done tn pursuance of the complaints by…

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Rubber Roads Singapore Experiments Cheap and Non-skid

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

Mr. H. Parry Davis, who has arrived in Sydney from Singapore, claims to the inventor of rubber roads, which, he says, are cheap and…

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Train Thrill Attempt to Derail Oil on Track Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

At the Grafton court evidence that an alleged attempt had been made to obstruct or derail a train by greasing the rails" and placing atones on…

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Wild Kangaroo Jumps into Motor Car MERRIWA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

Two children were injured when a kangaroo jumped a motor our travelling between Merriwa and Denman…

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Struck Pole Motor Fatality Coroner's Finding Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 7

At the conclusion of the inquest on Thomas Smythe Cummings, who was I killed In a motor car .mishap on March 6, the Coroner, Mr. W. R, Pickett,…

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RETRENCHMENT "Intense Indignation" Railway Men Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 8

Recent railway retrenchments have caused intense indignation, according to the State secretary of the Australian Railways' Union,…

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Annual Tour. Railway Commissioner

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

The Chief Commissioner of Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, is due to pass through Scone on Thursday afternoon next, at seven minutes past three, on…

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No Light on Motor Bike

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 3

Charged at Cesanock Court to-day with riding a motor bicycle without a light in Wollombi-road, Bellbird. on the night of March 27, George…

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Easter Holiday Train Trips

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 3

In addition to to cheap excursion trains already advertised, the Railway Department announces to-day extra excursion train trips during the actual…

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Men on Train Travelled from Dungog Under Tarpaulin

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 4

Pour men were changed before Messrs. M. S. Meagher and W. R. Ross, Justices of the peace, at the West Maitland Court this morning,…

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Fatally Injured on Parramatta-road Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 2

Crossing Paramatta-road, Camperdown, late last night, William Collins, aged 63, was injured by a car. He died in Hospital early this…

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On Paying Basis Railways Make Headway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 2

The Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. T. Hartigen, acknowledging a welcome by the Mayor of Glen innes, Ald, A. E. Ward, said that he was…

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Man Killed Fell Off Train SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 9

James Tripe, 30, of St. Jumes' road, Waverley, fall off a moving tram at Woollahra last night and struck the road heavily. He was…

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Jumped Rattler Bound for Melbourne Man on Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 6

Stating that he wanted to get back to Melbourne where he had relations, William John Harkins (24) at the West Maitland Court this…

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Two Hurt Train Hits Car Ryde Smash Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 7

Early this morning, two men were injured, one critically, in a sensational crash between a fast moving goods train and a motor car which…

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Motor Registrations Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 8

Motor registrations have increased £51,000 for the January -March Quarter of this year above the corresponding period last year…

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