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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 107

Car Over Bridge Driver Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 2

George D. Culley, aged 35, inspector for an insurance company, living at Wagga, received serious injuries when the car he was driving failed to…

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Hints for Motorists Test For Wheel Alignment Cure for Sticking Valves

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 6

The following article explains how the amateur can test the wheel alignment of his ear by means of a simple home-made device, but it will, of…

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Avoid Tax? Many Motor Owners Minister's Claim Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 5

The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) told a deputation from the N.R.M.A. to-day that it was estimated that 20,000 vehicles on the roads…

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Motor Smash Cyclists Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

Richard W. McDonough, 19, of the Club House Hotel, West Maitland, and Edward Dann, 80, of Georgetown, who were riding on a motor cycle, were…

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Motor Registrations Figures Show Big Increase

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 4

Figures issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Maddocks) show that at the end of December there there were 212,13/ motor vehicles…

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Rebuilding Belmont Bridge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 3

Belmont Bridge, which is an important structure on the Cessnook Branxton road, and which was destroyed by flood four years ago, is to be result…

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Aberdeen Motor Smash Death of Mr. Griffiths

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

Mr. Peter Griffiths (77) who was injured in the motor smash on the Aberdeen-road on 23rd. ult., died in Brentwood Hospital last night…

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Muswellbrook Native. Chief Commissioner for Railways

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 1

We are advised that Mr. Hartigan, the new Chief Commissioner for Railways, is a Muswellbrook native. Mr. Hartigan was born in a cottage…

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Railway Trespass Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 1

AT 3.30 a.m. to-day constable Moreney of Cardiff, was called out by the railway night officer and found a young man under the bridge spanning…

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Motor Vehicles. Registrations Increase

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

Figures supplied by the Commissioner for Road Transport show that there were at the end of December, 1932, 212,137 motor vehicles…

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Motor Tour

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Oakham and family, of Wangat have just returned after an enjoyable motor trip up the coast, and home via the tableland. Mr. Oakham…

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Unlicensed Motor Lorry Driver Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 2

Before Mr. Forrest, P.M., at Cessnock Court to-day, Harold Clifford Harman was charged with having driven a motor lorry without a license…

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Paved Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 6

A Continuous length of paved road is now available form Sydney to Kiama, A distance of 76 miles with the completion of stratch of tar…

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Train Disaster Dead in Wreckage LONDON, Jan. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 1

A terrible accident occurred at Bucharest's north station. An express run down a private local train and five coaches with their…

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Road Openings 'Complaint by Councils to Water Board

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 6

The Town Clerk, West Maitland wrote to the Hunter District Water Board referring to the opening made by the Board in the recently…

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Fatally Hurt Motor-cycle Skids SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 2

When his motor cycle skidded last night, Alfred Mokpherson, 18, of Lachlan-street, Waterloo, was thrown heavily to the ground sustaining…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Machine Skids. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 2

Alfred Macpherson, aged 18, who was admitted to South Sydney Hospital last night in a critical condition, suffering from head injuries, died early this…

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Fatal Accident Motorist Dies of Injuries

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 January 1933 · page 2

Peter Griffiths, aged 77, who was injured in a motor smash on Aberdeenroad on December 23, died in Brentwood Hospital. The body was taken…

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Glass Roads Successful Experiments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 8

Roads of glass are being built for motor traffic at Czeeheslovakin. Two experimental stretches of highway, constructed by spreading a mixture…

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Man Saved Remarkable Incident Fell From Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1933 · page 2

A middle-aged man whose identity is unknown, after falling from Pyrmont Bridge and crashing on to the roof of buildings…

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