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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 107

Buck Creek Bridge Engineer's Report

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 6

At last meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council, the engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine) submitted the following report cincerning progress of work on…

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Camyr Allyn Bridge. Grant of £1,000

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

Councillor J. B. Carlton, President of Wallarobba Shire Council never lost hope of securing some money from the Government towards the re-erection of…

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Cut to Pieces. Train Tragedy. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 2

When struck by a train bound from Sydney to Singleton last night, about nine miles from Wyong, Edward Fitzgerald, a fettler, about 45, was cut to…

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Load Limit Wallsend-road Tarro Discussion

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

The President of Tarro Shire Council, Councillor J. McCarthy, reported to council meeting to-day upon the question…

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Tarro Shire Regular Meeting Hospital Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 5

The President (Cr. T. McCarthy) occupied the chair at the fortnightly meeting of Tarro Shire Council to-day. There were…

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Car and Sulky. Collision on Maitland Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 1

While on his way to Muswellbrook to officiate at the HilderBaker wedding, the Rev. C. P. Viney, of Woodford, and formerly…

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Photo Tells Kurd Hospital Road Repairs Needed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 5

"Kearsley Shire is doing their portion, by placing gravel on the bad paris. Patients once said: 'We are now in the Kearsley Shire,' They…

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Road Making. Novel Machine Tested. "Baking" Black Soil

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 4

During a visit to Brisbane over th[?] Easter holiday Mr. Frank Cox obtain [?]ed interesting specimens of "bake[?] black soil" from the experimental…

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Cheaper Motoring. Petrol Prices Reduced

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 1

Prices of petrol have dropped another penny per gallon, bringing the total reduction over the past two months to 5d. per gallon…

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Alleged Theft of Motorcar Three Men Standi to Their Trial

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 May 1933 · page 5

At the Merriwa Policc Court on Tuesday, before Messrs. J. J. Shannon and C. E.W. Brown, Js. P., Frank Chalmers, Frederick Williams, and…

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Over Bridge Woman's Suicide Was in Love

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1933 · page 2

The Grafton Coroner (Mr. H. Hawkins) returned a verdict of suicide after an inquiry into the death of Lillian Pearl Hall, 28, who threw…

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Bridge Repairs Tarro Shire Report Loan Proposal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 May 1933 · page 5

Recently Tarro Shire Council had before it report from engineer Mr. W. R. Lindsay, pointing out that to repair and reconstruct the bridges in…

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Railway Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 May 1933 · page 6

The new Chief Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, is refreshingly candid in some of the public tolerances. A few days…

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Main Roads Programme, 1933

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 6

Tar Surfacing: The repealing of the road from the Municipal southern boundary, to the 2 m.p., also that from the 7 m.p. to Wirragulla railway…

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Fatal Jump From Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 4

Lillian Pearl Hall, 28, of Sydney, jumped from the Clarence River Bridge, Grafton, at about 6.30 o'clock on Saturday evening, and later the…

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Camyr Allyn Bridge. Grant of £1,000

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 2

At the meeting of Wallarobba Shire Council on Tuesday last, the President, Cr. J. B. Carlton, reported that Hon. E. S. Spooner, Minister for Local…

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Bogie Wheels Off Line Accident to Dubbo Train Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 6

The bogie, wheels of the engine bringing the Dubbo train to Sydney came off the line yesterday afternoon on a high curving bank between Woodford and…

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Ambulance Corps Railway and Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 4

At the West Maitland Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps' examinations, hold in St. Mary's Hall, 28 members passed for the various…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 4

All motorists eagerly welcome the further drop in petrol prices, says the President' of the N.R.M.A. (Mr.. J. C. Watson), arid also welcome the…

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Woman Hurt Motor Cyclist Fined NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 May 1933 · page 5

When crossing in Hunter-street, Newcastle, to board a tram in November of last year Miss Maud Woodhouse was struck by a side car…

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