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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 107

Scone Railway Platform Extension. Work Started and Stopped

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1933 · page 2

Much disappointment, to say the least, was expressed, when it was ascertained late on Friday afternoon last, that the Railway authorities had…

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War Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 5

A pleasant evening was spent by all who attended the war bridge evening hold last night in the West Maitland infant's School, and…

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Electric Train Crashes Into Big Motor Car Four Dead Awful Smash Swift End Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 1

This morning the battered and twisted remains of the big sedan car which figured in last night's sensational…

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Baby Near Line Woman's Movements on Train

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 1

Detectives are searching for a young woman whom they believe can give them information about the male infant whose body was…

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Tarro Shire Council Meeting Hospital Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 6

Cr. T. McCarthy presided at the meeting of Tarro Shire Council, held yesterday. There were also present Councillors B. N. Frith, P…

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Electric Train Wrecks Car Three Men and Girl Killed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 2

Three men, and a girl were killed when an electric train crashed into a motor-car at the Warwick Farm railway crossing outside…

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FINED 10/- Railway Trespassers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1933 · page 5

Arrested at West Maitland by Railway Detective William Douglas, two men faced Messrs. M. S. Meagher, and W. H. Pender, Js.P. at the…

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Heavy Losses Railway Finance Review Likely Canberra

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 2

The Transport Conference, which meets in Melbourne next Tuesday, will undertake an important examination of the…

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Woman Charged at Muswellbrook With Murder Baby Case Body on Railway Remanded Muswellurook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 June 1933 · page 1

There was a sensational development in the police investigations concerning the finding of the body of a male…

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Special Train

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 3

The Merriwa Football Club was responsible for chartering a special train on Sunday. The train was exceptionally well patronised—96 people availing…

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Bullahdelah Bridge. Cancel Contract. Main Road Board Will Proceed to Finish It

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

Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., has received information from the Commissioner for Main Roads, in reply to his representations, that owing to the…

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Road Tarring Up-todate

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 6

Singleton was interested this afternoon in seeing the Broken Hill Proprietary's road-tarring plant in action, and what the townspeople saw was the very…

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Bright Evening War Bridge and Dance Large Attendance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 4

There was an excellent attendance at the Eigin-street Assembly Hall, West Maitland, last evening, when a dance and war bridge evening was…

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Electric Train Wrecks Car. Three Men and Girl Killed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 6

Three men and a girl were killed when an electric train crashed into a motor car at the Warwick Farm railway crossing outside Liverpool, on…

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Treat for "Knights of the Road" Suited Both Parties

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 2

At the conclusion of supper at Armidale Hospital ball on Tuesday night certain members of the ladies' committee wistfully surveyed a huge…

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Tragic Motor Smash. Car Overturns Near Willow Tree. One Dead; Four Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 2

A distressing motor mishap yesterday afternoon at a spot six miles north of Willow Tree, on the Wallabadah-road. A woman was…

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The Motor World. News and Notes Fro the N.k.m.a

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. says that a new ordinance is proposed to regulate the speed of commercial motor vehicles and the weight of their loads. This…

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Clerk Injured Motor Collision SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 1

When the motor cycle he was riding collided with a motor car at the corner of Birroll and Cowper-sts., Waverley, to-day, John Henderson (30),…

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Woman Killed Motor Fatality Four Injured Willow Tree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 2

When a motor car overturned following a blow-out about six miles north of Willow Tree yesterday afternoon at 4.40 o'clock,…

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Letter to Editor Motorists (To the Editor)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 June 1933 · page 2

Sir,— I thank you for permitting me to use your valuable space to congratulate Mr. John Post in disclosing the inner workings of the Motor…

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