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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 107

New Road. to Be Opened To-day

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 8

The Merriwa-Willow Tree Road, traversing the Range between-Merriwa and Liverpool Plains, will he opened to-day by Mr. H. C. Carter,…

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So Long Ago! Repairs to Road CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 5

"Not since the blacks owned it has anything been done to the road." This was how a resident of Weston,…

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Motor Regulations. Pillion-Riding and Side Cars. Types of Horns

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 1

New regulations, gazetted under the Motor Traffic Act, have as their objective the lessening of dangers attached to the driving…

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Pity the Motor-owner. Door Slamming Condemned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 8

It is a singular and unfortunate fact, comments the R.A.C.A., that so many persons who would not for a moment be guilty of discurtesy in a friend's…

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Car Smashes Railway Gates Man Fined £50. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 6

At the Liverpool Police Court to-day, William George Wells, aged 21, appeared on charges arising out of the alleged illegal use of a motor car on the…

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MURRURUNDI Ceremony Postponed Road Opening Murrurundi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 5

Owing to the fall of rain on Thursday night and Friday, the official opening of the Meriwa Miller's Creek road had to be…

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The Entrance Repairs to Road N.R.M.A. REPORT

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 10

The new deviation eliminating a difficult right-angle turn at Tangy Angy is not yet open to traffic, Mean While, motorists are advised to…

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Motor World Lubrication Nipples

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1933 · page 10

Even when a high pressure [?]using plant is available, a clogged people may defy all attempts to force the grease into the bearing which is…

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Train Facilities Week-end Excisions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1933 · page 4

The Secretary for Railways announces that holders of return portions of week-end excursion tickets issued at stations on the Morpeth…

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Flood Rain in Victoria Roads Inundated

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 June 1933 · page 3

Heavy falls of rain were experienced in many parts of Victoria oh Friday night and Saturday, some places being flooded. The…

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Car Smash Struck by Train Police Hurt Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1933 · page 3

An Adelaide message states that when a motor car in which, they were travelling was struck by a train at a level crossing near Peterborough, two…

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Motor Smashes Many People Hurt Week-end Toll Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1933 · page 2

In week-end motor smashes there was a heavy toll of injury, one man being killed and five people Injured when a car and…

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Three Charges Cost Motorist £8/7/- To-day's Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1933 · page 4

Three traffic charges were preferred against Wilfred Frank Lanigan of Carrington-street, West Maitland, when he appeared before the West…

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Bridge Evening. at Scout's Hall

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 6

There was a large attendance at the first Bridge evening held at the Scouts' Hall on Saturday last. The function was promoted by the ladies'…

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War Bridge Party Popular Lady Function

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 4

On account of the bitterly cold night, the attendance at the war bridge party, held in the East Maitland Literary Institute last night to…

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Muscle Creek Bridge. (To the Editor.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 2

Sir,—Many overburdened ratepayers, when reading the report in the "Chronicle," of the discussion at the last meeting of the Municipal…

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The Eyebrows How to Train Them

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 3

It is a vogue to shape eyebrown into a different line from that in which Nature designed them. "Greta Garbe, Marlene Dlotrich, and other film stars…

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Postponed. Opening of New Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 1

Owing to wet weather conditions on Friday it was found necessary to postpone the opening of the new Merriwa-Willow Tree road…

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Schoolboy Killed; Crushed by Train. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 2

Roderick Dhu (15), a schoolboy, fell from an electric train near Petersham railway station this morning and was crushed to…

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Bridge Over Black Creek Progress of Belmont Job

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 4

At last Thursday night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council the engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine) submitted the following report concerning…

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