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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 107

Bridge Contract District Court Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 5

Albert James Pegler, a labourer, residing at Singleton, was awarded a verdict for £26/3/3 by Judge Sheridan at Maitland District Court…

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General News French Rule of the Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 5

The fact that a driver is dazzled by the headlights of an oncoming car does not, in France, relieve him of responsibility for any accident that…

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Grave Danger Rode on Train Step Men Charged Grafton

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

"Apparently you two men took your lives in your hands in riding on the train in the way you did. I must say you have more courage than I have,"…

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Motor Mishaps

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 5

Quite a number of motor mishaps have occurred recently in the vicinity of Gresford. Mr. Norman Hancock was driving…

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Road Menace Offending Motorists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 8

One of the biggest menaces on the road, the N.R.M.A. points out, is the motorist who suddenly turns out of his course without having made…

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Aerodrome Site Cessnock Decision Funds Needed Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 7

The question of the completion of the Cessnock Aerodrome site, was again brought before the Cessnook Municipal Council last night, when a…

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Raising Road West Maitland Work

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

The Chief Engineer submitted a report to the Hunter District Water Board showing that it was probable the West Maitland Municipal…

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Speed Cars Condemned by Police on Roads SYDNEY,Wednesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 5

Condemnation of the practice of making speed record attempts on public roads was expressed by the Commissioner of police…

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Car Fatality Kitchener-road Smash CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 10

The inquest into the death of Herbert Bradley Black, who was killed in a car accident on the Kithener-road last month, will be…

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Maitland District Court Claim for Work Against Bridge Contractor

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 3

Arthur, Pegler. of Singleton, proceeded against Frederick Charles Jackson, bridge contractor in the District Court, at Maitland yesterday, for the recovery…

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Schoolboy Fell From Train Automatic Control of Doors Promised

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 4

During the hearing of the Coroner's inquest into the death of Roderick Dhu, 12, who fell out, of a train and was killed on June 27, Inspector Atwill, of…

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Diamond Rings Thrown in Road Alleged Statement to Police

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 1

In a statement alleged to have been made to the Newcastle police, Patrick Coffey, 32, who was committed for trial at the Grafton Court on a charge of…

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Lake Road Tarro Shire Attitude Alderman's Hint Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 10

In a letter from Tarro Shire Council, which came before Cessnock Municipal Council last night, it was pointed out that Tarro favoured the…

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Sudden Turn Police Car in Danger Motorist Fined Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 7

Turning his motor van from Hunter-st, into a side street without indicating that he was doing so, William J. Allen, of Dumaresq-st., Hamiliton, nearly caused the capsize of a…

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BANNEDI Motor Exhaust Whistles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 8

The pending suppression of all exhaust whistles on motor vehicles is commended by the N.R.M.A. whose president (Mr.J.C.Watson)…

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Railway Station Robbed Night Officer Held Up. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 2

Two masked thieves, armed with rifles and revolvers, robbed the night officer of Kingswood railway station of £2/5/10 late last night…

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Railway Parcels Cash on Delivery System

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 3

The Railway Department draws attention to the cash-on-delivery parcels system, which is available to all stations in the State under the following…

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Kitchener Road Motor Fatality Inquest Further Adjourned

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 3

Because one of the principal witness is still an inmate of the Cessnock Hospital the Cessnock Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston)…

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The Lake Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 3

Kearsley Shire Council has notified the Cessnock Council that it will be pleased to co-operate in the deputation that is to wait on the…

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No License Drove Motor Van

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 5

John Thomas Britton, of Sawyer's Gully, was charged at Kurri Kurri Court with driving an unlicensed motor van at Weston on June 32…

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