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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 107

Late Cables and Telegrams Sensational Railway Accident Albury Mail Derailed. Remarkable Escapes—200 Passengers on Board. Carriage Smashed to Matchwood. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 2

A sensational railway mishap occurred at Bowning, near Yass, at 2 o'clock this morning, to the Albury Mail, when the tender and eight carnages left the rails, the engine and tender continuing along the line for a considerable distance before they…

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Unusual Case Cyclist Splashed Motorist Fined Maclean

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 2

Charged with maliclously damaging a suit of clothes and a bleycle, the property of Samuel Henry Armstrong, to the extent of 7/6, on the…

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Motor Tax "Assn. Will Fight" MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 7

The secretary of the Commercial Motor Users' Association (Mr. Harry Whitty), commenting on the decision of a magistrate at wagga recently,…

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Motor Accident Victim Dies NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 7

The youth, joseph Sams, who was knocked down by a motor car at Broadmeadow on Saturday night, died in Newcastle Hospital at 8.30 a.m…

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High Speed Railway Plans SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 5

The Railway Department is at pros out engaged in designing a new of rail motor-coach which will have a speed of 70 miles on hour, compared…

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Opening Dance Railway Tennis Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1933 · page 6

Tho Railway Tennis Club heid Its first invitation dance in the assembly room of the Maitland Catholic Hall on saturday evening, and, despite…

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Tarro Shire Mulbring Complaint WALLSEND-ROAD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1933 · page 6

Tarro Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday, instructed the engineer, Mr. W. R. Lindsay, to carry out urgent works in the…

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Minmi Road Nearly Impassable Engineer's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1933 · page 6

"I desire to report that the condition of the Thornton-Minmi road is such that, during wet weather, it is practically impassable, and during…

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Road Repairs Letters to Council Many Requests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1933 · page 2

Many letters were received by the East Maitland Council last night referring to the bad state of roads and footpaths in the…

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Road Work Northern Highway Crossings to Go Scone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1933 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council, formal consent was given to the Main Road Board to close two level crossing on…

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Police Inspector Robbed Motor Car Taken

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 July 1933 · page 3

For the second time in two years, Inspector Miller, formerly of the Criminal Investigation Branch, and now in charge at North Sydney has been…

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An Unusual Case Motorist Fined for Splashing Cyclist

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 July 1933 · page 3

Charged with maliciously damaging a suit of clothes and a bicycle, the property of Samuel Henry Armstrong, to the extent of 7/6, on the…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Collision with Cow

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 July 1933 · page 1

Colliding with a cow on the road 23 miles from Grafton at 9.15 at night Lindsay Hunter, station hand, employed at Gordon Brook Station, on the Upper…

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Kurri-maitland Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 4

Despite the fact that the Kearsley Shire Council. from time to time, scarifies and rolls the gravel portion of the Maitland-Kurri Road, as…

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Better Roads (To the Editor)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 8

Sir,—May 1, as an old render of your paper, crave some space in its valuable pages, to make an urgent plea for better roads for the…

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Cut Restored Road Board's Action Staff Rewarded

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 5

A message from Perth states that Nedlands Road Board has announced that it had turned the corner towards prosperity, and felt that it should…

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Injured Man Left on the Road SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 2

Walter Daniels, 21, of Darcy-road, Wentworthville, lay injured on Western-road, St. Marys, for half an hour last night after he had been knocked…

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Window Smashed Brisbane Mail Train Was It Bullet? Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 10

About 5.40 p.m. yesterday afternoon when the Brisbane mail train was passing through Waratah station, a carriage window was smashed, it is…

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Appeal Upheld Railway Union MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 7

Chief Judge Dethridge, in the Arbitration Court to-day, upheld the appeal by 16 unions against the registration of the National Union of Railwaymen…

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"Safest in World" N.S.W. Railways Chief Commr.'s Praise Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 4

That the railways of New South Wales are the safest in the world, was stressed by the Chief Commissioner, Mr. Hartigan, in a statement…

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