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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 107

Closing of Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 7

The Town Clerk (Mr. E. W. Williams) unounces that Trappaud Road from Cultivation Lano No. 2 to Trappaud Eridge will be temperarlly…

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Road Rights No Superiority

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 6

Neither motorist nor pedestrian has superior rights to the road, says the N.R.M.A. The duty of each at all times is to take care and to…

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Motor 'Buses Govt. Purchase SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 1

The fifty motor 'buses, which the Government has arranged to purchase, will cost approximately £28,000…

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Motorist's Excuse

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 8

When a Walton-on-Thames (England) motorist was fined for not signing his driving Hconse, the excuse was that he could neither road nor…

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Motoring Gipsies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 5

There are many glpslos in France, and many of them have become motorisin. On the wayside encampment the skinny horse, tled up to cat the…

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Registration Labels on Windscreens of Motor Vehicles

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 4

In some instances uncertainty exists hs to the necessity for presenting vehicles at District Motor Registries in connection with the attachment of visible registration…

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Road Accidents in England

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

Extensive inquiries by the National Safety First Association in England. have established the following intereating facts:—…

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Bunnan Road. Upper Hunter Shire. Council Statement Refuted by Cr. Jennings "No Undue Influence"

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 8

At the meeting of the shire council on Tuesday the president drew attention to statements made at a 'recent mooting of the Upper Hunter Shire, as…

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Registration Labels. On Windscreen of Motor Vehicles

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

In some instances uncertainty exists as to tlie necessity for presenting vehicles at district motor registries in connection with the…

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Railways. Permanent Way Department. Decentralised Control

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 6

The Railway Commissioner has announced that it had decided to adopt a policy of decentralised control in the permanent way branch of the service…

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Registration Labels on Windscreens of Motor Vehicles

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 1

In some instanced uncertainty exists as to tho necessity for presenting vehicles at District Motor Registries in connection with the attachment of…

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Northern Railway Picnic Tamworth Selected

The Scone Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 4

A meeting held at Murrurundi on Sunday morning last to make arrangements for the holding of the annual railway picnic, No. 5 Northern group,…

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Purchase of 100 Motor Buses

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 1

It was learnt in official circles yesterday that the Government is now negotiating for the purchase of 100 motor buses…

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Severe Storm in Adelaide Tramways Disorganised

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 6

One hundred and four points of rain fell between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Adelaide yesterday in a thunderstorm in which lightning disorganised the whole…

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Big Railway Bourke to Darwin London Rumours London, Jan. 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 1

In the past three months reports have been trickling to London of an Australian plan, with English backing to the extent of £15,000,000, to…

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Crushed Between Lorries Main Roads Board Employee

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 2

Wilfred Scott Mason whs crushed between two heavy lorries while uncoupling them on the Sydney-road, near Kelso on Saturday. Mason was aged…

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Large Load By Road Transport

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 6

What must be one of the largest loads ever transported by road was recently carried from Walton to Surrey Docks in England. A 125,000…

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Hints for Motorists Bendix Drive Troubles Accurate Ignition Timing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 6

There are several conditions which are likely to cause the pinion of the Bendix starter to become jammed in mesh with the flywheel, and one of…

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Motor Comfort New Tyre Design

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 6

Gradually since the advent of the balloon tyre, 10 years ago, rim sizes of cars have become smaller and the cross-section of tyres larger…

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DR. A. A. KING Seriously Injured Motor Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 4

Word was received in Maitland last night that Dr. Aubrey King, who for many years practised his profession in Maitland and left 3½…

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