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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 107

Failed to Stop After Accident Motorist Fined. Wollombi Road Incident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 3

Before Mr. J. B. Scoble, P.M., at Cessnock Police Court to-day, Thomas Roddom was charged with failing to stop his car after an…

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Lottery Winner Will Buy Aeroplane Life's Ambition Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 2

Mrs. E. I. Parker, whose ticket won first prize in the State Lottery drawn yesterday, proposes spending her fortune in purchasing an aeroplane and…

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Foster Bridge Mulbring Celebration Official Opening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 6

Residents of Mulbring, Mount Vincent and Broakville turned up in force this afternoon for the official opening of Foster's…

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Child Killed Hit by Motor Car Sad Happening Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 7

Running through the front gate of her home at Liverpool this morning on to the road, Lillan Dudley, aged 4, was knocked down and killed by…

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To Motorists

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 2

An announcement of particular interest to motorists appears in this issue. Consult W. J. Browne, of Dusodie and learn about free fuel…

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Lottery Winner Will Buy Aeroplane

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 3

Mrs E. I. Parker, whose ticket won first prize in the State lottery, drawn on Monday, proposes spending her fortune in purchasing an aeroplane and…

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Recreation on Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 10

A railway company operating between New York and Florida has installed a recreation car on its run, so that passengers will not need to wait…

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Crossing Smash Train Hits Milk Waggon

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 2

Henry Wheeler, aged 25, suffered severe cuts about the face, and had one linger amputated when a train crashed into a milk waggon at a level crossing…

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Cessnock-wollombi Road Move to Have Repaired

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 4

Wollombi branch of the Primary Producers' Union has decided to protest to the authorities regarding the state of disrepair into which the…

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Smash at Crossing Train Wrecks Waggon Driver Hurt Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 3

When a train crashed into a milk waggon, Henry Wheeler, 35, suffered severe outs about the face, and had one finger amputated at a level…

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Bad State Cess-Maitland Road Concerted Action Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 6

At a meeting of Cessnock Council last night, the Mayor (Aid. J. Shakespeare) made a special report on the state of the Cessnock-Maitland road,…

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Coal Wanted Million Ton Orders for Railway Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 4

Tenders for the supply of approximately 1,000,000 tons of large and small coal to the New South Wales Railway Department close to-morrow…

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Collapsed in Aeroplane Woman Dies

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 3

Mrs. Mary Biscoe, of Melbourne, who with her twenty year old son has been touring New South Wales by car, took a pleasure flight over Sydney…

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Disgraceful Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 6

That Cinderella of,roads-the highway between Maitland and Cessnock-is again in the lime-light. It is never out of the…

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Melville Bridge Deputation Appointed New Structure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 7

A meeting held in the Aberglaselyn Public School last night decided to ask the Minister for Local Government to provide…

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Mulbring's New Bridge After 50 Years

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 6

The new bridge over Mulbring Creek, at Mulbring, which has replaced the bridge which had served the district for over 50 years, was…

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Timber Closure Hexham Ferry Road Reason Wanted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 6

The advertisement inserted in the "Daily Mercury" recently by the Department of Main Roads, advising that timber haulage on…

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Hit by Train Porter Badly Hurt Jumped on Track Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 4

When struck by an electric train at Liverpool railway station, Harold Claughton, 24 a railway porter of Sorroll-street, Parramatta, was…

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Great Popularity B.S.A. Motor Cycles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 2

According to figures just to hand B.S.A. motor cycles are undoubtedly the most throughout the The figures Indicate that 21 per…

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Tenders for Railway Coal Contracts General Reduction in Price

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 17 August 1933 · page 1

A general reduction in price on last year's figures was shown when the tenders for the supply of coal for the New South Wales railways closed…

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