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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 70 of 107

Painful Accident. Railway Worker Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 2

Clarence Huxley, of 16, Carthage-street, Tamworth, was admitted to Brentwood Hospital on Thursday last, suffering from…

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Motor Garages to be Licensed Premier States

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 4

The early introduction of legislation to make the licensing of motor garages compulsory and measures to guard against the adulteration of petrol, was…

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More Motors. Registrations Increase

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 1

The increase in motor vehicle registration that began in June last year, continues, according to the Road Transport Commissioner, Mr…

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Licensing Motor Garages Premier's Statement

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 2

The early introduction of legislation to render the licensing of motor garages compulsory, and measures to guard against the…

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Heavy Loss Victorian Railways Road Transport Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 2

In the annual report of the Victorian Railways, tabled in Parliament last night, the Commissioner stated that the loss of railway revenue in…

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Care Urged Detours on Roads

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

Road work is in progress at many points on the North Coast highway from Lismore to Sydney, reports the N.R.M.A., and motorists should be…

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Flight with Injured Man Aeroplane Trip in Vain

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 1

The 300 miles flight made by an aeroplane, on Sunday to bring a seriously-injured man to Sydney for special treatment proved in…

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The Bridge Cost Ten Millions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 4

In reply to Mr. Primrose in the Legislative Assembly, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) gave particulars of the cost of construction of…

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Cars Collide On Aberdeen Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 9

A collision occurred on the Aberdeen road, between a touring car driven by Mr. W. Phipps, of Denman, who was on his way to Denman, and a baby…

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Harbour Bridge Total Cost £10,057,170

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 1

Official figures issued on Monday estimate that the construction Sydney Harbour Bridge cost £10,057,170. This cost includes the contract…

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To Death Woman's Leap Bridge Again Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 1

Another Harbour Bridge tragedy occurred to-day, when a woman, whose identity has not yet been revealed,…

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Cars Collide Sydney Road Smash NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 10

Joseph Millington, 52, newsagent, of Lion-strot, Croydon, driver of a car which came into head-on collision with another car on a bend of the…

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Electric Train Runs on Ball-bearings MOSCOW, September 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 1

A young Russian engineer, Yarmolchuk, claims to have perfected a model electric train, running on ball bearings instead of wheels, and in a…

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Russian Engineer's Invention Train Running on Ballbearings. (Australian Pres Assn. Message) Moscow

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 1

A young engineer claims to have perfected a model electric train which runs on ball bearings instead of wheels in a narrow groove cut in the…

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Motor Warning Inexpert Drivers

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

The N.R.M.A. says that with the arrival of spring many motorists who dislike touring in the cold weather will bring their cars out on the roads…

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Ford Adamant U.S. Motor Industry Recovery Act London, Sept. 5

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 1

Public opinion is apparently the first jury to be chosen to judge President Roosevelt's national recovery administration, particularly as regards…

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Honour Badge Service by Motorists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 2

An honour badge for display on their cars will be presented by the N.R.M.A. to motorists who are deemed to have performed a signal service on behalf…

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The Stolen Masterpiece (Copyright) Published by Special Arrangement Chapter Ii.—the Man on This Motor-bike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 3

"I say, how lovely!" exclaimed Jim as he stopped on the cliff top and gazed down at the valley which lay to the right, and the quaint,…

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Three Hurt Newcastle Motor Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 September 1933 · page 4

When two cars collided at Cook's Hill, William Gill, 49, was thrown from one car into the other, and treated at the Newcastle Hospital for cut…

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Younger Set Dance—War Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 7

A meeting of the general and subcommittees of the U.A.P. Younger Set was held in the U.A.P. Rooms last night, in order to finalise arrangement…

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