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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

2,125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 74 of 107

Expenditure on Main Roads £2,291,357 for Year

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 8

The Main Roads Department spent £[?],357 on New South Wales roads which come within its jurisdiction during the year ended June 30 last. Of…

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Train Theft Mailbags Stolen Money Lost Bathurst

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 2

A daring robbery was carried out by mail bag thieves, who got away with a considerable sum of money which was being…

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Dalwood Bridge Kearsley Shire Decision New Structure? Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 5

In a report to Kearsley Shire Council last night, the President, Councillor Johnson, stated that in company with Councillors Rose and Collins and…

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Audacious Train Robbery Two Mail Bags Stolen Pension Money Taken

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 6

Mail bag thieves brought off an audacious robbery in the Bathurst district in the early hours of yesterday morning, when they stole two postal bags in transit from Sydney to Newbridge, a small station about 15 miles from Bathurst, and got away with a…

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Open Verdict Death of Young Earl Killed by Train London, Sept. 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 1

The Jury at the inquest into the death of the 19-year-old Earl at Kerry, who was killed by the train at the Regent Park station on Tuesday, after…

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Nearly Frozen Man's Perilous Ride Top of Train Wellington (N.z)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 1

On the arrival of the Wellington express train at Te Awamutu, an unemployed labourer, Andrew McPherson, was found shivering with cold…

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Visitor From "God's Own Country" Candid Opinion of Heddon-Kurri Road. Uncomplimentary Letter to Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 3

For Nome time now various people have been saying unkind things about portion of the main road between Cessnock and Maitland, and…

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A Springtime Railway Holiday

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 1
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

Country residents have already shown by their patronage that they appreciate the frequent excursions being arranged by the Railway Department…

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The Motor World. News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 3

Official figures of the saving made by the New South Wales Main Roads Department, given by the Minister for Transport (Col. Bruxner) to the…

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Springtime Railway Holiday

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 4

Country residents have already shown by their patronage that they appreciate the frequent excursions being arranged by the Railway…

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To Be Extended Scone Railway Platform

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 2

Mr. H. C. Carter, M.L.A., speaking over the 'phone yesterday afternoon, apprised us that following an interview with the Railway…

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Accident to Motor Garage Proprietor

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 6

Mr. N. V. Schofield, who recently took over the motor garage of Messrs. J. W. B. Waterhouse and Son, met with an unusual accident yesterday…

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Sydney's New Tramcars First One Completed

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 7

The Premier (Mr Stevens) announced in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, in reply to a question by Mr Heffron, that the first of the 200 new…

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Bridge Suicides Devices to Prevent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1933 · page 8

Consideration is being given by the [?] Roads Department to the practicability of creeting some device on the Sydney Harbour Bridge to prevent…

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Road Race Northern Successes SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1933 · page 7

In the Goulburn to Sydney professional road race, conducted to-day by the League of New South Wales Wheelmen, Newcastle district…

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Road Conditions Western Highway Round Trip

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1933 · page 10

Motoring conditions along the Great Western Highway between Sydney and Bathurst and along the main road through Mudgee…

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Motor World Leaking Shock Absorbers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1933 · page 10

Should it be observed that there is any leakage of the cushioning fluid of an hydraulic shock absorber past the packing gland, the fitting should…

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Lights Failed Motor Car Overturned GLOUCESTER

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 September 1933 · page 8

Mr. Speros Landis, whilst returning from Taree on Sunday afternoon, had an accident at Brushy Mountain, when the lights failed, and he ran…

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Good Roads Saving Effected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 September 1933 · page 2

The value of good roads to the motorist is amply demonstrated by official figures of the saving made by the New South Wales Main Roads…

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