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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 115

Loan Not Yet Made Available Kearsley Council's Main Road Works. Awaiting a Reply

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 3

Although some time has elapsed since the Kearsley Shire Council made application to the Loan Council for a grant of £11,000, for the…

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WAGE-CUTS. Protest by Railwaymer. Muswelubrook Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 4

An emphatic protest against the new log, seeking "drastic reductions in wages and longer Hours," which has been served on rail and…

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Muswellbrook Police Court. To-day's Cases. (Before Mr. W. C. Geikie, P.M., and Mr. 0. G. Morton, J.p.) Motor Act

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 9

William Fairliall was fined 5/- and 8/- costs for not having a number plate attached to a vehicle. Leonard Mundon was fined 5/- and…

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Legs Fractured Motor Cyclist Hurt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 6

Two men riding on a motor cycle along Rutherford-road last night were injured when the machine hit a barrier around a culvert in course of…

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Show Council Railway Concessions the Entries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 6

The secretary of the Hunter River Agriculture and Horticultural Association, at a meeting of the council last night, reported…

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Export of Railway Sleepers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

The Department of Commerce reports that the number of railway sleepers exported from Australia for the 12 months ended December 31,…

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Easter Railway Cruise

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 3

Arrangements have been made for a railway cruise to be operated during the forthcoming Easter holidays. The itinerary, which covers four…

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Theft of Railway Parcels Porter Sentenced To. Three Months. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 6

At the Central Police Court "to-day, William. Hennings, aged. 24, a railway porter, appeared. on charges of having stolon goods on 15 occasions since June,…

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Dilapidated Motor Car Some Interesting "Facts."

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 7

The following is published by a contemporary as being a telegram from Melbourne:— "Heidelberg's Shire Council car is so…

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Western Road Motoring Conditions N.R.M.A. REPORT

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 10

Motoring conditions along the Great Western Highway to Bathurst and the North-western Highway to Narromine are described…

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Toll of Road January Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 10

According to an accident check kept by the N.R.M.A. Safety Department, 24 persons were killed and 147 injured in road smashes involving…

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SCONE Shire Penalised Road Work Scone

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 5

"The whole trouble is that we are being penalised because we are in a position to pay our way." The president of the Upper…

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Beauty Spots World's Figures Destroyed on North Coast Motor Registrations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 10

A motorist who has just returned to Sydney from an extensive tour of the north coast, has complained to the N.R.M.A. of the tendency in that According to advice just received by the N.R.M.A. it is estimated that there were 32,820,000 motor vehicles registered in the World at the end of…

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Motor World Back-wheel Skids

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 10

In some of the Australian dailies articles have appeared recently in connection with the proper procedure to be observed in the event of a…

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Driver Pinned Motor Lorry, Overturned SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 5

Mr. J. Dodds, of John-street, was driving a light lorry at Dunolly when the wheels, slipped on the wet road, and the lorry started to run back,…

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Wages Cut Railway Protest Strong Comment Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 5

Members of the Muswellbrook sub-branch of the Australian Railways' Union are indignant at the action of the Railway Commissioners in serving…

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Boy Jumps to Evade Train

Singleton Argus · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 1

Trapped on a viaduct on the main southern line, near Liverpool on Friday afternoon, with a speeding train boring down upon him, William Billitt,…

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Exciting Finish Cycle Road Race One Rider Falls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 7

The great danger of stray dogs being allowed on the street was evidenced on Saturday, when 13 riders out of 35 contestants in the Maitland…

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Lucky Escape Pinned Under Tram SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 6

When he was knocked down by a tram in Central Square, last night, James Hunter, 40, of Rowntree-street, Balmain, had an extraordinary escape…

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