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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 115

LOCHINVAR Taring Main Road Good Progress Lochinvar

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 2

Excellent progress is being made with the tarring of the main road from the racecourse to Lochinvar, We expect it to be completed by the…

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Page River Bridge Under Repair N.R.M.A. ADVICE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 10

The main bridge over the Page River at Murrurundi will be closed for the next three weeks during repairs, reports the N.R.M.A…

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Aged Woman Lying on, Tram Tracks SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 1

A ninety years old woman was discovered lying across the tram tracks at Vaucluse to-day in her night dress. She was wrapped in a blanket and…

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Motor World Renovating Old Batteries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 10

Renders of these notes might recall that many months ago the writer described a process for reconditioning old and sulphated storage batteries,…

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Motor Tours Eastern Riverina' SYDNEY—WAGGA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 10

A comprehensive report on the main routes in eastern Riverina is to-day furnished by the N.R.M.A., touring department…

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Motor Lorries Carrying Passengers Licence Wanted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 8

Referring to the large number of accidents that have occurred recently involving injury to passengers travelling on Motor lorries, the…

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Motor Cycle Ablaze

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 8

After a motor cycle outfit ridden by George Griffin, 45, of Chatswood, had come into collision with a motor lorry at the intersection of Miller and…

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Danger of Country Roads

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 1

That in many of the country districts earts using roads at night without a rear light of any description provide a menace to motorists, is…

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Bridge Traffic Not to be Diverted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 4

The secretary of the Department of Main Roads (Mr. S. R. Henderson) has formed the secretary of the Maitland Hospital that the Board…

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Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured Head on Collision with Tram. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 2

Francis Edward Noil, aged 27, was fatally injured this morning when his motor cycle collided head on with a tram…

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Road Accidents Four Persons Killed Car Turns Over Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 2

Road accidents in the metropolitan area during the week-end reulted in four persons being killed…

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Gone Far Enough Sided with Railwaymen DR, F. de Witt Batty Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 1

The Bishop of Newcastle, Dr. Francis do Witt Batty, speaking at the Rotary Club luncheon to-day on the economic crisis and the considerable…

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Amateur Wins Motor-boat Race Tricky Course New Smyrna (Florida) March 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 1

Horace Tennes, of Chicago, a 21-year old amateur, won the first of the international motor-boat races being held here…

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Body Found On Railway Line SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 6

The body of Harry William Russell Denny, 34, a chemist, was found in a multilated condition on the railway line between Belmore and lakemba,…

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RAILWAYMEN Petition to Mayor Emphatic Protest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 5

Emphatically protesting against the new railway log, a meeting of employees of the railways, over which Mr. J. Crocket, Maitland representative…

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Motor Cyclist Over Embankment Victim's Condition Serious. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 2

William Barrett, aged 23, and has motor cycle crashed over an embankment at Prospect Jute last night, and Barrett lay seriously injured until a…

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Bridge Under Repair

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 4

The main bridge over the Page River at Murrurundi will be closed for the next three weeks during repairs, reports the N.R.M.A…

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Danger of Country Roads

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 4

That in many of the country districts "etirts using roads at night without a rear light of any description provide a menace to motorists, is…

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SALISBURY. Road Matters

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 2

A meeting between shire councillors and residents of Salisbury and district was held on Friday, 2nd March, when there were present Crs. R. L…

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Victim Dies Sequel to Motor Smash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 8

Miss Winifred Ahern, 24, of Elwood, Vic., who was injured in a motor collision at Werribee on Saturday night, died in the Geelong…

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