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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 115

Speed Blamed Motor Accidents South Australia Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 8

Reporting to the Premier (Mr. Butler) the Commissioner of Police (Brigadier-General Leane) said that the road accidents in south Australia…

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The Railway Industry Paralysing Effect of Dual Control. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 2

Evidence that he thought the present system of dual industrial control was paralysing the proper administration of the railway industry was given…

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Toll of Motor Vehicles 321 Killed Last Year

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 2

A report made available by the Government Statistician, Mr. T. Waites, disclosed that in 1033, 321 persons were killed as a result of motor accidents in…

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Wallalong Road

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 3

Mr. W. Bennett, M. L. A., is, in receipt of the following:—I have pleasure in advising you that approval has been given to an advance of £560 being made available to…

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Rules of Road Duty of Motorists English Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 5

Following close on the decision of the British Government to throw the responsibility on the drivers of motor and other vehicles using cross roads,…

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Skull Fractured Probable Fall from Train MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 8

With a fractured skull and abrasions to the arms, Harry Earl, 15, of Box Hill, was found in a semi-conscious condition at the Surrey Hills…

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School Vacation Railway Excursions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 6

Public schools will close for the Autumn vacation on May 19, and so that teachers and parents may make their holiday arrangements well in…

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Quick Starting New Motor Lubricant British Tests

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 5

During the past few months there has been a particularly important development overseas in connection with quick-starting cold-weather lubricant…

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Our Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 4

Our road, is our road. Truly do people leave it with us entirely. So does another body of people, this time, men; the councillors, the Statesmen,…

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Caledonia to Elrington Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 4

Kearsley Shire Council, at its meeting on Thursday, night, adopted a report by the Shire, Engineer, (Mr. J. F. Shine) for some local gravel to be…

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Bridge to Lorn Shire President's Opinion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 7

"I am satisfied now that if the Government does not build a suspension bridge from Lorn to West Maitland it will improve the Belmore Bridge…

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Flooded North Areas Inundated Roads Blocked Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 5

Heavy rain during the last few days has flooded low-flying areas on the North and South Coast. Eden is completely isolated. The…

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The Range Road. Officer to Inspect

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 7

Mr. Bucknell, an officer of the Public Works Department, accompanied by the Divisional Engineer of the Main Roads Board, will meet representatives…

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Unemployed Working on Main Roads. Council to Meet Deputation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 5

"I think they should notify the council what it is they want to discuss, and give, us something concrete and we will meet them," said the…

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Special Football Train Rugby League Match in Newcastle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 2

A special train, for the conveyance of coalfield fans to the Cessnock Northern Suburbs Rugby League match in Newcastle to-morrow…

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Bad Road at Abernethy Hospital Board's Complaint

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 2

At last night's meeting of the Cessnock Hospital Board, Mr. G. W. Brown drew attention to the bad state of the road in the vicinity of…

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Car Somersaults Wedding Guests Hurt Road Subsidence Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 1

Three persons were injured early this morning when a car containing wedding guests crashed over a subsidence caused by rain at Randwick…

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Father Proceeds Against Son. For Illegally Using Motor Car

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 1

At the 'Muswellbrook Police Court this morning, Norman Chapman Ellis was charged with taking, and using a motor car, the property of his father,…

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Autumn School Vacation. Railway Excursions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 4

Public schools will close for the Autumn vacation on May 10, and so that teachers and parents may make their holiday arrangements well in advance,…

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Motor Smash Claim for £1200 Case Lost Grafton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 April 1934 · page 3

The case was concluded in the Grafton Supreme Court of the case in which Arthur Parry Small, of Upper Crara, alleging negligence against…

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