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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 115

Barrington Tops Road

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 2

An application from the Wallarobba Shire Council for the proclamation of the road as a developmental road with a view of assistance for construction work…

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GRESFORD Shire Activity Work on Roads Gresford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 4

The Shire Council is giving attention to the roads in the vicinity of Gresford. The erosion and gutters at East…

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Train Derailed 28 Sheep Killed NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 9

Twenty-eight sheep were killed when the van of a stock train, which was shunting at the Hanbury yards, near Waratah, was derailed and…

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Road to Medowie (To the Editor)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 8

Sir,—Portion of the road to Medowle was recently repaired under the relief scheme of a cost of over £300, but the moors, in which motorists and…

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Award Wages Main Roads Work Cessnock Request Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 2

A deputation from the District Council of the Dole Workers' Association will place before Kearsley Shire Council to-night certain…

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Fatal Smash Skid on Wet Road Car Hits Tree Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 2

When the car in which they were driving skidded on the wet road at Cheltenham, and crashed into a tree with terrific force,…

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"I Deserve It" Graham Land Drunken Motor Driver FINED £5 NEWCASTLE, Thursday Antarctic Expedition LONDON, April 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 7

"I deserve it," said Thomas Archibald Bruce McDonald (25), labourer, when charged with having driven a motor car while under the influence The Government has made a £10,000 grant to an expedition which will shortly proceed to Graham Land under the leadership of Mr.John…

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Did Not Stop Motorist Charged Accident Sequel Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 7

Charged in Newcastle Court to-day with having been the driver of a motor car he did stop after an accident, Norman Harris (45), wine…

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Passed Tram Cyclist Fined NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 7

While a tram was setting down and picking up passengers at Broadmeadow, William Allan Rower, of Adamstown, drove his motor cycle…

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Kurri Railway Re-opening Proposal CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 6

When representatives of Kearsley Shire Council interviewed the South Maitland Railway Company at Newcastle recently, and discussed the…

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Old Armidale Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 6

"The road from Armidale crossed Cloud's Creek at Peter Shea's hotel, a couple of miles above the present Cloud's Creek bridge. Mr. Dey…

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Bridge Rarity Full Suit Each

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 5

What is believed to have been the ninth authenticated instance of each player in a game of bridge being dealt a complete suit was reported from…

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Amateur Cycling To-morrow's Road Race

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 4

The Cessnock Amateur Club will conduct a 9-mile road race to-morrow (Saturday), starting and finishing at the Cessnock Hotel…

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VACY Horn's Crossing Bridge on Allyn Vacy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 5

The committee of the Citizens' League, with the co-operation of the Vacy-Paterson Agricultural Bureau, is leaving no stone…

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Mount View Road Complaint Concerning Its Condition

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 4

The Shire Clerk (Mr. W. J. Grieve) at last night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council, reported that on a recent date Mr. J. A. Bridge, of…

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Road Deaths Mr. Watson's Review Grave Problem

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 6

Mr. J. C. Watson, President of the N.R.M.A., replying to the Government Statistician's statement showing that there…

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Railway Commissioner's Visit

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

Upon me occasion or their visit to Aberdeen on Thursday of last week, the Commissioner was waited upon by a deputation headed by the Mayor. In…

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Schoolboys' Railway Cruise

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 3

Following upon the success of the schoolboys' "goodwill" tour last September, arrangements have been completed for a somewhat similar cruise…

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Motor Cycle Accident Infant Thrown Out of Mother's Arms

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 5

Caught by its shawl, an infant's fall was arrested when it was thrown out of its mother's arms in a motor cycle accident, and it was saved from more…

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