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Railways, roads & transport, 1934

2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 115

Salaries Reduction Act Railway Men Up in Arms. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 6

Both the A.T.U. and the N.U.R. are circularising members of Parliament, enlisting their support in an endeavour to arrange a deputation to the Premier…

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Overcrowding of Kurri 'Buses Deputation to South Maitland Railways

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 1

The Deputy President (Cr. T. D. Johns), at last night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council, reported that, with Cr. Christianson and the…

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Road Improved Maclcsyille—Urunga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 8

Following on reports that motorists were experiencing great difficulty in negotiating a section of Pacific Highway between Macksville and, Urunga,…

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Tourist Roads Conditions Reviewed N.R.M.A. ADVICE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 8

Motoring conditions along some of the more important tourist roads in near western districts are described by the N.R.M.A…

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Motor Drive

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 6

A motor drive to Clarence Town will take place to-morrow, cars leaving West Maitland Post Office at 10 o'clock. Proceeds are for the Cash…

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Motor World Amended British Taxation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 8

At long last the British Government has made a wise move for the promotion of export trade by introducing a reduction of the car tax, as…

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Salaries Act Public Service Gut Railway Fears

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 10

Representatives of the N.U.R. and A.R.U. have circularised members of Parliament, asking them to do all in their power in trying to arrange…

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Tenambit Roads E.M. Council's Decision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 6

Mr. A. Nethercott, hon. secretary of the Tenambit Poultry Farmers' Association, has received word from the East Mainland Municipal Council, in…

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Cyclist's Mishap Fell in Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 8

Competing in the Maitland Cycle Club's road race on Saturday afternoon. A McDonald, unemployed, living in High-street, West Maitland,…

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Road Accidents Many Week-end Smashes Fatal Injuries Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 2

Frederick John Charlesworth, 42, of Beach-street, Coogee, was fatally Injured on Saturday night, when a motor car struck a post…

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Sensational Incident on Mail Train Recalled Man Charged Alleged Assault While Armed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 7

The sensational happening at Broadmeadow on October 24, when a guard on a mail train was found tied up in the…

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Wool Saved Motor Lorry Burnt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 3

While ascending a hill near Tibue station, in the Gloucester district, a motor lorry, owned and driven by Mr. R. Taylor of Gloucester, burst into…

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The Railway Institute

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 2

Departmental workmen to-day were engaged in the removal of one of the rooms of the Railway Institute, South Singleton. The Institute was erected…

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Gravel for Cessnock Maitland Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 1

The Shire Engineer (M. J. F. Shine), at last Thursday night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council, reported that he had gone…

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Railway Pay Dockets Serious Charges Over £12,000 Alleged to Be Involved Goulburn

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 2

At the police court to-day Frank Augustus Twyford (34), railway employee, William Henry Lamb (35), Railway Institute attendant,…

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Motor Registrations

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 5

The figures supplied by the Department of Road Transport for the new motor registrations for the week ended April 20, show that the number…

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Saving Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 4

Skilled engineers and 11,000 labourers are working on the Hardinge Bridge in East Bengal, in an effect to save it from destruction in the…

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World's Fifth Longest Bridge Repairing Breach Against Time

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 4

Calcutta, Monday.—Unless the unforeseen happens, efforts to save the Hardinge bridge by skilled engineers and 11,000 labourers will succeed. The…

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Pathetic Figure at Coroner's Court Sad Story Married a Fortnight Motor Victim Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 1

The widow of Alfred Ed-ward Jobson, of Leichhardt, was a pathetic figure at the Coroner's Court to-day,…

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Bias Alleged Railway Complaints SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 4

A petition alleging bias and victimisation, and ashing that an inquiry should be held into the locomotive branch of the railways and the alleged…

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