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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 115

More Wool; Less Wheat. Railway Department's Forecast. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 2

According to a preliminary estimate by the Railway Department, wool to be transported by rail to Sydney from…

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Gloucester Railway Yards. Unloading Sleepers

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 2

Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., has been informed as follows:—With reference to the representations made to you by Mr. C. W. Crawford, of Gloucester, on…

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Increased Wool Clip Expected Railway Estimate of Clip. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 June 1934 · page 8

According to a preliminary estimate of the Railway Department wool to be transported by rail to sydney from country districts will show an increase…

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Bridge Repair Main Roads Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1934 · page 6

Quantities of stone have been delivered at the Belmore Bridge, West Maitland, for roinferoing of the bridge abutment The Public Works…

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Leg Amputated Fell Under Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1934 · page 7

While attempting to beard a northern mail train at Howard, in the Mary-borough district, Roy Webb, 17, of Lismore, slipped from the buffer and…

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Road Accidents World-wide Attention Warning Notices

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1934 · page 10

The reduction of road accidents is receiving world-wide publicity these days, and the fact is almost as widely appreciated that educating the people…

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Drastic Action High Speed Motorists Police Move Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1934 · page 7

The Commissioner of Police states that it is essential that the dangerous practice of everland motorists travelling at excessive speeds be stamped…

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Motor Fuel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1934 · page 10

A plant for the production of motor tuel from coal and coal oil is now in opeatin at Cannock Chase, in the English Midlands, At the Moment it…

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Motor World Used Vehicles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1934 · page 10

One of The most important points to which the prospecive buyer of a second-hand car or truck must give heed is the state of its pistons and…

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Test for Drink "Fantastic Proposal" Motorists' View

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 June 1934 · page 8

"Outrageous" and "fautastic" were words applied to the proposal of Mr. W. McAdam Eccles, the distinguished. English surgeon, that a blood test…

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Long Bridge Long Delay of Repairs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1934 · page 6

More than six months have elapsed since the Board of Directors of Maitland Hospital directed attention to the very unsatisfactory condition of the…

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WALLAROBBA Council Meeting Road Repairs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1934 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Wallarobba Shire Council was held at the shire office, Dungog. The members present were…

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Three Hurt Car Overturns Maitland-road Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1934 · page 4

Three persons were injured when a motor car in which they were travelling left the road and overturned in a ditch, on the Newcastle side of the…

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Loss on W.a. Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1934 · page 5

For the half-year ending this month, the estimated loss on the working of the West Australian railways is £230,000, £10,000 more than…

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Railway Trespass

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 June 1934 · page 6

Pleading guilty at the West Maitland Court to-day to haveing trespassed on the N.S.W. Government Railway at West Maitland, Roland William…

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Big Robbery of Jewellery Gang of Motor Car Thieves

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 June 1934 · page 1

At the peak of the shopping hour on Friday night three criminals, who had arrived in a motor car, smashed a win dow of the jewellery store of' Angus and…

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Concrete Road Opened

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 4

The hope that Burns Point-road, the first strip of [?]onorete roadway of any longth in the Richmond River district, would be the fore-runner of…

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Threat to Shoot Bishop's Bridge Case

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 6

At the West Maitland Children's Court, a youth was fined 10/, on charges of assault and trespass, and ordered to pay costs amounting to…

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Cycling. Five Miles' Road Race. Won by A. BUDDEN

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 3

The local Cycling Club held a five-mile road race on the Aberdeen road on Saturday afternoon last. The event was won by A, Budden, off 40…

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E. MAITLAND U.A.P. Dance and War Bridge Literary Institute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1934 · page 2

The dance and war bridge, organised by the East Maitland branch of the United Australia Party, and held in the E.M…

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