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Railways, roads & transport, 1934

2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 115

Exit Trams? 'Buses in Favour Minister's View Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 June 1934 · page 1

Replying to a question by Mr. T. Keegan in the Assembly to-day, the Deputy Premier (Mr. Bruxner) said he did not think that many…

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Railways Union Abandons Arbitration Court

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 28 June 1934 · page 4

A resolution was carried, directing that steps be taken to seek agreements by round table conference with the Commissioner for Railways and the Commissioner…

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Stroud Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 5

The annual R.C. ball was held on 22nd. inst, and was a huge success, a record crowd being in attendance. Music was supplied by Mr. L…

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Relief Workers Withdrawn Kearsley Roads

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 4

Emer[?] engaged by the Kearsley Shire Council on the reconstruction of main [?] sections Kurri Kurri-Haddon Grate and…

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Aberdeen-scone Road Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 2

Mr. H. C. Carter, M.L.A., has been informed by the Main Roads Department that the work of tarsurfacing the road from Aberdeen…

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Reconditioning of Hebburn Road. Minister's Reply

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 1

Replying to Mr. J. M. Baddeley's representations on behalf of the Hebburn No. 2 Miners Lodge urging the necessity for reconditioning of the…

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Scone-Aberdeen Road to Be Tar-surfaced

The Scone Advocate · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 2

Mr. H. C. Carter, M.L.A. for Liverpool Plains, yesterday advised us (by phone) that the Main Roads Board had communicated with him,…

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Liverpool Range Road. Willow Tree to Merriwa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 4

A Murrurundi message reads:— A few weeks ago two engineers from the Public Works Department, accompanied by councillors of Warrah and…

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Merriwa and District News (Reprinted from the Merriwa and Cassills "News.") Rotherwood-coolah Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 7

Mr. S. W. Stokes, consulting engineer and surveyor, of Sydney, is at present at work locating and surveying a road from Coolah to Rotherwood, which…

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The Motor World

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 3

Britain's Accident Figures.—In the first quarter of this year there was a serious increase in the number of street accidents in Great Britain, as…

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The Week. Sandy Hollow Railway.—

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 2

Judging by the activity being shown by the Gulgong Railway League, Newcastle Chamber of Commerce and Decentralisation Committee, and the…

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Sandy Hollow Railway Muswellbrook Council's Support. Railway Electrification Opposed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 10

The Municipal Council on Wednesday evening adopted a resolution in support of the agitation in favor of the construction of the proposed…

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Tram Fares Union Ultimatum "Wont Collect" Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 10

A definite declaration that unless the system of collecting tram faros from footboards is a abolished immediately the tram collectors will not…

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Fell From Tram Peculiar Accident SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 1

A peculiar accident befel Lawrence Brown, of Paddington, last night. He was sitting in a tram in tram in Darilnghurst when he saw George Benson, of…

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Sydney's Toll Motor Fatalities

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 3

The Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr, S. A, Maddocks) has informed the N.R.M.A. that for the first three months of this your 84 persons…

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Winter Tours Sydney to Cairns Road Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1934 · page 10

During the winter months motor tours to Queensland are always popular, advises the N.R.M.A., which to-day provides a brief…

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Motor Car and Taxi Cab in Violent Collision Four Hurt Serious Skid Cab Smashed Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1934 · page 1

Hurled sideways over 30 feet and overturned, a taxicab was badly smashed when it collided with a big…

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Motor World Starter-Motors

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1934 · page 10

Even on a cold morning and when the engine is "tight" because of standing overnight in a frosty garage the starter-motor should crank if…

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Sandy Hollow Muswellbrook Support Railway Scheme Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1934 · page 5

The aldermen of the Municipal Council favour the construction of the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway, and at the fortnightly meeting it was…

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SINGLETON Motor Car Collision Cross-action Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 June 1934 · page 5

A collision between two motor care on April 10, near Belford, formed the basis of a cross action for damages in Singleton Small…

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