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Railways, roads & transport, 1934

2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 66 of 115

CYCLING 28 Mile Road Race Great Finish

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

Only about half of the 49 starters in the Maitland District Bicycle Club's invitation road race from Singleton to Maitland…

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Woman Hurt Truck and Car Collide at Victoria Bridge

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

A woman was injured and several other people had harrow escapes, when a Graham sedan bar and a single seater Chevrolet…

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Nepean and Hawkesbury Rivers in Flood Still Rising Heavy Damage to Crops Roads Under Water Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 July 1934 · page 5

Following heavy rain over the week-end, serious floods are feared in the Nepean and Hawkesbury River areas. Both rivers are now well…

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New Motor Spirit Atlantic Ethyl Stir Created

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

Following an announcement by the Atlantic Union Oil Company last week to the effect that they would soon offer a remarkable new fuel of…

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Died in Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 8

The Rev. E. Ledger, 54, of Claremont, W.A., Congrogational Church, collapsed and died in a train at Dalgliab…

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Ran Under Train Man Dashed to Death

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 5

Edward Commorford, 63, was talking and laughing with a friend at a level crossing at Kalgoorlie (W.A.), when a goods train approached…

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Fatally Hurt Collision Victim? Found on Road Inverell

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 2

Noticing a beam of light from a motor cycle headlight which he subsequently found lying on the road three miles from Inverell, walter…

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Motor Fatality. Driver for Trial

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 4

An inquest was held at Singleton by the District Coroner (Mr. Alex. Morrison) concerning the death of Rapheal Francis Donnelly, aged 26,…

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Price of Petrol Motorists Disappointed To-day's Increase Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 1

The incense in the price of petrol to 1/7, 1/6 and 1/5 for various grades, announced yesterday, was brought into effect to-day at 9 a.m…

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Less Revenue Railway Figures More Traffic Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 2

Despite the fact that practically 5,000,000 additional passengers travelled on the New South Wales railways during the year ended…

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More Falls Ayrfield Subsidence Railway Affected Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 July 1934 · page 7

A further extensive subsidence at Ayrfleld No. 1 Colliery has made the position much moro serious, and the superintendent and engineers of the…

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Main Roads P.P. Executive Request Government Reply

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1934 · page 6

"That the Government be requested to relieve shires from contributing towards the cost of main roads in order to make it financially possible…

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Young Man's Death Found Injured on Road

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 August 1934 · page 1

Attracted by the beam of light from a motor-cycle headlight, which he subsequently found lying on the road three miles from Invorell, Walter…

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Left the Road Sedan Car Overturns Lucky Escape Quirindi

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 August 1934 · page 1

Last night a Vauxhall sedan car, driven by Mr. Wilson, of Queensland, accompanied by his wife, skidded on loose gravel on the New England…

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Flood at Windsor Four Feet of Water on Road. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 August 1934 · page 2

Although the flood waters are receding to-day," Windsor is still isolated, there being 4ft. of water on the road between the town and M'Grath's Hill…

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State Railways More Passengers and Less Revenue

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 August 1934 · page 1

Although nearly 5,000,000 more passengers were carried on the New South Wales railways during the year ended June 30, compared…

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School Children in Motor Accident

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 August 1934 · page 2

A collision occurred between a motor bus, which was conveying school children from the railway station to the High School at Coff's Harbour,…

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Train Cancelled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 6

The agitation that emenated from a particular quarter regarding the running of late train on Saturday nights writes our Morpeth…

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A Bad Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 7

One needs to be an expert at polevanlting or to excel in the art of the hop step and jump to properly negotiate a very had stretch of the main…

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Fell From Train ManY Body Found GOULBURN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 August 1934 · page 8

The mutilated body of a man named Whitehead was found lying between the ralls between Campbelltown and Glenleo railway stations…

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