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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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Train Off Line Damage at Darling Harbour

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

When the locomotive, tender, and 10 trucks of a goods train were derailed at Bridge-road cutting, Darling Harbour, on Wednesday night, the crew…

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Opening Brown's Creek - Bucca Wauka Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 6

The Brown's Creek road, a developmental work, primarily to open up the rich brush lands on the eastern boundary of the Gloucester Shire, and…

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New Road to Coalfields Importance to District

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

Gradually, but surely, the main road to the coalfields, is taking shape, and each cay brings it closer to being one of the best roads in the…

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Special Train Popular. Nearly 800 on Board. NEARLY £230 for Fares

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

The special train which ran from Werris Creek to Newcastle on New Year's Day carried nearly 800 tourists, who were met on arrival…

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The Railways. Holiday Traffic. £635 Received in 14 DAYS

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

The holiday traffic at the Muswellbrook Railway Station from the 18th. to 31st. December yielded £634/15/3…

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No Interest Loan to Railways £6,000,000 SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

During 1935 the Railway Department proposes to improve passenger traffic facilities. "The Government has decided to…

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Regulation Strike Railwayman's Scheme Approved Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

It is announced that a majority of the sub-branches of the Australian Railways Union had favoured a regulation strike as a protest against…

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Interest-free Loan to Railways Improved Facilities for Travelling Public

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 6

The Railway Department preposes to improve facilities for the travelling public during 1935. The Government has derided to…

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Shire Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 2

Wallavobba Shire Council has recommended the acceptance of the tender of Mr. R. Delatorre, Raymond Terrace, for the erection of the new…

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Road Funds Growing Millions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 10

For the year 1938-34 the English Road Fund received £31,577,716 from motor taxes. This compares with £28,702,370 in the previous year. Of this…

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Pacific Highway Holiday Resorts Road Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 10

Pacific Highway is the main route used by many tourists visiting the various coastal holiday places between Sydney and…

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RECONSTRUCTION Cessnock Maitland Road CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 7

It is proposed to close several parts of the Cessnock Maitland road to traffic during reconstruction work. That part of the road, between the…

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Knife Drawn Wingham Incident Train Dispute Taree

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 2

At the Taree Police Court it was related how a knife had been brandished at a Newcastle railway guard at Wingham, and how…

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Train Delayed Glen Innes Mail Draw Hook Breaks Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

The Glen Innes mail which left Sydney at 8.30 last night, arrived in Newcastle at 12.31 this morning, 40 minutes late…

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New Experience Duke's Mountain Climb Royal Train Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 2

Perhaps the most novel experience of the whole tour of the Duke of Gloucester was the ascent of the famous and spectacular…

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The Motorist Pays

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 10

Out of £4187 paid into court in fines and costs at Southend (England) during the year ended September 30, 1934, £808/9/6 was paid in respect…

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Three Injured Motor Vehicles Collide CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 6

Travelling along the Wollombi-road, West Cessnock, last night, a motor lorry came into collision with a motor bicycle, ridden by Herbert…

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Railway Gauges Unification Scheme Vast Expenditure Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 11

Proposals for the unification of Australian railway gauges have been submitted to the Federal Cabinet by the parliamentary secretary for…

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Motor World Vital Controls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 10

It is unfortunate that for a variety of reasons manufacturers' have found it impossible to adopt a common standard practice with regard to the…

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Motor Driver Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 2

Charged with driving a motor vehicle in Otho-street, Inverell, while under the influence of liquor, Thomas Ernest de Valle, of Darlinghurst,…

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