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Railways, roads & transport, 1935

2,592 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 130

Diesel Motor Qld. Innovation BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 1

The Queensland railways will put a rail motor fitted with a 130 horse-power Diesel engine, burning crude oil, into operation on the Queensland…

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Motorist's Dilemma

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 9

What is a motorist to do who drives his car to court and there has his licence suspended? A motorist in Bromley (England) faced with this…

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Motor World Regular Firing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 9

[?]k of uniformity in the spark [?] of an engine can sometimes [?] upset the sweet running of an [?]wise admirably tuned job…

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Tar Trouble Motorist Complains

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 9

An N.R.M.A. member who recently drove over the Hume Highway between Holbrook and Albury, complains that the paintwork of his car was…

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NON-STOP Railway Complaint Whose Fault?

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 4

Although the Chief Commissioner for Railways is making strenuous endeavours to popularise the railways, recent actions of some officials in…

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Motor Cyclist Hurt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 5

A. McLean (24), living at Hexham, [?]ained abrasions to the left arm, and [?]ere lacerations to the right leg, and [?] suffered shock, when he fell from…

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Aeroplane Forced Down

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 2

Forced down in a swamp near Warnervale at 8 a.m. on Thursday, an aeroplane piloted by Goya Henry, was almost completely wrecked. The…

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Aeroplane Damaged Crashed into Stamp

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 3

An Avro-avian 'plane belonging to Air Travel Ltd., Sydney, crashed into a stump while landing on Bellbird Racecourse on Saturday. The…

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Train Scalers Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 4

Five train scalers found in a truck at Teralra were each fined 10/, or one day at the police court to-day They were Edward woodham…

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Sunday's Excursion Train. OVER 700 PASSENGERS

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 1

Sunday's special train to Newcastle from Tamworth and Merriwa, chartered by the Muswellbrook Cricket Association, carried 70.7 passengers…

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Bridge Arches Use for Factory SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 6

It is announced that the Department of Main Roads has let a contract for the occupancy of two concrete archways supporting the approach to the…

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Girl Killed Fell from Train ADELAIDE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 6

Lessa clarke, 13, daughter of Mr. B. A. Clarke, former manager of the Austral Theatre, port pirie, a student of the High school at port pirie, was…

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Serious Motor Accidents. Dubbo and Kiama. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 2

Thomas Bird (18) sustained shocking injuries, and nine other persons had remarkable escapes, when two cars collided in the…

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Railway Picnic No. 5 NORTH

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 4

A meeting of the above was held at the R. and T. Institute, Murrurundi, when there were present:—Messrs T. Thorn (president), — Barrett, C. Bush,…

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Motor Prosecution Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 8

Henry J. Smith pleaded guilty at the Cessnock court to-day to a charge of failing to return an expired registration certificate He was fined 10/…

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Motor Bus Passengers Have Miraculous Escape WRECKED 20 Foot Drop Few Hurt Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 1

Out of control on Pike's Hill, near Kiama, early this morning a motor 'bus ran backward down the hill and…

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B.S.A. SUCCESS Motor Cycle Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 6

The motorcycle reliability trial flint commenced in Sydney on January 20 was the greatest motor cycle trial over held in Australia. It. prov…

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Tarro Shire Engineer's Report Proposed Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 12

The Tarro shire engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) submitted a report to council to-day on the roads Black Hill-Buttai-Maitland, and…

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Train Passes Federal Speakers CANBERRA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 8

Friends contemplate making special pleas to the Federal Government for gold life rail passes for two former Speakers of the House of…

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Lucky Escape Jumped from Train ADELAIDE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 12

An elderly woman, who jumped from a carriage of the trans-continental express when it was travelling at nearly 50 miles an hour, received…

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