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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

2,592 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 130

MURRURUNDI Page's Creek Road MURRURUNDI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 4

When in Sydney last week Mr. G. O'Brien, President of the Progress Aussociation, had an interview with Mr. H.C. Carter, M.L.A., as the…

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New Road Danger Bilpin-Mount Irvine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 10

Several complaints from motorists have been received by the N.R.M.A. concerning the Bilpin-Mount Irvineroad, which was opened in January…

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Motor World Testing Spark Plugs

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 10

A time-honoured but very unsatisfactory method of testing a suspected spark ping is to place it with the ignition lead connected, on the…

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Tram Conductor Killed by Car SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 1

When he was knocked down by a motor-car near the Cooks River bridge, Clarence Stewart, 25, a tram conductor, of Lelc[?]ardt, was killed…

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Tram Men Reduction in Wages Appeal to Court Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 1

Much interest will centre in a judgment in the High Court on Monday on an appeal by the Australian Tramways Employees Association,…

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Motorist Offends

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 April 1935 · page 6

Finding that the colour of his expired licence was not that which is fashionable in 1935, a Rotherham (England) motorist dipped it in paint…

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Through Fence Motorist Injured ARMIDALE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 April 1935 · page 2

When Ell Najor, 35, of warw[?]e[?], Queensland, was motoring from Warwick to Tamworth, at the week-end, he mistook a bend in the road and…

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Woman Killed on Railway Line

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 April 1935 · page 1

With her head badly crushed, the body of Mrs Florence Hill, aged 33, married, of Redfern, was found lying on the railway line a short distance…

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Power to Seize Motor Vehicles

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 April 1935 · page 1

The Executive Council has aproved a new regulation which will empower members of the police to seize motor vehicles. It provides…

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Road to Gresford

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1935 · page 2

Cr. R. L. Fitzgerald, of Wallarobba shire, again brought forward the agitation for a road from Dungog to Gresford, which, he stated, would…

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"A Shocking Road."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1935 · page 6

Dealing with Woolfield Hill, the Engineer stated he could put in a deviation for about £250, but to make a first-class job would of course cost…

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Easter Excursions. Special Train to Sydney

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1935 · page 5
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

In connection with the extensive series of excursion trains arranged by the Railway Department during the Easter holiday period, of which ample…

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Wallarobba Shire. Monthly Council Meeting. "A Shocking Road."

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1935 · page 6

A meeting of the Wallarobba Shire Council was held at the Shire Office Dungog, on Tuesday. The President, (Cr. G. J. Champain)…

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Police Court. Travelling on Railways

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 April 1935 · page 2

At to-day's court before Messrs J. S. Hart and A. E. Sluman, Js.P., Jack Higgerson (20) and Walter Higgerson (18) were each charged with…

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Motor Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 April 1935 · page 5

This year, is estimated that over 4,000,000 new motor cars and trucks will be produced and sold. Such a huge output would have been…

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Collision Near Dunolly Bridge

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 April 1935 · page 2

An accident occurred about 7.50 a.m. yesterday in at the John-street, at the approach to Dunolly Bridge, in which a timber lorry and trailer, driven by Mr…

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A Concession Train from Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 April 1935 · page 6

Mr. Arthur Howarth, M.L.A., has been advised in answer to his representations on behalf of shop assistants working in Newcastle, that to…

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Foot Crushed Fell Under Train NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 April 1935 · page 9

Charles Wrightson, 16, of Waratah, slipped beneath a moving coal train at Waratah and sustained a crushed right foot, a lacerated wound to the…

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Road Accidents Council's Liability Tarro Question

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 April 1935 · page 7

The question whether council was liable for an accident which occurred on one of its roads arose when a letter was read at a meeting of Tarro…

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