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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

2,592 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 130

Motor World Leakage at Valve Covers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 10

Sometimes with overhead valve engines there is an annoying leakage of oil from the edges of the valve coverplates. Usually the cover is of…

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Sandy Hollow New Railway Line Premier's Support Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 April 1935 · page 3

The attitude of favourable consideration towards the construction of the proposed Maryvale to Sandy Hollow railway line, adopted by the Premier…

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Fell Under Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 3

Eric Malow, a fireman, felt from the platform of his engine underneath the train at Talwood (Q.) ON Saturday. He hecame caught in the under-car…

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Murder Verdict Baby's Body in Train SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 April 1935 · page 1

The City Coroner (Mr. Oram,) to day recorded a verdict of murder against some person or persons unknown, following an inquest on an…

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New High Level Bridge At Merton Crossing. to Serve Two Roads Existing' Bridge to Be Replaced

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 5

The Main Roads Board has advised the Muswellbrook Shire Council that it is proceeding immediately with the design of a new…

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Rowdyism on Train

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

When a special train from the north coast, conveying Easter excursionists to Sydney, reached Dungog on Friday afternoon, Constables Bakes and…

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The Branch. Road Repairs

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

It is gratifying indeed to read of the Stroud Shire Council's earnestness in wanting to forge ahead with the road repairs. In the way of getting that…

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Rights of the Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 6

The courts of the land are constantly engaged in settling differences over the rights and obligations of road-users…

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Returned Soldiers' Club. Monthly Meeting. Diggers' Ball to Be Held. Anzac Day Passes. "Diggers" Realise that Railway Department is Faced with Big Problem

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 1

At a large and enthusiastic comhlned meeting of members of the Soldiers Club and ladees' commmittee, held last night, it was…

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Anzac Day Railway Difficulties Strong Protest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 6

In definite terms the members of the East Maitland sub-branch of the R.S. and S.I.L.A. expressed disappointment with the altered…

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Dropped Dead in Tram Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

Joseph Frederick Condy, 60, of Crane-street, Concord, fell dead to the floor of a Quay-bound train last night in Broadway, Glebe. He is believed…

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Deputation to Railway Commissioners

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last, a deputation from the Dungog Municipal Council waited, upon the, Deputy Commissioner for Railways (Mr. F. C…

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Railway Officials Complimented

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 2

At a meeting of the Dungog Municipal Council on Tuesday night, complimentary references were made to the efficiency of the railway officials…

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Sandy Hollow New Railway Line

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1935 · page 3

The attitude of favorable consideration towards the construction of the proposed Maryvale to Sandy Hollow railway line, adopted by the Premier…

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Road Accidents Alarming

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 8

"That 86 persons were killed in road accidents, in this State during last quarter is an alarming condition of affairs when it is remembered that more than…

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Man Palls From Train Leg Fractured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 3

W. G. Keen, aged 26, a timber worker, is in Grafton Hospital, suffering from a compound fracture of the left leg as a result of a fall from the…

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New High Level Bridge at Merton Crossing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 1

The Main Roads Board has advised the Muswellbrook Shire Council that it is proceeding immediately with the design of a new high-level bridge to be…

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Driver Dead in Cabin Fireman Stops Train

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 2

While an express train was travelling at 60 miles an hour near Bedford (Eng.) a tragic drama was being enacted on the footplate of the engine…

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Train Derailed Bull on Line BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 8

Two bullocks were killed and others injured, five waggons were smashed, and the permanent way was damaged when a stock train, carrying 200…

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Merton Bridge The New Structure Preparing Plans Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1935 · page 4

Renders will remember that during a heavy storm some months ago, the low-level bridge at Morton, in the Denman portion of the Shire, towards…

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