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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

2,592 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 130

Fractured Skull Fell Boarding Train Youth Dies Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 3

A youth named Jack Ashton, aged 15, of Boxley, was fatally injured when attempting to board a moving train at the Central Railway Station…

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Railway Excursions. for May School Holidays

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

The Department of Railways notifies, that excursion trains will be run to and from Sydney for the benefit of scholars, teachers, parents, and…

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Boy Injured Hit by Motor Car SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 1

Severe concussion, possible fracture of the skull, and contusions to the right eye were sustained by Joseph Maree (7), of Campsic, when he was…

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School Holidays Railway Excursions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 6

The Department of Railway notifies that excursions trains will be run to and from Sydney for the benefit of scholars, teachers, parents…

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Woman Killed Run Over By Motor-truck NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 4

Run down by a motor truck, heavily laden mortar, at Hamilton, late yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Clara Robinson, 40, of New Lambton, was…

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Railway Excursions for May School Holidays

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 3
Also in Singleton Argus

The Department of Railways notifies that excursion trains will be run to and from Sydney for the benefit of scholars, teachers, parents and others…

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Motor Cyclist Fined Excessive Speed at Dangerous Intersections

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 1

When Jack Maynard, of Wentworth evenue, Wenthworthville, was charged at the Traffic Court in Sydney on Wednesday with having ridden a…

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Reductions of Freights and Fares Premier Addresses Railway Men. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 6

The Premier, Mr Stevens, speaking at Harden to-day, reminded railway men of the difference between when his Government took power and conditions…

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Railway Workers President's Warning

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 3

Asserting that the dangers of war and Fascism were right at the people's doors, Mr T. N. Gleeson, president of the Victorian Branch of the A.R.U., at…

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Motor Accident

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 3

Coming home from Sydney last night, Mr. Ern. Sternbeck had the bad luck to overturn his car, near Gosford…

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Woman Killed by Motor Lorry

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 May 1935 · page 3

Mrs. Clara Robinson, 40, of Russellroad, New Lambton, was fatally injured when she was run down by a motor-truck loaded with metal at the…

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Bridge Luck!

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 9

There's an opening scene in a now picture called "Merrily we Roll Along," which calls for the players to indulge in a bridge game. And when…

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Barsham Bridge MURRURUNDI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 10

Two tenders were received for the re-erection of the bridge over Warland's Creek at Barsham, that of Messrs. Beavis Brothers for…

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"A Nightmare" Cyclists on Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 12

"It is time that the authorities made some serious effort to cope with the danger created on the roads by pedal cyclists," declared Mr. J. C. Watson,…

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Two Hurt Tram Collision Many Escapes Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 1

When a tramcar jumped the rails and crashed into the side of another crowded tram at the corner of…

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Motor Sales £400,000 Last Month SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 1

The value of new cars and motor lorries purchased in New South Wales last month totalled £400,000, which figure closely approached the boom…

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Motor World Make-believe Cures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1935 · page 12

It is never sound practice to attempt to cure a fault by a palliative which merely suppresses symptoms and often engenders some other evil…

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Moth Aeroplane Crashes Pilot's Amazing Escape

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 May 1935 · page 3

When a Moth aeroplane nose-dived to earth at Essendon (Melbourne) Aerodrome on Saturday afternoon, the pilot, Mr John J. Cook, 28, of Tooronga-road,…

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