Sandy Creek Road Improvements Shire Report Cessnock
Mr. J.S. Shine, the shire engineer, submitted a report last night to a meeting of Kearsley Shire Council on the roads from Quarrobolong to the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1935
2,592 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 130
Denman Railway Statistics for April
Passenger tickets issued at the Denman railway station totalled 311, representing revenue in the sum of £146. Goods and livestock despatched…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motorist Fined "Under Influence" a Celebration Newcastle
Celebrating promotion in his Employment, Leonard John Mc-Guire (23), traveller, over induiged in intoxicating liquor and drove…
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For the first three months this year 433,028 railway sleepers were exported from Australia, valued at £100,733, or more than double the quantity shipped…
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It was announced on Wednesday by the acting-Secretary for Railways that Messrs Ritchie Bros. had successfully tendered for the supply of 40 louvred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thrown From Motor Cycle Young Man Killed. Sydney
Charles Shields, aged 64, and Norman Devine, aged 18, were thrown from a motor cycle this morning. Devine sustained a fractured skull…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Western Roads Mudgee—Bathurst
The best route for motor traffic between and Bathurst is by way of Ilford and Sofala, states the N.R.M.A. touring department. This…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →ARMIDALE Aerodrome Site Report to Council Armidale
In his report to the Dumaresq Shire Council the engineer (Mr. F. Seaborn) stated that, as Instructed, he had interviewed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rough Road Grafton—Tyringham
The Grafton representative of the N.R.M.A. reports that the direct road from South Grafton to Tyringham is very rough in parts and is made up…
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Giving his reserved decision in the District Court actions between Claude Everett Harris (plaintiff) and Arthur West (defendant), and between…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Woman Injured Struck by Motor Cycle
While crossing High-street, West Maitland, last night in front of the Advanx motor service station, Mrs. Sales, aged 41, of Sempill-street, West…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor World Power Losses
It has been asserted by authoritative experts that the actual horsepower developed by a petrol engine is diminished by at least 5 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Motoring Militia
It seems to have become commonplace nowadays to write of wars and rumours of wars, but your correspondent who had the privilege of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Touring Week-end Resorts Gosford District
Motoring conditions along roads leading to the more popular, week-end tourist resorts are described to-day by the N.R.M.A…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Tuition N.R.M.A. Comment
That many motorists have never received a proper education in the driving and management of a motor vehicle, is the opinion of Mr. J. C…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →First Aid Course for Motorists
Urging that every motorist should have a working knowledge of first aid, the safety department of the N.R.M.A. is arranging to form classes during…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Links with Early Days Extracts From "Mercury" Files Hunter Valley History Ironbark Bridge was the Despair of Travellers 91 years age Initial-efforts to raise funds for Maitland Hospital -Comet seen from Maitland-Pronounced increase in Dis-trict's Exports during 1844-Diirigog's first public Dinner
We are glad to find-that the Governer, has compiled with the address presented' to him by the Legislative Council, praying that £50 might be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Warming New Railway Luxury
The Southern Railway are constructing a "train warming" shed in their new docks at Southampton, which will make it possible for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Howarth Rosebrook Bridge Public Statement
Mr. Arthur Howarth, M.L.A., in a tatement to the "Daily Mercury" this afternoon, said that as the conditions of the challenge issue by him…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese Killed Struck by Train COONAMBLE
A Chinese gardener, Sam Hing, who had lived in Coonamble for more than 30 years, was killed on the railway line three miles from the town. He…
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