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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

2,592 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 130

Local Road Construction. Record Consignment of Tar

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 3

What is believed to constitute a record in the history of Muswellbrook is the unloading at the local station last week of 30,000 gallons of tar for…

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Railways and Tramways Earning More Big Improvement Shown

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 6

The Premier (Mr B. S. B. Stevens) stated yesterday that official reports showed that the State rail ways and tramways continued to operate with increasingly satisfactory results. For the 10 months ended April, 1935,…

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Sandy Hollow Railway Prospects Time Opportune Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 2

"With the State Government returned to power, it is opportune to review the prospects for the construction of the Sandy Hollow to Maryvale…

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Record Traffic Railway Revenue Big Increase Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 2

Mr. Stevens states that the official reports indicate that the State railways and tramways continue to operate with increasingly satisfactory results…

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Junee's Practical Joker Altered Destination on Railway Trucks Department Inconvenienced

The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 5

The life of a practical joker must be an amusing one, but only to his own warped and unintelligent brain and to those who are the unwitting sufferers…

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Standard Gauge Railway for Defence Purposes

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 6

The construction, for defence purposes, of a standard gauge railway from the terminus of, the trans-continental line in South Australia, through Port…

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Baltic Motor Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 10

A motor highway oncirellng the Baltic Sea and running through eight different countries in plauned by the Joint Tourist Committee of the…

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Road Safety Pedestrian Question

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 10

That the pedestrian should not be overlooked in the present campaign to promote road safety is the contention of Mr. J. C. Walson, president…

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State Highways Road Workers Busy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 10

A length of about two miles of road on Chatsworth Island, on the north coast between Maclean and Woodburn, is being reconstructed and a bitumen…

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"SPLENDID" Returned Men's Conduct at Harbour Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 2

In a circular letter to sub-branches of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' League, the director of the exhibition on the South-castern Pylon of the…

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Main Route Southern Highlands Road Conditions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 10

The main route to the southern highlands by way of Canberra and Cooma is described in the road report issued to-day by the N.R.M.A…

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Road Courtesy Indifference Prevalent Plea for Caution

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 10

Before the days when automobiles in Australia were numbered in hundreds of thousands, there was a traditional courtesy amongst motorists…

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Car Ablaze Express Train Halted Man Rescued Perth

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 7

The passengers and crow of the Bunbury Express took part in a thrilling rescue, two hours after leaving Perth, when they saved a disabled motorist…

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Tram Driver sManslaughter Charge SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 7

Thomas Lawrence (54), who was knocked down by a train in Manly last night, died in the Manly Hospital this afternoon…

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Motor World Prevent Tarrishing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 10

Older cars, which have brass radiators, and other fittings, are rather tiresome to keep in sparkling condition, for no matter how well the metal…

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RE-ELECTED C. of C. President Maryvale Railway Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 June 1935 · page 2

Mr. W. E. Alexander was re-elected president of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce at the meeting of the council…

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Safe Speed Weekend Motorists Supy.'s Praise Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 5

The Traffic Superintendent, Superin tendent' Carter, said today that re-ports by officers in the new police patrol cars reveal that the general speed…

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Police Campaign Speeding Motorists Names Taken Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 2

The police campaign against speeding motorists was continued at the weekend. A number of motorists' names were…

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Names Taken Reckless Motorists SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 6

Police are vigorously continuing their campaign agaiinst reckless moterists, and was stated that 39 drivers were "booked" yesterday. Seven…

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Back Injured Motor Lorry Overturned TAREE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 3

Soven adults and two children were the occupants of a lorry which skid-ded and capsized whilst on its way from Krambach to Tipperary…

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