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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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Motor Fatality Manslaughter Charge Remanded Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 7

Arising from a fatality at Mayfield on June 22, George FrederIck Robey (19), ironworker, was charged In the Police Court…

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Dust Blamed Motor Fatality NARROMINE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1935 · page 2

Mr. A. B. Dundas, the District Coroner, returned a verdict of accidental death in each case at the inquest into the deaths of Messrs…

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Railway Trespassers

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

At the Dungog Police Court on Saturday, four men were charged with having trespassed on railway property by travelling in railway trucks. They…

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Taree Railway Job

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

The Deputy Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Garslde, has authorised the spending of £24,000 on improving the Taree railway yards, which handle…

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Body Near Road Motorist's Discovery the Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 7

Returning to Cessnock from Sydney on the night of June 15, Stanley Barks-by, of Cessnock, found the dead body of a man in Walker-street, West…

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ACCIDENTAL Newcastle Road Smash Coroner's Inquiry

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 7

Unsheltered from the elements on a bitterly cold night, Bertram Frederick Delaney, of Cessnock, at times semi-conscious, kept vigil…

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On Goods Train Police Chase Suspects DUBBO

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 9

The stationmaster at Enmungerle, Mr. Jones, and Constable Perkins, were going through a goods train at Eumungerle last night, when they saw several…

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Road Damage Restriction on Loads New Regulations. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 5

Regulations will come into operation on July 27 to restrict loads and limit speeds of the heavier types of transport throughout the State, in…

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Long Trip Motor Boat Venture MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 5

Mr. Gordon Doberty has reached Lakes Entrance in a 16-foot motor boat fitted with sails, after a voyage from Sydney ehich had occupied a…

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Drought Concessions for Stricken Areas Anomaly in Railway Regulations

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 July 1935 · page 2

Wi[?] drought conditions prevailing for some time throughout the district, the Singleton Pastures Protection Board wrote to the Railway…

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Long Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 6

Early next week it is expected that concreting of the abutments for the new Long Bridge will be commenced. Workman are still engaged in…

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Speedy Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 12

France's first streamlined train, which is new completing her trials, has attained a speed of 00 miles an hour on the Paris-Lyons run. The total…

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Car Capsized Newcastle-road Again

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 7

Two men who were in a car which capsized on the Newcastle-road in the vicinity of Four Mile Creek about eight o'clock last night, had remarkable…

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Body on Road Verdict of Suicide the Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 5

A verdict that William Cyril Edward Swinger (38), of Free-Church-street, West Maitland, had died from potassium cyanide…

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Higher Earnings S. Australian Railways ADELAIDE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 2

The Railway Commissioner (Mr. Anderson) reported to-day than the total amount earned by the Railway Department during the financial year…

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Air Transport Railway Competition State's Powers Canbera

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 4

Questions of importance concerning the development of aerial services in Australia, it Is expected, will arise at the meeting of…

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Motor Transport Police Seize Lorry Goods Service Wagga

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 9

The trouble Which has for some time past existed between the New South Wale transport authorities and motor transport companies…

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Suicide From Aeroplane Pilot Helpless

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 4

JACKSONVILLE (Florida), Wednesday.—An aeroplane suicide which could not be frustrated, despite the valiant effort of the pilot, occurred here to-day,…

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Boree Creek Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 2

Motorists will welcome the news of the opening of the bridge over Boree Creek, between Orange and Manildra on the main road to Parkes, advises…

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Free Road Map Boon to Motorists

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 4

We have just received a copy of the latest and most up-to-date road map of New South Wales which is now available, free and post-free, on…

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