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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

2,499 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 125

Railway Promotion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 7

Mr, W, MacGuinness, divisional locomotive superintendent At Newcastle, has been promoted to the post of Assistant Locomotive…

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Interstate Railways Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 11

In the interstate railway cricket contests for the Mick Simmons Cup, Queensland is in a strong position against New South Wales…

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Fuel Saving Railway Experiment Pre-heated Water Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 4

Experiments in the use of preheated sater in locemotives which it is believed will effect a big saving in fuel are being made by the Railway…

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Motor Cyclists Injured Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 10

Two men were injured when a motor cycle they were riding collided with a motor car opposite the Central School, Broadmeadow, William…

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Country Air Services Need for Local Aerodrome

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 1

Wasp Airlines, Ltd., have been running an air service embracing the following towns in the south-west of New South Wales, namely, Young,…

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Crawney Road

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 4

A proposal to complete a road over Crawney, Nundle, and thus make a through road from Blandford to Tam-worth, was mentioned at the usual…

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New Road Wyong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 4

The road to Kulnura from Mount E. Bott, which the distance to Wyong by half is to be proceeded with Erina Shire Council has…

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Road Work Maitland—Singleton Board Defended

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 6

A couple of months age motorists complained bitterly of the condition of the Maitland-Singleton road, which was then being…

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Ceremony at Medowie Opening of New Road & Hall Newcastle Link

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 4

The new road to the township of Medowie, to the north of Stockton, in the Port Stephens Shire, was opened on Saturday last with due ceremony…

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Merriwa and District News (Reprinted from the Merriwa and Cassilla "News.") Merriwa Shire Council Proposed Water Supply—Warning Signs—Maintenance Programme—Petition from Merriwa—Press and Roads Expenditure

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 5

The adjourned monthly meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council was held on Wednesday of last week, when there were present:—Councillors J. Roach…

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Motor Parking Minister's Warning SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 1

A definite indication that before long motorists in the metropolitan area are to be further penalised aa far as parking restrictions are…

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Sad Case Motor-cyclist Killed Hurrying Home Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 3

The District Coroner, Mr. A. G. Chiplia, returned a verdict of accidental death at an inquest held at the Newcastle Courthouse into the death…

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Motor Truck Stolen Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 7

Thieves this morning stele a new motor truck containing 300 loaves of bread from outside the Hotel Metropole. The driver…

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Man in Motor Accident Tells of Mate's Death MURDER? Amazing Case Body Found Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 7

The story of a murder at Mooreebee Station, Limbri, 20 miles north of Tamworth, was told this morning, after a motor car…

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Railwaymen at Play Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 8

By defenting New South Wales yesterday by nine wickets, Queensland won the Mick Simmons Cup in the interstate railway cricket series…

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$200 Damages for Tram Accident Jury's Rider

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 5

The hearing was concluded before Judge Sheridan in the District Court in Sydney on Wednesday of a case in which Thomas Mercery of Randwick,…

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The Friendly Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 8

Seven miles in sixty minutes! Slow pace that for a motor car. In another part of the State I had left the main road, travelled six…

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Tourist Roads Northern Tablelands Fine Scenery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 10

Motoring conditions along the principal cross country roads between the northern tablelands and the coast are described in…

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Road Parking a Traffic Danger

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 10

The safety department of the N.R.M.A. points out that considerable danger is caused to road traffic by drivers who park their vehicles near…

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Toll Bridge Across Brisbane River BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 11

With a gold knife the Governor, Sir Leslie Wilson, yesterday cut a ribbon stretched between two pylons, and thus officially opened the…

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