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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

2,499 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 125

Proposed Bridge To the Editor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 8

Sir.-I understand a movement is on foot to have a low-level bridge built somewhere between Comerfords mountain and the Belmore Bridge, more for…

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Vast Herds 30,000 Cattle on Road. Pastoralist's Properties

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 3

Mr. H. Talbot Sanderson, one of the best-known men in the Australian cattle and sheep industries, is on a visit to Sydney. One has to talk with…

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Praise for Railway Service

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 2

Mr. G. E. Talbot, secretary of the No. 7 North railway picnic committee, was in great glee on Sunday when he reported that he was received with,…

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No. 7 North Railway Picnic. Preparing for Muswellbrook Outing

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 5

A meeting of the above committee was held at the R. and T. Institute, Murrurundi, on Sunday morning last for the purpose of making further…

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Heavy Rain Downpour in Queensland Railway Submerged Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 8

Heavy rains continue In North Queensland, with floods in several centres, as a result of a cyclonic depression…

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Cheaper Petrol Motorists' Association New Company Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 8

A company which has amongst its objects the checking of petrol prices and the importation and marketing locally, of petrol, The Australian…

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Good Advice. For Careless Motorists

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 4

The N.S.W. Transport Department has been addressing some good advice to licensed drivers. It will stand repeating:—…

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No. 7 North Railway Picnic

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 1

A meeting of the above committee was held at the R. and T. Institute, Murrurundi, on Sunday morning last for the purpose of making further…

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Dead Body Found Near Motor Cycle in the Desert

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 2

The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson) was notified on Friday that a wireless message had been re­ceived from Erldunda Station,…

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Sandy Hollow Railway Line

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 5

Kearsley Shire [?] at kits recent meeting decided to co-operate with the New South Wales branch of the A.W.U.in urging the…

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Train Stopped Engine Disabled Near Hexham Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 5

With the tyre of the left leading wheel of the engine broken so badly that the tyre was almost cast off, the Sydney-bound passenger train from…

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Repairs Approved Louth Park Road Patching Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 6

Certain drainage was required on Lintoll's-road, Ash Island, stated Mr. W. R. Lindsay, Tarro Shire Engineer to-day and he recommended that the…

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Railway Transfers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 6

Mr. William McLennan, relief clerk at Went Maitland, will be transferred to East Maitland Railway Station as Coaching Clerk on Thursday next…

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Youths Fined Railway Trespassers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 7

James McNulty, 19, and James Kennedy, 18, were each fined 10/, in default one day's imprisonment, by Messrs. A. H. Ribee and M. J. D…

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Karuah Road Safety

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 4

The Coroner, (Mr. H. S. Johnston) conducted an inquest into the death of George Turner, aged 49, who was killed on December 30 as the result of having been…

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The Branch Road Repairs

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 2

Good is the progress now being made the repairs to the Branch road. The work is being carried out with the relief men, with Mr. Chadban of the Stroud…

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WEIGH-BRIDGE Maitland Goods-yard Complaint Made

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 6

With the increasing use of large modern lorries the weighbridge at the West Maitland railway goods yard is proving a great handicap to those…

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R.A.C OF A. Limbless Soldiers Free Road Service

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 9

Realising the difficulties that may arise to partially incapacitated soldiers who are car drivers, the committee of the R.A.C.A…

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Stop Press Motor Services Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 7

In accordance with me Government's policy of not competing with private enterprise, the running of motor cars by the New…

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Major Works Cabinet to Consider New Railways? Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 10

The State Cabinet, at a special meeting to-morrow, will consider a programme of major works, of greater importance and magnitude…

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