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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

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Increasing Number of Road Fatalities Authorities Alarmed

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 8

Viewing with alarm the increasing number of fatalities due to motor accidents, the transport authorities have decided to convene a conference of the…

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Road Casualties in Great Britain London

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 6

The House of Commons was startled last night when Major L. Hore-Belisha, Minister of Transport, disclosed that road casualties during the reign of…

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Road Accidents New Move Likely Motion in House

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 6

The report issued by the transport authorities showing the Increase in the number of motor accidents in New South Wales for…

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R.A.C.A. Loose Gravel on Roads Source of Danger

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 4

Loose gravel on roads, and particularly on curved sections of the highways, is a source of danger not fully realised by motorists…

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Toll of the Road Increasing Number of Accidents. Authorities Alarmed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 10

Viewing with alarm the increasing number of fatalities due to motor accidents the transport authorities have decided to convene a…

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Car Overturns on Manilla Road One Killed and 'Two Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 6

A car driven by Alfred Charles Lennon, farmer, of Doonbrae, Keepit, overturned, on the Manilla-road, two miles from Attunga, early last night,…

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Motor Accident

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

Whilst on their way home from Terrigal to Aberdeen on Friday last, per car, Mr. T. H. Fleming and party met with a nasty accident, which…

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Meeting of Railway League

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 7

The president (Mr. A. J. Gardiner) presided over a meeting of the Merriwa Railway League on Saturday night last, at which a letter was read…

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Merriwa Police Court. (Before Mr. W. F. Britz, P.m.) Breaches of Motor Traffic Act

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 7

George Stanley Gallimore was charged that on January 5 he drove a motor vehicle, not then being the holder of a driver's license. The motor…

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Tenders Suggested. for New Railways

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 7

Writing to the "Herald," a correspondent suggests that the Government, before proceeding with the construction of the Maryvale-Sandy…

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£200 BAIL Motorist Charged SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 1

"Ball of £ 200 was granted James Patrick Bush (52), bootmaker, at Manly Court to- day, when he appeared on a charge of manslaughter,…

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Motor Smash

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 5

A car travelling near Booral last week had a blow out causing it to crash through a fence nearby. None of the occupants were injured but the…

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Sandy Hollow-maryvale Railway

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 5

The following resolution was submitted by the Baeraml Creek branch: "This branch requests that the Primary Producers' Union, through Mr…

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Primary Producers' Union Annual Meeting of District Council. Sandy Hollow-Maryvale Railway—Support for Selected Route—Bonus Payments and Lands Department—Damage Wrought by Marsupials—Election of Officers—Record Credit Balance

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 5

The annual meeting of the District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held at the School of Arts, Muswellbrook, on Friday last, when…

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Masked Men Rob Railway Station

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 1

Two masked men, one or whom was armed with a rovolver and the other with a cudgel, threatened Harold Matthews, a junior porter in charge of…

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Gaol for Railway Porter

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 2

Six months imprisonment was imposed on Goorge Augustus Hassall Armstrong, aged 45, a railway porter, by Judge Curlewis at the Sydney…

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Locomotive Strikes Tram Remarkable Escape of Passengers

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 1

Sixty passengers, mostly Steel Works employees, remarkably escaped injury when a tram oil which they were returning to Newcastle from Port…

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Hitler 'S Motor Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 10

The network of motor roads through Germany was energetically pushed forward last year, and more than £ 40, 000, 000 expended on them…

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The Friendly Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 8

"Some thoughts on life" is the title of this week 's friendly chat. Life is the common possession of every man alive. Most people love…

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