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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

2,499 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 125

Closing of Road

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

Notice is given that the main road at Largs, between Glenarvon -road junction and Largs Hotel, will be closed against traffic on Tuesday, the…

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Motor Smash Through Windscreen NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 6

Robert Harvey, 24, a hairdresser, of Tyrrell- street, Newcastle, sustained lacerated wounds to the face and head when he was thrown through the…

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Policeman Hurt Motor - Cycle Smash SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 6

Constable Thomas Henry John-stone, 27, of the Safety Bureau, police headquarters, was thrown to the roadway and critically Injured…

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Motor World Revival of Motor Industry

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

In Great Britain and in America economists predict that the current year will be a boom period for the motor industry. A leading American…

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HIGHWAY Motoring Conditions N. R. M. A. ADVICE

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

Motoring conditions along the Groat Western Highway to Bathurst and the Mid -Western Highway from this point through to…

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Ten Injured Taxi and Truck Road Collision Gosford

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 2

When a taxi and a truck collided on the main road between Gosford and The Entrance, near Erina, the taxi-cab crashed into…

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Belford Smash Young Man Injured Car-motor Cycle Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 5

As the result or a collision between a motor cycle he was riding and a motor car on Saturday evening, at Belford, Mr. Allan Wake, of Glendon…

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Three Hurt Struck by Motor Cars Maitland Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 4

Alleged to be the victims of car drivers who did not stop after the accidents, three persons were admitted to Maitland Hospital on Saturday…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 2

An accident occurred on the Maitland-road on Saturday night, resulting in a young man being admitted to the Dangar Cottage Hospital. It appears…

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Scone-Merriwa Road New Bridge Over Wybong Creek

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 2

From an advt. appearing elsewhere in this issue, it would appear that the Main Roads Board has accepted the tender of The Charles Hardy…

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New Bridge at Yarrandi, Too

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 2

The Main Roads Department has also since decided to replace the timber bridge over the Dartbrook, at Yarrandi, five miles from Scone, and…

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The Branch. the Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 1

Remarkable is the progress of the road repairs. It must go to the credit of Mr. Chadban, the Stroud Shire Council's efficient road maker, that the…

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Constable's Serious Injuries Fall From Moving Motor Car. Yass

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 2

While Constable Ncwham was questioning two men in a car outside the post office here this morning they speeded on, although he drew his…

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Motor Cyclist Hurt

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 5

Walter Miller was admitted to Hospital during the week-end, suffering from injuries received while motor cycling on Saturday evening. His…

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Railway Picnic. Next

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 4

The annual railway employees' picnic and sports will be held at the Muswellbrook Showground on Saturday next. A record gathering is…

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The New Railway. Work to Start at Both Ends?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 3

It is understood that survey work on the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway route has already been put in hand, and that officers are now engaged in…

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Roads Not Speedways Magistrate Warns Motorists. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 2

Declaring that roads were not speedways, and that there should be no need for a pedestrian, to have to run for safety from an approaching car, Mr…

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Bridge to Lorn Estimates Not Finalised Mayor's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 6

The Mayor (Alderman H. W. Fry) reported to West Maitland) Municipal Council last night that on March 3 he visited the Works Department and…

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Kurri Road Question of Widening Survey Suggested

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 5

West Maitland Council did not take kindly last night to suggestions by the Main Roads Department that it should have surveys…

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New Road Laguna to Kulnura Sydney Route Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 2

Cessnock Municipal Council last night decide to co-operate with Kearsley Shire Council in the move for the construction of…

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