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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

2,499 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 125

Motor Fatality. Ex-Muswellbrook Man Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 1

Boy Jeans, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Jeans, former residents of Muswellbrook, died from Injuries reieived in a motor accident at…

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Remarkable Fortitude. Shown by Young Man. Foot Crushed by Railway Truck

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 2

When discovered sitting in a truck of a train at Padulla yesterday Edward Hunter (18), of Brown-street, Newcastle, was found…

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Motor Drive Children Entertained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 6

Children oE the Monte: Plo Orphan age, West Maitland, will for long remember the outing given them by members of the Maitland Rotary Club…

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GLOUCESTER Motor Car Fatality Accidental Death Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 4

At the Courthouse, Mr. H. Flett, the coroner from Taree, concluded the inquire into the death of Mr. D. M. Porteus. of…

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Lucky Escapes Motor Gars Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 6

Lucky escapes from serious injury were experienced by the drivers of two motor cars, which collided at the Intersection of High and Devonshire…

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War Bridge Lorn Bowling Club Keen Competition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 6

The second war bridge evening of the series was conducted at Lorn Park Bowling Club House last night. There was a fair number of players present,…

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Fatal Injuries Struck By Motor 'Bus Driver Charged Mullumbimby

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 1

In the police court, cyril Pearson 24, a driver, was charged with having feloniously slain George Wright on Monday night…

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Fatal Smash Girls Trampled Down Car Hits Bus Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 3

Fatal injuries were sustained by a bus conductor, and four people were hurt, when a motor car crashed into the rear of a motor bus at…

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youth injured on Railway

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 2

While trying to board a moving train at M'Dougall's Hill last Monday at about 4.15 p.m., a youth, 18 years of age, who has been identified as Bede…

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Boy Fatally Injured Struck by Motor Car

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 2

Struck by a motor car at Adamstown late on Monday afternoon, Keith Maxwell Johnson, six years, of Adamstown, was so badly injured that he…

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Search for Armed Motorist Cordon Thrown Round Huge Tract of Country

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1936 · page 2

On Monday a police cordon was thrown round a huge tract of country, many thousands of square miles in area, between Ivanhoe and Broken…

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Shocking Tragedy on Qeensland Mail Train Two Dead Terribly Battered Robbery? Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 7

When the Rockhampton Brisbane mail train arrived the morning about 6 o'clock, a shocking tragedy was revealed. On entering a first-class carriage, a porter…

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FINED £2 Railway Trespass

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 6

A fine of £2, in default four days' gaol, was imposed on John Francis Austin (20), a labourer, by Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the West Maitland…

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Railways Bill Rights of Employees Second Reading Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 8

The Acting Premier, Mr. Bruxner, when moving the second read-ing in the Legislative Assembly of the Government Railways and…

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Fine Result Ambulance Examination Railway Awards

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 6

Twenty-three members or the East Maitland Railway Ambulance class of 26 presented themselves to be examined by Mr. J. J. Col-lins, of Sydney, and all passed…

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Motor Taxation Not Changing System SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 10

In reply to questions in the Legis-lative Assembly regarding the petrol tax and its distribution, the Acting Premier said that the Government was…

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State Railways

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 April 1936 · page 4

A motion in favour of the removal of repressive legislation regarding road transport was passed at the concluding session of the conference of the Associated…

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Proposed Aerodrome

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 2

The Director of Civil Aviation was expected to visit Gloucester on Wednesday last to make an inspection of the proposed site for an aerodrome…

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Struggle in Mail Aeroplane Panic-stricken Woman Attacks Passengers

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 8

Passengers aboard the mail 'plane which, reached Sydney from Brisbane on Wednesday had an exciting journey. A woman, who is stated to have been…

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Stock Board Directors' Meeting Melville Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 7

A unanimous decision to co-operate was mode by the Maitland Pastures Protection Board to-day when the Abeiglasslyn-Melvllle…

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