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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

2,499 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 125

Child Killed Level-crossing Smash Train Hits Lorry Albury

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 April 1936 · page 5

A child was killed and four other people injured when the Corowa-Culcairn motor-train and a motor lorry collided at a level…

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Toll of Road Accidents in Ram Man Killed Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 April 1936 · page 2

A number of road accidents took place in the metropolitan area In heavy rain yesterday and last night. A man was fatally…

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Tram Traffic Holiday in Sydney SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 April 1936 · page 4

Compared with Easter Monday last year, there was a big falling off in tram traffic in Sydney yesterday. This was due to the rain…

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Church Creek Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 4

Tarro Shire Council was to-day advised that the Department of Main Roads has given approval to the calling of tenders for the reconstruction…

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Level-crossing Smash Motor-train Hits Lorry

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 1

Five persons were injured—one fatally and two critically—when the Corowa-Culcairn motor-train and a motor-lorry collided at a level crossing…

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Ironbark Creek Site for Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 5

"The site of a new bridge over Ironbark Creek Is bound up with the question of the ultimate route of the crossing of the main river staled a…

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Band Instrument Through Train Window

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 2

To have his baritone instrument, valued at about £40, knocked out of his grasp on to the side of the railway track was the misfortune of one…

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RAILWAYS Easter Traffic SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 2

The number of railway passengers from Sydney to country districts during the six days of the Easter ,period, from April 8 to April 13, Inclusive was…

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Trams Collide Passengers Shaken NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 3

Passengers were badly shaken when a tram from Glebe collided with another tram bound for May fluid, as the Glebe tram was entering…

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Six Charges Motorist Sent to Gaol for Two Years Broken' Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 2

Ralph Edgar Shrives, who was arrested last week after he had been pursued by police over a wide area of country between Broken Hill and the…

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Road Repairs Engineer's Estimate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 6

The engineer of Tarro Shire Council, Mr. W. R. Lindsay, reported to the council meeting on the plant, etc. required to carry out the construction…

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The Railways Increase in Traffic More Passengers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 7

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T.J. Hartlgan, in an address at the weekly luncheon of the Cessnock Business Men's Club told of the…

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Light Motor Cycle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 4

A light, weight motor cycle weighing only 901bs has been produced In England for the use of pilots in mall planes in the event of forced…

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New Railway Denman to Parkes Support Urged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 6

Strong claims for the building of a railway line from Denman to Parkes, in lieu of the line from Sandy Hollow lo Maryvale, were…

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Easter Train Traffic

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 2

During the six days from April 8 to April 13, 89,305 railway passengers travelled from Sydney to country districts. Thursday was the busiest day…

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Stroud Road Ball

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 2

The annual ball will be held in Stroud Road hall on Friday, 24th April. Sec advt. for particulars…

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MORPETH Council Criticised Stone on Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 6

There would seem to he justification for the criticism that is being levelled because of the attitude of tho local Municipal Council in so…

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Bridge Tax Removal Forecast SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 7

When motions came before the U. A. P. Convention to - day that the Sydney Harbour Bridge tax be spread over the whole of the Counties of…

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"Mickey Mouse" Day for Kiddies Special Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 8

Attention is drawn to the special entertainment which is being arranged and sponsored by the pick - Mo - Up Condiment Co., Ltd., at Newcastle…

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Train Scaling Two Men Fined NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 7

Having a periodical ticket entitling him to travel by train between Toronto and Broadmeadow, William Woods, of Toronto, on March 18, extended his…

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