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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

2,499 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 125

Motor Accident. on Neath Road Young Man Seriously Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 3

Serious injuries were sustained by Jack Ferguson, 21, of Alfred-street, Cessnock, in a motor car accident on the Neath…

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Pickering Road. Removal of Gates Sought

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 1

Messrs. M. J. Quinn and L. K. Lambert, representing the Roxburgh Agricultural Bureau, yesterday presented a petition, signed by the…

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MERRIWA-LEADVILLE Request for New Railway. Deputation to Acting Premier

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 1

A deputation which waited on the Acting Premier, Col. Bruxner, on Friday, urged the construction of a railway from Merriwa to…

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Thefts of Liquor From Railway Trucks. £300 Worth in April

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 1

In the course of a statment in a ease at the Muswellbrook Police Court on Friday last, Traffic Inspector Blandon told the Bench that…

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New Railway and Relief Works. Comment at Council Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 1

Reference to the effect the new railway work would have on relief works in the shire was made at yesterday's meeting of the Shire Council…

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Railway Accident Engine Strikes Truck SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 7

About eleven. o'clock last night an engine crashed into a goods train at the Bowe's gate crossing near Church-street…

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Motorist Fined "Menace to Public" Licence Suspended Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 7

"Tills man is addicted to drink, and is actually a menace to the public on the road," said Sergeant Wright when Sidney Gordon King was charged…

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New Railway Pelaw Main Colliery WESTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 7

Attar recent preliminary operations in the Pelaw Main Colliery yard, a commencement was made at Weston yesterday on the railway line from…

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Motor Mishap Coonamble

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 8

William Leonard, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bede Leonard, was accidentally knocked over by a car. He was walking along when the car caine out of a…

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Building an Aeroplane Ashfield Youth's Enterprise

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 2

A 17-year-old youth, Alan Mogg, of Ashfield, is constructing. an aeroplane in the backyard of his home.If the machine is passed as airworthy lie…

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Second Train Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 2

Mr. Monkley, who was the driver of the engine that came into collision with a goods train at Singleton on Monday night, in getting used to such…

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Goods Train Collides with Stationary Truck

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 2

At the Singleton railway station at 11.10 p.m. on Monday night the regular goods train from Newcastle collided with a stationary goods truck, the end…

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£150 FINE Motorist Charged ADELAIDE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 2

Alexander Patterson McLachian, 36, grazier, of Manoora, was found guilty by a jury before Mr. Justice Angas Parsons, in the Criminal Court…

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Railway Revenue for April

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 2

From figures supplied by the Singleton railway station staff, it is learned that for the month of April'2560 passenger tickets were issued at…

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Cross-country Railway Large Number of Men to Be Employed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 1

Latest developments in connection with the construction of the cross-country railway are stated to provide for the remodelling of the- Muswellbrook…

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Young Woman Killed at Kurri Kurri Struck by Motor Lorry

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 2

Miss Eveline Dawn, aged 24, of Kurri Kurri, was fatally injured on Monday night when she was struck by a motor-lorry driven by Allan Roderick,…

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Rifle Fired at Motorist Thrill on Hillgroveroad

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 May 1936 · page 2

Mr Leslie Moorehead, of Clarmont, Armidale, reported to the police that while driving towards Armidale on the Hillgrove-road at about 8 o'clock on…

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Closed to Traffic Maldon Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 2

The suspension bridge over the Nepean River, a mille on the Appin side of Maldon, will be closed to all traffic on Monday, May 11, reports the…

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Largest Motor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 12

The largest motor vehicle in the world is to be seen on the streets of Berlin, It is a lan[?]dary van 70[?] Gin long 7ft broad, l1ft high, and develops…

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Motorist Fined Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 May 1936 · page 9

When Herbert Haines of Gladesville, was fined 15/1 with 5/6 costs, at the traffic Court for having driven his car along Pacific Highway, Wahroonga…

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