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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1936

2,499 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 125

Start Soon New Railway NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 9

It is expected by the executive of the Australian Workers Union that work on the Sydney Hollow Maryyale railway Will be commenced towards…

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Motor Cars New Industry Mr. Lyons's Hope . SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 1

Stating, that a general. improvement on sound, progressive lines in both Secondary and primary industries was apparent. as a result of the policy of…

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Lucky Escapes Motor Car Overturns Tyre Blew Out Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 30 May 1936 · page 4

Residents of Denman, as well as a local girl, had narrow escapess from serious injury when an Oldemobile sedan car overturned on the penman road…

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Stock Bridge Calling a Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 5

The Town Clerk, West Maitland, Mr. E. W. Williams, wrote to the Stock Board to-day regarding the Board's request for assistance towards cost of…

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Fettler Killed by Electric Train Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 2

John Ellis Hoskins, 44, fettler, was run, down and killed by an electric train near the Clyde Engineering Company's workshops this morning…

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Tension Becomes Acute in China Japanese Troop Train Damaged Near Tientsin

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 1

Acute, tension has followed a mishap to a Japanese troop train last night three miles from Tientsin. There are contradictory versions of the incident. The Japanese statement declares that a bomb…

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Motor Strike Men Hold Factories LONDON, May 31

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 1

Despite settlement of the strike at the Renault works there are still 30,000 workers "occupying" factories in the Paris area alone and 40,000…

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Tram Smash Five Persons Injured BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 2

Head injuries and shock were suffered by five passengers on Saturday evening when a Bulimba ferry tram crashed into a stationary Lutwycho…

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Scalp Torn Woman in Motor Smash Forty Stitches Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 3

Miss Winifred Sowerby, 27, of Curry-street, Merewether, and Bernard Hill, 40, of Turnbull-street, Glebe, sustained injuries to the head and shock…

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Railway Time-table Alterations

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 June 1936 · page 2

The new railway time-table came in to operation as from yesterday, but there are few alterations which affect Singleton. The only difference in…

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Application for Aerodrome at Tuncurry

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 2

Mr. C. E. Bennett, M.L.A., has received the following letter from Hon. Archdale Parkhill, Minister for Defence:—I am in receipt of your letter…

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New Train

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 2

A welcome improvement has been made to the time-table from Tamworth to Sydney by the addition of a train leaving Tamworth at 1.35 a.m…

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Grant and Loan for Roads

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 2

At a special meeting of the Gloucester Shire Council held on Friday morning last it was decided to accept the offer recently made by the Local…

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New Train Sydney Limited Streamlined Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 8

The new Sydney limited express, now being built at the Newport railway workshop, will provide better accommodation for second-class…

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Train Service Speeded Up. New Time-table Commenced Yesterday

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 2

The Railway Department advise a new time-table for the North and North-Western lines, which operated as from yesterday…

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Road Accidents. Five Months' Figures 236 Killed Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 2

Figures made available by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. S. A. Maddocks), reveal that 23G persons had been…

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Popular Railway Employee. Farewells and Presentations

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 1

Mr. Roy Fleming, chargeman at the railway yards for the past 12 months, who has received promotion to Broadmeadow, was yesterday farewelled by…

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New Railway. a Coonobarabran View

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 1

The following article on the Maryvale-Sandy Hollow railway line appeared in a recent issue of the Cooriabarabran "North-Western…

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Muswellbrook Motor Cyclists. Accident at Aberdeen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 1

While on their way to Scone on Friday evening Elton Ayreft and Jack Jowett were injured when their motor cycle got out of…

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Start Soon. New Railway Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 2 June 1936 · page 1

It is expected by the executive of the Australian Workers' Union that work on the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway will be…

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