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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

2,293 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 115

Missing Air Force Aeroplane Located. Crash in Bush Machine Badly Damaged Only One Man Sighted Hobart, (Tas.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 7

The Air Force plane, which had been missing since it disappeared while on a flight from Laverton (Vic.) to Hobart on Wednesday, has been located in a wrecked condition…

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Railway Hooligans

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

Sir—I wish to draw the attention of the public to some of the scandalous behaviour on some of our railway stations and I think it about time…

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Schoolboy Killed Cycle Collided with Motor Lorry

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 5

A distressing incident occurred in Wollombi-road yesterday afternoon, when a schoolboy, Kenneth Good,…

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The Railways Never Be Superseded Expert's View Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 6

The view that the Australian railway system was yet in it infancy, and that railways all over the world would never be…

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British Motor Magnate's Benefactions Adelaide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 7

Keeping up to his previous statement, that every State in Australia would receive grants in turn. Lord Nu[?] announced on arrival here…

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Motor World Eliminating Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 8

In all lands where the ratio of cars to population is high, the authorities are striving to deal either drastically or scientifically with the accident…

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Long Bridge Concreting Begins

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 4

The work of concreting the docking of the now Long Bridge, which is under construation has been commoneed ant it is anticipated that two…

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Woman Throws Herself From Aeroplane Grim Struggle with Pilot Auckland

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 2

A grim struggle 2,000 feet above Cook's Straits between the pilot of an aeroplane and his woman passenger ended with the woman flinging…

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Driver Mistakes Wife's Signals Train Kills Fettler

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 2

Believing that her husband, Joseph Hudson, a fettler, of Taree, would be unable to hear a train approaching because of the noise made by the trolley…

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Lorry Leaves the Road Girl Killed Near Kempsey

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 2

Lily Swan, aged 16, of Clybucea, was kilied and four others injured when the lorry in which they were travelling left the road near Kempsey at 1…

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BOOMING Motor Caravaning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 2

That Australian business is alive to the big possibilities associated with the ineroasing popularity of motor caravaning and the use of utility…

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Motor Transport Live Stock Haulage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 2

An idea of the extent to which motor trucking is used for hauling live stock to markets in U.S.A is conveyed by recent figures of one day's delivery…

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768,634 Motor Registrations SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 February 1937 · page 8

Mr, J, S, Strong, Australian representative of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, London, stated that statistics supplied to him…

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Excursion Train

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 2

The special excursion train from Taree arrived at Newcastle on Sunday with about 400 passengers. This trip was organised by the Newcastle…

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CYCLING Greta Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 7

The Greta League cycling club held a six miles road race from Greta to Branxton and return on saturday afternoon Frank Walton imin 50sec…

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Car Overturns. Aberdeen Road Smash

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 5

Three occupants of a car had remarkable escapes from serious injury when the machine overturned on the Aberdeen road near the butter…

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Car Smash in Maitland Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 3

When a tyre of a car driven by Tom ("Tiger") Brennan Wew out on Saturday night, the vehicle crashed into a telegraph pole…

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Muswellbrook Native Killed. Body Found on Railway Line

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 1

The mutilated body of Alfred James Sunn, was found on the Port Kembla line on Saturday afternoon. The discovery was made…

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Motor Check-Up. Local Police Engaged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 3

A State-wide check-up of all touring motorists was made on Saturday last. Local police were engaged on the work, and were…

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Railway Statistics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1937 · page 2

Singleton railway statistics show a decrease of £35.4 for 1086, compared with the figures for 1935, for 1935…

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