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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

2,293 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 115

Trees by English Roads

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 7

It has been stated on behalf of the British Minister of Transport, that he will take stops to encourage [?] authorities who have not already planted…

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Lostock Bridge and Deviation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 3

Plans for the bridge and approaches are almost complete and the survey of the deviation partly complete. Owing to the heavy work involved…

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Proposed Forster-tuncurry Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

The Department of Main Roads in a letter to the meeting of the Manning Shire Council on Monday, referred to the question of expediting the…

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Eagle Versus Aeroplane Duel in Mid-air

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 10

The Milan correspondent of "The Times" describes a dramatic duel between a giant eagle and an aeroplane which is reported from Addis Ababa…

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Aberdare-neath Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 5

Kearsley Shire Council, at its meeting last night, agreed to co-operate with the Cessnock Municipal Council in forming…

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Thalaba Road Repairs

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 5

From Wallarobba Shire Council suggesting that Council co-operate in repairing to some extent the Thalaba joint road: The Shire Engineer had…

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Roads and Bridges of Access

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 6

From Department of Works and Local Government with reference to grant of £1,000 made available from the vote for bridges and roads of…

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Road to Barrington Tops

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 6

The President also drew attention to the fact that Council at its meeting had received a letter the Tourist Development…

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Road Conditions Maitland To Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 5

Reporting on the condition of the [?] road form Maitland to Dungog and [?] an inspector of the N.R.M.A. states that after leaving the first…

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Road Safety Must Be Ensured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 5

With the increasing number of road accidents, involving great loss of life, the onus rests on the traffic authorities to take such steps as will ensure…

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Neath-aberdare Road Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 6

Kearsley shire Council decided last night to co-operate with Cessnock Municipal Council in forming and travelling the road between Neath and…

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Bridge Needs Kearsley Shire Area CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 6

At a meeting of Kearsley Shire Council last night the engineer (Mr. J. Shine) submitted a report drawing attention to bridges in the shire and the…

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Missed Train Special For Gobsalt Newcastle Win

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 9

Goosalt's owner-trainer, G. Clark, received a nasty shook yesterday when he found that the had missed the race train for Newcastle with…

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Less Road Wear Use of Pneumatic Tyres

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

In most countries it is now appreciated that the more general use of p[?] tyres in place of iron-tyred vehiclen has resulted in a considerable reduction in…

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Slack's Bridge New One To Be Built CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 6

Kearsley Shire Council decided last night to erect a new structure to replace Slack's Bridge which c[?] some time ago. The Main Roads…

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Train Mystery. Two Bullets Through Window Dungog Passengers' Narrow Escape

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

An alarming incident took place in the early hours of this Thursday morning when two shots were fired at the Sydney-Kempsey mail train as it…

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Australian Railways' Union

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 5

Members of the A.R.U. at Muswellbrook and other railway centres are being asked to assist in securing sufficient funds to place Mrs. E. A…

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Over Cutting Motor Lorry Crashes WINGHAM

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 1

Stephen Bertram Monck, contractor for the cartage of cream from Bulga Plateau to Wingham butter factory, sustained serious injuries when his…

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Motor Traffic Breaches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

Gordon Cycle Maxwell pleaded guilty to three charges under the Motor Traffic Act. He was fined £2 and 5/6 costs for riding and…

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More Motors 277,935 Registered SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 4

Statistics relating to motor vehicle registrations, which were issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Maddocks) yesterday showed…

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