Women's Hospital Auxiliary. Bridge Afternoon
The distinction of being the first to use the new tea rooms at Mrs. M. A. Arnott's shop in the new building erected in Bridge-street was shared by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
2,293 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 115
Fell From Train Cessnock
Patrick Hatton, 14, a schoolboy of Austey street, Cessnock, slipped when sighting from the 3.30 train yesterday afternoon and fell from the…
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James Flynn, a pensioner, of Goodsell-street, St. Peters, was killed by a train yesterday morning when he ran on a railway line while chasing a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pacific Highway Road Work in Progress
Reports received by the N.R.M.A. indicate that traffic should exercise care when negotiating the bridge ever Coldstream River, between South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge of Trade "Keep Structure Open" Marketing Laws
"The Privy Council decision prevents the Commonwealth operating any law with respect to interstate trade that can form a valid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Picnic Train. to Newcastle on Sunday, 7th MARCH
A picnic train will run from Merriwa, Denman, Muswellbrook, Barraba and intermediate stations to Newcastle on Sunday, March 7. To avoid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General News Fire on Sedgefield-road
A fire occurred on Sedgeileld-road about 4 p.m. on Monday afternoon, when the slaughterhouse of Messrs Brooker Bros., butchers, and an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 26th FEBRUARY, 1937. Sandy Hollow Railway Men Still Waiting for Work. Hopeful Report
It is now about six months since the Government decided to proceed with the construction of the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway line. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MOTORCARS Obsolescence Increasing 1936 FIGURES
A review by the Dunlop Perdriau Co. of the sales of new cars and motor trucks in Australia for the calendar year 1936 shows that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Visit of Railway Commissioner
The Mayor mentioned that the Commissioner for Railways would be in Dungog on Friday and he moved that representations be made to him for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists in Trouble
The northern (Wootton) side of O'Sullivan's Gap proved disastrous for several motorists at the week-end. Some new filling had been put down,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schoolboys Terrible Ordeal Dragged between Carriage and Platform Accident at Cessnock Railway Station
When alighting from the 5.35 p.m. passenger train as it was pulling into Cessnock railway station yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General News Struck by Motor-cycle
Struck by a motor-cycle at West Cessnock on Tuesday afternoon, James Moodie, 11, of H[?]da street, Cessnock,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Salary Question Aerodrome Inspectors SYDNEY
Some controversy has been created in local aviation [?] ever in advertisement calling for applicants for the position of assistant [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ironbark Bridge
The Ministry of Transport has advised the Council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce that the question of the provision of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Slack's Bridge Cessnock
The Divisional Engineer of the Main Roads Department (Mr. J. A. L. Shaw) wrote to Kearsley Shire Council asking that plans and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Need Patching Kearsley Minor Roads COSSNOCK
Kearsley Shire Engineer (Mr. J. Shire) reported to council that several sections of the minor roads which had been [?] within the last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Friendly Road. Louis Pasteur
If it lay in my power i would place into the hands of every boy and girl a simple story of the life of Louis Pasteur, the French…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Continuing— The Hidden? Enemy Chapter Xxiv—lonely Roads
Dirk woke to find himself flat on his face on the grass by the roadside. His head rang like a gong and at first he hadn't an idea where he was or what…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Safety Well-informed Public Opinion Vital (By S. A. MADDOCKS, Commissioner. For Road Transport
The public may go through life in safety and happiness comparatively uninformed on a great variety of subjectk, but under modern traffic…
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