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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

2,293 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 115

Sandy Hollow Railway. Question of Employment

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 4

Mr. M. Brown, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Under-Secretary, Department of Education:—"With further reference to…

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Map of Australia Federal Railway Offer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 8

We have been informed by the common wealth Railways Department that they have available for distribution a very handy reference map of…

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Motor By-passes. Again Discussed at Shire Council. Previous Decision Adhered To

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 7

There was an animated discussion at yesterday's meeting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council arising from a numerously-signed petition from…

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Tram and Lorry in Collision Three Persons Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 1

A tram-driver and two woman passengers were slightly injured in, a collision between a train, and a heavily laden motor-lorry in College-street,…

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Strike in Canada Employees of General Motors Australian Press Assn. Message.) VANCOUVER

Singleton Argus · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 1

Over 3700 employees of General Motors, Canada, went on strike at Oshawa (Ontario) after a sudden breakdown of negotiations between the local union…

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Motor World Road Lights New Electric System

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 8

Exhaustive investigations overseas have proved that the problem traffic accidents after dark is inseparably bound up with the…

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Barrington Tops Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 10

During his recent visit to the town, Mr. Spooner, Minister for Works and Local Government, was approached with a request…

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Express Train Maitland Travellers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 4

Although refusing a request that passengers travelling from Sydney to Maitland by the Inter-city Express be allowed to complete their journey…

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Cattle Killed by Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 9

During the week a mob of fat cattle, which were to be trucked at Willow Tree, strayed on to the railway line during the night, and were run into by…

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Two Decks San Francisco Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 8

In the month after the opening of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge, U.S.A., the average car traffic over the bridge and Its…

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Toll Of The Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 6

The startling fact that the total of persons fatally injured in road accidents last month was the highest death-roll for any month…

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Stock Bridge Site To Be Inspected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 4

West Maitland and Kearsley Shire Councils advised Bolwarra Shire Council at its regular meeting that delegates would co-operate in the…

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Road Needed King's Island Farmers Shire Deputation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 4

A deputation of King's Island farmers met Bolwarra Shire Council yesterday afternoon with a request for a better road from their area, which…

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Fastest Yet Brooklands Motor Speed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 8

At the re-opening last week of the Brooklands Motor Racing track in England for the 1937 racing season, the well-known British driver, Mr…

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Million Miles of Motoring

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 8

An Indication of the enormous mileage travelled by motorists during the Easter holiday season is given in the March report of…

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Foot Caught on Railway Line

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 1

Remarkable coolness saved the life of Walter Wilkinson, of Arncliffe, on Friday night, when his foot caught in a frog of the railway line at Darling…

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Motorists Must Watch Children on Road] Sydney. Tuesday.]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 9

Mr.Justice Haise Rogers directed a jury in the circumstances present-day motoring one of the possibilities that motorists should]…

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Car Off Road] Crashed Into House]

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 8

Mrs.J.Molfalt ,65, of Ashfield, sydney received a lacorated wound over the right eye and suffered from shook when a car ran off the road about a]…

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Fifteen Hurt Two Road Smashes SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 8

Fifteen people, including four youths from the Finders Navel Base, Victorin were injured in two [?] last night one at sutherland and the…

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Railway Employees' Picnic. Local Successes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 1

The following Muswellbrook and district competitors were successful at the annual railway employees' picnic held at Tamworth on Saturday:—…

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