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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1937

2,293 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 115

Motorists and Prosecutions

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 2

The Government's decision to introduce the system of permitting motorists to plead guilty to minor offences by post is considered by the N.R.M.A…

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Road Safety Line GOULBURN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 6

The Goulburn Chamber of Commerce, on the motion of Mr. L.T. Watson, decided to urge upon the Government the desirability of…

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Motor Vehicle Registrations 282,874 at End of Last Month

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 2

The number of motor vehicles on the road at the end of April, 1937, was 7.7 per cent, more than at the end of April, 1936, according to statistics furnished…

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Motorists and Prosecutions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 5

The Government's decision to introduce the system of permitting motorists to plead guilty to minor offences by post is considered by the N.R.M.A…

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Motor Hill-climb Contests at Mount Large Crowd Present

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 May 1937 · page 3

Large numbers of people assembled at Mount View on Sunday to witness the hill-climbing contests organised by the New…

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No Action Fishing off Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1937 · page 7

The Under-Secretary of the State Fisheries, Mr. R. B. Harkness, in reply to Tarro Shire Council's representations advised that, although the…

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PITNACREE-ROAD Application For Loan E.M. COUNCIL

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1937 · page 2

Following a recommendation by the finance committee, East Maitland Council at its meeting last night, decided to request the…

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Harbour Bridge Paying Its Way £951,284 Collected in Tolls

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 May 1937 · page 3

It was stated on Monday that the accumulated deficit oh the Sydney Harbour bridge had been wiped out, and that a surplus for the current financial…

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Six Hurt Motor Car Accidents Greasy Roads Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 1

Rain was responsible for the injury of six persons in accidents at Ramsgate and Kogarah to-day. Early this morning, a car driven by…

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Roads Wanted Barrington Tops Area Deputation Sought

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 12

It was decided at a meeting of the. Hunter River and Barrington Tops Tourist Association, held at the West Maitland Town Hall…

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Hexham Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 5

Mr. Russell, Raymond Terrace, moved "that the District Council continue to agitate for the construction of the Hexham bridge," and added that the…

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Roads and Highways

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 1

The following resolutions, moved by Goulburn, were carried:— "That, in the interests of safety of the travelling public, all highway…

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War Bridge and Dance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 6

A dance and war bridge evening will be held in the Mochanies' institute East Maitland, on Tuesday, June 22. The evening is in aid of the…

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Barrington Tops Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 1

The following letter to the Editor of the Newcastle "Herald" appears in last Saturday's issue of that paper:— Sir,—The Harrington Tops road…

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Main Roads Board Camps. Conditions of Employment

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 7

Mr. C. J. Bellemore (Under Secretary, Department of Labour and Industry) has forwarded to Mr. J. M. Baddeley…

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Extra Train For Morpeth People. Request Granted

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 6

The recent agitation in Morpeth for an extra train from East Maitland to that town for the conventionce of Friday night shoppers has met with…

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Fatal Road Race. Wager Ends in Death. Survivor Sent to Gaol. Guilty of Manslaughter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 7

Arguments between two motorists as to who possessed the better cars ended in one being killed and the other being sent to prison for manslaughter…

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Railway Winter Time-table

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 2

We have received from the Railway Commissioners a copy of the winter timetable, which came into operation on Sunday last. As far as…

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Motor Cyclists Note!

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 7

Many motor cyclists will remember, not many years ago, the wonderful times enjoyed by members of the Cessnock District Motor Cycle…

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Motor Road Accidents in British Isles Lessons to Be Learned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 May 1937 · page 8

Following on an exhaustive research into tho causes of 100,000 road accidents involving personal injury in Great Britain, valuable…

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