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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

2,371 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 119

Railway Employees' Picnic

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 7

The railway employees and their families and friends will hold their annual picnic and sports on the Muswellbrook Showground on…

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Motor Traffic Regulations. Speed Limits. a Warning to Motorists

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 6

In view of the serious nature of the penalty under the amended Motor Traffic Act for exceeding the speed limit of 30 miles an hour upon any…

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Railwayman Shot. While Working at Desk. Farley Outrage

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 2

Cyril Clive Maher (40), night officer at Farley Railway Station, was critically wounded by a revolver or rifle bullet, while sitting in…

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OVER 30 MILES Motorist in Court NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 7

For driving a motor car at a speed in excess of 30 miles an hour in a built up area, George F. Cowan, of Lisarow, was fined £2 with 5/6 coats…

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Great Future Motor Car Industry on Sound Basis Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 7

Speaking before the Institute of Automotive Engineers of Australia to-day, Mr. A. A. Robertson, who is head of the Department of Metallurgy…

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Anzac Day—tram Transport

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 3

Diggers in Sydney for the March on Anzac Day will be able to travel on the trams and "book it up to Kitchiner" as usual…

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Farley Railway Station Shooting Sensational Developments Maitland

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 1

At the Police Court to-day, three youths, Thomas Dixon Gibson (18), labourer, William Ribert Date (17), labourer, and Kemmell Joseph…

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Amazing Growth of Motor Industry 190,000 Hands Employed

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 6

The amazing growth of the motor industry, which he stated employed 190,000 hands and was the second largest industry in Australia, was…

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New Motor-car Assembly Works

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 March 1938 · page 4

Work will begin within the next few months on the erection of new motor-car assembly works at Fishermen's Bend, Melbourne, at a cost…

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An Example. Germany's Motor Roads Leads the World

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 8

The British Minister of Transport (L. Burgin) upon his return to London from a recent inspection of the German system of…

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Road Control Separating Traffic Flow Railway Principles

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 8

The application of "railway" principles to road traffic-the removal of fast moving traffic from all contact with anything which may interfere…

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Killed by Train Tragedy at Corrimal. WOLLONGONG

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 2

Jack Cropper, 50, a foreman painter, of Tarrawanna-st., Tarrnwanna, died in hospital following on injuries ,received when struck by a train at…

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The Friendly Road - By John Smith. "Failure Is Not Final."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 4

There is nothing more moving than a story from real life. Played on a real stage without the trappings, of an actor it surpasses…

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Railway Smash Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 1

In a railway collision in a cutting near Brisbane, a guards van was telescoped and thrown on top of a timber-waggon. The front wheels of an…

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Motor World. Third Party Msec Should Be Nationalised Motor Car Insurance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 8

The announcement from Canberra that the Federal Ministry intends to establish a new department of the Treasury with a staff of at least 150 officers, to conduct the proposed national and old-age insurance plan, suggests, says H. B. James, in the…

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Motor Vehicles in Italy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1938 · page 8

During the first 11 months of 1937 Italy exported 31,427 motor vehicles, compared with 18,335 in the same period of 1937. The 1937 exports in…

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Fatal Aeroplane Passenger Killed and Pilot Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 1

Kevin Francis Brest, aged 23, of Kempsey, was killed, and the pilot, Henry Dominic Franki, abo ut 23, also of Kempsey, was injured when a Gipsy Moth aeropl ane, owned by the Northern New South Wales Aero Club, crashed near empsey about 8.30 a.m…

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Rugby Union Maitlanders to Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 7

The Maitland Rugby Union team will open its season on Lorn Park at 7 o'clock to-morrow night, when all Intending to play are invited to…

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Pssenger Train in Smash Collision in Cutting

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 1

A Queensland suburban passenger train collided with a detached guard's van of a shunting train in a cutting between Gaythorne and Mitchelton…

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Gaol for Negligent Motorists Wellington (N.z.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 5

Motorists who drive negligently may have to spend their weekends in gaol. In making this announcement…

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