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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

2,371 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 119

Hexham Bridge Question of the Site Two Proposals

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 6

A meeting of the Raymond Terrace Chamber of Commerce will be held on Monday night next, at which will be discussed the…

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Railway Gauge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 6

The Minister for Defence, Mr. Thorby, said that, although a uniform railway gauge for Australia was desirable, the highest military authorities…

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Rosehill Doubles Railway Handicap

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 8

Mohican. Hamurah. Brazandt, Blinky Bill. Hammerhead…

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Railway Excursions in April Anywhere to Anywhere in New South Wales. Interstate

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1
Also in Singleton Argus

In connection with the very varied programme of entertainments in Sydney this Easter and thereafter, the Department of Railways has arranged…

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Letter Delivery Over Railway Line

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

Mr S. L. Gardner. M.P., has received the following letter from the Postmaster-General's Department:-"With reference to your request for an…

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Motor Cycle Collides with Car Man Killed and Wife Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

A. Coomby, of Bulli, was killed, and his wife seriously injured, when a motor cycle that they were riding came into collision with a motor car…

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Mohican Should Do Better Thaw Hawkesbury Effort. Selected for Railway Handicap. Sal Volatile and Hamurah for Places

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 9

Some fair class sprinters are engaged in the Railway Handicap at Rosehill to-morrow, which should prove one of the best betting events of the day. Topweight is Mohican, which was beaten into second…

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Hexham Bridge Conference on Monday Local Delegates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 6

The three local municipalities will probabaly be represented at the conference at Raymond Terrace next Monday night to urge…

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The FRIENDLY ROAD—By John Smith. "I Am a Multi-millionaire."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 4

Dr. D. H. Kress, Superintendent of a Sanitarium in Washington, U.S.A., was heard to make that remark to to group of people with…

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Motor Collision School Teacher Injured SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 2

Ronald Frankham, 24, of Melbourne-street, Aberdare, a school teacher at Lemington, near Singleton, suffered a fractured left collarbone, when a…

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Motor World Greatest Adventure Amazing Motor Car Drive Incredible Difficulties

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 8

The world's greatest motoring adventure, in terms of rime and overcoming almost incredible difficulties, has been just concluded successfully by three Brazilian motorists who have taken 9¾ years to drive from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) to New York…

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Longer Life Modern Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 8

The reason why the average life of motor cars and trucks has gradually extended until it is now approximately 10 years, is that motor…

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Appeal Succeeds Motor Licence Decision Reversed GOSFORD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 4

Albert Reginald Whitehead, 59, garage proprietor, of Cork-street, Gosford, appealed at the Gosford Court, before Mr. Carr-Boyd, P.M., against the re…

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Motor Drive

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 6

With every indication of fine weather, the motor drive picnic to be held at Gresford to-morrow promises to ba an outstanding success. Cars…

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'Planes Collide Smash at Aerodrome SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 6

When two planes collided on the Kingsford Smith Aerodrome at Mascot the two pilots and four passengers had narrow escapes from injury…

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Rebel Raid Bomb Wrecks Railway Frontier Paris, April 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 1

Rebel aircraft, after flying over France to-day severely bombed Portbou in order to prevent the return to the…

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SUPPORTED East-West Railway GRAFTON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 2

The east-west railway proposal formed the subject of a lengthy discussion at the quarterly meeting crt the Northern Rivers and Tablelands…

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MUSWELLBROOK Subway Under Railway Case Presented

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 3

MUSWELLBROOK, Monday. For n long time the Municipal Council has been agitating for n pedestrian subway under the level…

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Four Hurt Motor Car Overturned Near Paterson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 4

Four persons were hurt and a car badly damaged in an accident about two miles on the Maitland side of Paterson yesterday morning. The car…

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