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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

2,371 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 119

Record Train Speed LONDON, July 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 4

The London and Northeastern Railway Company's streamlined Mallard engine, hauling the Coronation…

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Shire Road Conference Decision Shorter Route

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 6

Representatives of district local governing bodies and progress associations who met at the Tarro Shire Council Chambers last…

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Man Run Over by Train Leg Amputated Accident at Weston

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 5

Leslie Edwards, 51, of First Street, Weston, had his left leg so badly lacerated when he was run over by a coal…

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Lucky Escape Motor Car Somersaults NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 10

Jack Moore, 24, of Lambton, had a remarkable escape from serious injury last night when his car collided with another. He was admitted to…

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Chipperfield Wins Motor Car Sheffield, July 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 10

A. G. Chipperfield won a secondhand motor car presented by a member of the Yorkshire club for a golf competition among the Australian…

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State Railways

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 4

Dealing with the section of the Bill relating to unfair preference by State railways, the Prime Minister referred to the objection raised that…

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Northern Railway Crossing. to Receive Attention

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 4

Mr. H .C. Carter, M.L.A. for Liverpool Plains, has received the following letter from Mr. W. H. Newman, Secretary for Railways, and which is…

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Appeal Against Refusal to Grant 'Bus License. South Maitland Railway v. Kearsley Council. Case Adjourned to Kurri Kurri

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 5

Hearing was resumed at Cessnock Court yesterday of the case in which South Maitland Railways Ltd. appealed against the refusal of the Kearsley Shire Council to agree to the granting by Tarro Shire Council of a license to the…

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Motor Smash Victim Dies

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 5

The death occurred in the HornSby Hospital on Sunday night of Mrs. Dulcie Mouder, 33, of Vaucluse, from injuries…

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New Bridge Thornton-Minmi Road Tarro Shire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 2

In a report to Tarro Shire Council to-day, the engineer, Mr. W. R. Lindsay, stated that Sidebottom's Bridge, a structure of one…

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Heddon Bridge Proposed Widening CESSNOCK

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 2

The question of the widening of the bridge over the railway line at Heddon Greta was the subject of a letter from Tarro Shire Council before a…

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Seaman's Jump From Bridge Suicide a Mystery

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 2

"There seems no reason for his suicide," said the City Coroner (Mr E. T. Oram) at the inquest on Monday on Emile Mallard Mason, 27, able…

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Main Road Picturesque Drive Council Happy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 7

The president reported to Tarrs Shire Council today that a conference held at the shire offices on Monday night last had decided to ask Messrs…

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Works Approved Kearsley Shire Roads Relief Scheme Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 2

The Department of Works and Local Government has approved of a programme of works to be carried out in the Keavsley Shire area, under the…

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Motor Act Breach Kurri Kurrt

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 2

Stanley Alphonse Kennedy, of Rawson-street, Kurri Kurri, was fined 5/, with 8/ costs, at the Kurri Kurri Court to-day by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M.,…

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New Hexham Bridge Deputation To Minister For Transport SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 6

The definite assurance that a bridge would be built across the Hunter River at the most suitable site was given by the Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, replying to a deputation which asked that the bridge should be built at Ash Island…

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Train Congestion Providing More Standing Room Angry Protest Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 1

The reported decision of the Rall-Department to remove a number of seats from trains to provide more standing room was strongly…

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CAR v. PRAM German Motor Owners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 2

Statisticians say that motor cars have a reducing effect upon the birth rate and German authorities are worried. It seems that when the choice…

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Heddon Greta Bridge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 7

Kearsley Shire Council had before It on Tuesday night a letter from Tarro Shire Council stating that it had considered…

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Barrington and Gresford Roads

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 5

When the matter of the Barrington Tops road wan put to him, the Minister pointed out that he had dealt fully with the matter earlier in the…

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