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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

2,677 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 134

Ratepayers' Association. Mountain Station Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 6

A meeting of the ratepayers of the Mountain Station road was held on 5th June, when it was decided to form a body to be known as The Mountain…

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Football Scone V. Quirindi Special Train Chartered

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

Scone Football Club has chartered a special train to convey its two thirteens to Quirindi on Sunday next. The train will draw but of Scone at…

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At the End of the Road CHAPTER V.

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 3

When the police had gone off in pursuit of Shep, Jeans took his hat from his head and mopped his forehead with his handkerchief. It had…

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Surfacing Wangat Road Water Board's Offer Council Seeks Large Grant

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 3

Wallarobba Shire Council decided at Tuesday's meeting to ask the Minister for Works and Local Government (Hon. E. S. Spooner) to make…

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Police Motion Registration Of Cycles Toll of the Road Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

The police conference decided to recommend that all bicycles should be registered and fitted with identification or number plates, for which…

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Warning to Motorists

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 7

Motorists would do well to watch their step in regard to the traffic regulations, particularly in regard to the 30 miles' per hour speed limit…

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Motor Traffic Cases. Big List at Yesterday's Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

Many cases under the Motor Traffic Act were dealt with by Mr. G. J. Johnston, P.M., at yesterday's sitting of the Police Court at…

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Pyjama-clad Body. Found on Railway Line. Fettler's Death

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 3

At seven o'clock on Wednesday morning a railway ganger found the body of a fellow employee, John Joseph Holt, lying…

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Motorist Convicted. Two Charges. Fines and Costs Total £15/16/-

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 8

Considerable evidence was submitted at the police court yesterday in the charge Police v. James Henry Fitzgerald on charges of…

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Young Man Committed for Trial. Railway Gates Accident At Scone. Alleged Negligence

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 3

James Robert Dwyer, 19, of May-field, was on Wednesday committed for trial on a charge of having negligently omitted to close railway gates, thereby…

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Motor Toll "Speed Alone Not To Blame" N.R.M.A. View Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

The General Secretary of the N.R.M.A.; Mr. H. I. Johnson, said to-day that speed alone could hot be blamed for the majority of our road…

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Railway Smash Case

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 3

Police v. James Robert Dwyer, gate attendant' at Parkville, for neglect in omission of his duties in not closing the railway gates at…

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Open Gates at Railway Crossing Youth Committed for Trial

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

James Robert Dwyer, 19, of Mayfield, was at Scone on Wednesday committed for trial on a charge of having negligently omitted to close…

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The "Inside Story" of Motor Fuel

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 2

Last night in the Masonic Hall, talkie motion pictures designed to illustrate the "inside story" of the way in which the maximum benefit…

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Railway Disaster in Sudetanland (Australian Press Assn. Message.) DRESDEN

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

Ten were killed and 20 injured when the Berlin-Prague express was derailed at Mittelgrund, in Sudetanland…

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Iron Magnates Sent to Gaol Italians Who Cheated Railways

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 8

The Italian iron and steel industrialist, Silvio Ceretti, and his son and brother, were sentenced on Wednesday to imprisonment for five…

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Road Hazards Duties of Motorists Rail Crossings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 2

Railway crossings on main roads form one of the major hazards to the safely of traffic. During the last four years the total…

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The Friendly Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 6

A YOUNG HERO: One is often humiliated, it not ashamed, when he hears of young men doing the most amazing things and…

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Road Safety Pedestrians And Motorists Mr. Watson's Views

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 8

The growing tendency to separate motorists and pedestrians into factions is deplored by the president of the N.R.M.A., Mr. J. C. Watson. "If…

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Road Conditions Lismbire — Tenterfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 8

An Inspector of the N.R.M.A., who has recently travelled from Lismore to Tenterfield by way of Kyogle and Woodenbong, reports that a bitumen…

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