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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

2,677 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 71 of 134

Case Adjourned Motors in Collision Driver Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1939 · page 6

After the evidence of one witness for the defence had been heard at the West Matland Police Court yesterday afternoon, the case in which Henry…

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Transcontinental Railway Service

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 July 1939 · page 1

To compete with the faster schedules now being flown between Perth and the eastern States by airways the Commonwealth Railways…

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Railway Trucks Overturn Many Trains Delayed. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 July 1939 · page 2

Nine trains, including two divisions of the Melbourne express, were delayed by the derailment of trucks at South Goulburn to-day…

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Ferodale Road

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 13 July 1939 · page 3

Mr. Spooner, Minister for Public Works has informed Mr. C. E. Bennett, M. L. A. that he is looking into the request of the residents of Ferodale, (Mr. W.D…

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Singleton News Contour Map Proposed Aerodrome Council's Decision Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1939 · page 2

A contour map of the site of the proposed aerodrome for the Singleton district will be prepared by the Singleton Municipal Council and forwarded…

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Seaham to Clarencetown Road

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 13 July 1939 · page 4

On Friday last, a deputation comprising the Rev. P. Lucock and Messrs. H. Clode and E. Waterman waited on the Shire Council and put before the…

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Killed in Motor Cycle Smash Aircraftsman Wilkie's Death SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1939 · page 1

The Parramatta Coroner to-day opened the inquiry into the death of Aircraftsman Bruce Victor John Wilkie, 24. in hospital, following…

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£2,000,000 JOB Victorian Railway Repairs MELBOURNE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1939 · page 12

Reporting to the State Ministry, the Victorian Railway Commissioners State that rolling stock and other rail way property had deteriorated to such…

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Women Injured Search For Motor Cyclist SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1939 · page 1

The police are searching for a motor cyclist whom they allege failed to stop after he had knocked down, a woman in Canley Vale-road, Canley…

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Fifty Miles an Hour Motor Cyclist Fined PATERSON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1939 · page 7

When he appeared at the Paterson Court yesterday on a charge of having ridden a motor cycle in King-street, Paterson, on May 21, in a manner…

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Bennett Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 5

The Mayor advised the Council that the engineer (Mr. Lipscombe) informed him that the timber for repairing Bennett Bridge had been cut…

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Wangat Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 3

Acknowledging Council's representations for a grant towards the cost of surfacing that portion of the Wangat road from the Salisbury…

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Military Aerodrome at Darwin Most Modern in Australia

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 10

The military aerodrome being built at Darwin, at a cost of £250,000, will be the most modern in Australia. Two special features will be…

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Wallarobba Shire Council. Monthly Meeting Aerodrome Question Being Pursued

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 3

On being advised, at its meeting on Tuesday, by the Minister for Works and Local Government (Hon. E. S, Spooner) that he could not accede to its request for assistance in constructing an aeroplane landing ground near Dungog, Wallarobba Shire…

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Progress in Singleton's Aerodrome Movement Plans of Runways, Etc., to Be Prepared

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 8

The Municipal Council took another step forward in the "Aerodrome for Singleton" movement at a special meeting on…

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Country Women's Association Sunady Train Service

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 1

Mrs. J. E. Lowe (president) and Mrs. C. E. Wall (treasurer) of the local branch, were warmly welcomed at the Group Conference, which was held at…

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Free Train Rides Three Men Charged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 3

At the Police Court yesterday, Mr. W. Blanden, representing the Railway Department, proceeded against Clare Edmund Kelly for having travelled in…

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Trial of Harry Bridge Deportation Order Sought

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 3

America apparently does not want Australian born Harry Bridge any longer. He is considered too much of a stormy petrel…

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MUSWELLBROOK Country Women's Association Train Facilities Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 9

That the extension of train facilities from Singleton to Muswellbrook on Sunday afternoon, with the alteration of the…

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Cessnock Aerodrome Prime Minister's Promise to Send Officer. "We Look to Him to Carry That Out!"

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 July 1939 · page 4

In a report dealing with the Cessnock aerodrome, the Mayor (Ald. Brown), at Tuesday night's meeting of the Municipal…

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