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Railways, roads & transport, 1939

2,677 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 134

Youth Dies Injured in Road Collision NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 5

Injured in a collision with a motor lorry in Wickham yesterday. Lindsay Hammil, 16, of Wi[?]kham, died last night in Newcastle Hospital…

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Cannot Maintain Road Shire Approaches Dept. STROUD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 9

Stroud Shire Council is finding it impossible to maintain the Kuruah. Tea Gardens road from its own funds. It has decided to approach the…

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Motor World New Process Refining of Crude Oil Increased Yield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 8

In the past, science and research have done much for the motor industry and automotive transportation, but judging by reports to hand from Chicago, one of the greatest…

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Motorist for Trial Leeton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 5

Henry John Colman was committed for trial on a charge of having done bodily harm to Wilfred Selwyn Moy by wanton driving on January 1. Moy…

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Motor Pioneers Death of The Marquis de Dion Notable Figure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 8

The death is announced from Paris of the Marquis do Dion (82), one of the most notable pioneers of the motor industry,…

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The Railways Faced With Increased Expenditure

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 4

The Government will shortly give special consideration to the financial position of the State Railways, which are faced with increased expenditure…

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Smash on Bridge Tram and Lorry Collide Five Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 4

After a lorry and a tram had collided on the narrow Ramsay Road bridge, at Fivedock, four tram passengers and the…

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Grim Weekend Road Toll

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

Two men lost their lives and 15 others were injured, four of them seriously, in motor accidents in Newcastle and Maitland districts during…

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Road Safety the Highway Code (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

The Minister for Transport and President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales recently had published a code comprising such…

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Fatal Motor Smash Tragic Death of Neville Keith

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 3

News of the death of Neville Stewart Keith, 22, of Melbounre-street, Aberdare, who was fatally injured in a…

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Removed to Cess-nock Hospital. Motor Smash Victims

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 3

Four of the young men who were injured in the motor smash at the overhead bridge at West Maltland, were removed to Cessnock Hospital…

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Ornamental Trees. Menace to Motorists?

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

John H. Hargreaves, of Woolstonecroft, writes in the "Scone Advocate":—Dear Sir,—You will agree a…

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Head on Motor Car Smash Story in Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 6

The story of an accident on the Maitland-Paterson road on the afternoon of November 26 last was told in the West Maitland Police…

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Local and General. New Motors

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

Recent sales by Mr. M. G. Budden, of Acme Motors, Dungog, include a Morris utility truck to Mr. George Griffin, of Marshdale…

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Railway Finances

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

Special consideration will be given by the Government shortly to the financial position of the State railways, which are faced with increased…

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Bowls-war Bridge R.S.P.C.A. Function

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 7

A bowls carnival and war bridge tournament, organised by the Maitland branch of the R.S.P.C.A., attracts ed a large gathering at the East…

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Trams Collide Passengers Injured Hurled Off Seats Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 2

Thirty passengers, of whom 26 wore taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, were hurled from their seats and were showered with…

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The Railways Branxton Timetable

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 10

The following is the summer timetable as it applies to Branxton station:—To Newcastle and West Maitland.—…

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A.M.P. Motor Spirit John Snow's Records

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 4

The Australian Motorists Petrol Company have received telegraphic advice that John Snow, driving a Delahaye at Coorong, on a pipe clay…

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Motorists Fined Under the Influence

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 8

At the Kogarah Police Court, two men were fined £10 each, in default 20 days' imprisonment. Thomas Michael Walch, 44, labourer, pleaded…

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