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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

1,946 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 98

Berlin-moscow Motor Road

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 3

The construction of a motor road from Berlin through Northern Poland and Est Prassia is under construction by the German highway…

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Tyre Sizes Motoring Needs And Trends Modern Services

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 5

Strange as it [?] seem there are owners of motor cars in this country who never, of [?] purchase a new motor tyre…

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Motor Cars Effect of War on Sales

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 6

The demand for motor vehicles in Australia has dropped considerable since the war began, according in a statement issued by the…

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Coast Roads Improving Alignment

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 8

Reports have been received by the N.R.M.A. touring department that reconstruction and improvement of [?] to hand between…

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Kanangra Walls Road Construction

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 8

An Inspection of the new road to Kanangra walls was carried our recently by an officer of the N.R.N.A. To reach Kanangra Walls [?]…

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Motoring Miscellany

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 6

“Cat’s-eye” reflector studs, which have proved such a boon to motorists in Leeds have been turned down in Bradford—at least for another 12…

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Motors Collide One Killed; Two Injured DENMAN

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 1

Last night, in a head-on collision between a motor lorry driven by C. Castiedins and a utility track. Kenneth Gallagher was killed instantly…

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Motor Drivers Liability For Costs

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 2

A committee appointed by the New Zealand Government to investigate reform of the liability laws is considering recommending that motorists…

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Shire Expenditure on Roads Report to Council

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 2

The following report, submitted to the meeting of the Shire Council on Thursday last, gives particulars of road maintenance and amounts…

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The “Wasp” Coastal Motor Boat Speedy Vessel

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 2

The “wasps” used in December by the Fines against the [?] with some vigar in Krocaoladt and Murmansk are day coastal Motor…

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Motorists, Liability in Accidents

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1940 · page 1

The New Zealand Government may soon force motorists to assume complete liability in accidents involving pedestrians…

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Aerodrome Job "Cuts Out."

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 7

Due to the exhaustion of the grant made by the Federal Government for improvements to the Cessnock aerodrome, the…

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Stroud Road "Shower Tea"

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 2

A very pleasant evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wenham, "Thilpa," Stroud Road, on Wednesday, March 6, when between…

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Stupid Horse Play Soldiers Hold Up Train

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 2

When a man gets into a uniform it does not give him the license to become a larrikin. Unfortunately some of the…

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Relief Work Kearsley Shire Road CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 5

Three hundred and sixty nine men are employed on the relief worth scheme throughout the Kearsley Shire Council, reports the engineer…

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Fewer Road Deaths in N. S. Wales Lowest for Four Years

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 6

Although there were more motor vehicles in New South Wales last year than in any previous year, the number of persons killed in accidents…

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Motor Truck Endurance Test

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 4

One of the longest officially conducted motor truck endurance tests yet recorded on the road has just been successfully…

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Efficient Motoring

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 4

In these days when efficent motoring is particularly desirable with a view to prevention of petrol wastage, mention of resistances is not out of…

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