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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

1,946 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 98

Plied for Hire Without License Kurri Motorist Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 7

"This is not a trifling offence. The maximum penalty is £500. These cases are getting unpleasantly common," said Mr. Carr-Boyd, P.M…

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The Motorists'corner Official R.a.c.a. Notes Achievement

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 4

Thanks In a very large measure to the splendid support accorded to the Royal Automobile Club of Australia and the Road Safety Council by the…

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Most Railway Lines Affected. Departments Announcement Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 6

Drastic curtailments in railway services, as from Sunday next, were announced to-night by the Railway Departnient…

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Death on Railway Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 1

Haywood Norman Givney (56) a railway employee met with a terrible death this morning He had been coupling a truck to a…

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War Petrols Hon. J. C. Watson's Announcement to Motorists

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 5

In a recent public statement, the Hon. J. C. Watson, well-known in connection with automobile activities in this State, foreshadowed the…

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Friendly Road [?]

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 8

A Friend of [?] were a [?] was it [?] to [?] [?] source of this…

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Main Roads Sydney To Mudgee

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 6

Opening on can main road be Sidney and Mudgee the N.R.M.A, courlug department states that the main road across the mouth…

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Dora Creek Construction of Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 7

The Lake Macquarie Shire Council has informed the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce that the proposal to construct a bridge over Dora Creek had…

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Class of Road Has Effect on Running Costs

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 6

The running costs of motor vehicles depend to a [?] cost on the [?] of the brightness and streets upon which they are driven says the Dialog Paradise [?] While most motor owners realise this fact. low of those…

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Modern Motors Improved Machinery Engine Blocks’

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 6

The [?] of automatic machines and conveyers recently the [?] in [?] plants her done much towards ensuring such great value…

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Export Trade British-Made Motors

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 5

Despite She war, the British motor Industry made a good showing in 1989 During the year, 11,500 commercial motor vehicles and 70.000 cars were…

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Motor Racing German Statement

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 6 April 1940 · page 5

Motor racing, which Is a national wire in Europe perforce has had to dropped for the time being, owing to the war. It was, therefore, rather…

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Scholars Suffer Train Restrictions SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 1

Over 200 of 700 scholars attending Gosford High School were unable to leave their homes this morning as a result of the railway restrictions…

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World Achievement The First Railway

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 6

To all intents and purposes, the Stockton and Darlington Hallway was the first in she world. It we see pictures of the first train which ran along the first line we cannot help smiling. Everything-looks so…

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Real Accident Causes. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 4

The question has often been asked: What is the most serious cause of the deaths in road accidents? Actually, there are more than 200 causes of…

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Car and Tram Collide

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 1

Two young men and a boy were [?] when a car and a tram Collided at Mosman. Largs is to be the site of a…

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General Motors' 25,000,000th CAR

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 7

General Motors produced its 25,O00,000th car on January 13, 1940. This milestone in the Corporation's history, reached…

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New Phase of Speed Motoring

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 7

A new phase of speed motoring is reported to have become popular in U.S.A. Exact models of racing cars about a foot…

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Railway Freights

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 3

Mr. Lochhead referred to the matter of railway freights in connection with the transport of fodder. He pointed out that unless a load of six…

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