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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

1,946 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 98

Road Tests Conservation of Petrol Reduced Speeds

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 8

With a view to [?] what petrol savings can be effected by private motorists by reduction of [?] speeds and rapid…

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Automatic Booster for Heavy Trucks Solving Difficult Road Problem

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 8

A problem that has [?] been worrying the traffic authorities in U.S.A. is the effect of [?] motor tracks crepping up hills at…

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Longest All-weather Road in World Fairbanks to Buenos Aires

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 8

The longest all-weaker highway in the world is the 14,100 miles road now under construction from Fairbanks in Alaska…

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Motor World Petrol Problem Easing The Call On Dollar Exchange Reducing Consumption

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 8

While the momentous question as to what is to be done in Australia to conserve petrol supplies reduce Consumption and case the call on dollar exchange under consideration by the Commonwealth Government, the stuck fact obtrudes that…

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Motor Display at Show

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 6

Much interest was created at Dungog Show by tag display of Oldsmobile and Vauxhall care, end Bedford and G.M.C. trucks, which…

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Saving of Coal Curtailed Railway Services MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 May 1940 · page 7

According to figures made available to-day the Victorian railways the commencement of the coal strike, have eared 28,600 tons of coal…

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Two Killed Motor Cycle-Car Smesh SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 1

Two present were killed and four Injured [?]…

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Blow to Official Labour Tramway Union Breaks Away

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 4

In a ballot taken at the weekend, the Tramway. Employees' Union decided by a majority of 500 votes to sever its affiliation with the…

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The Friendly Road

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 8

A HARINSATION OF DEATH, I [?] think the [?] [?] was been in [?] [?] and [?] since the…

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Struck Subway Bridge. Furniture Damaged

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 1

Damage estimated at between £80. and £100 was caused to furniture when a heavily laden lorry, travelling from Sydney to Inverell, struck the iron…

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New Culverts Works in the Wyong Road

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 4

The [?] department of the N.R.m.A advices motorists using the main Newcastle road that speclaicare is necessary between Tug[?]…

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Overcrowding of Newcastle Train Matter Brought Up in House

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 5

Replying, in the legislative Assembly, to a question by Mr. Baddeley regarding overcrowding on the 6.40 p.m. train from…

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Straying Stock on Roads. These Cause Accidents. (Issued by the Bond Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 3

Reports of road accidents throughout the State shows that there is a noticeable increase in those caused by straying stock on the streets of…

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British Railways

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 5

British railways have failed to cope with every increase in industrial requirements. They have shown themselves admirably aquitted to…

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Railway Rebates

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, Mr. C. E. Bennett, M.L.A., member for Gloucester, asked with reference to the restrictions imposed…

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Secretary Gratified Railways Prevented a Record

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 3

The secretary of the association, Mr. Tom Carlton, came in for hearty congratulations on all sides. When asked to say what ho thought about…

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Three Injured Two Cars and Motor Cycle Collide SYDNEY Tuesday

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 8

Three men were injures last nigh a collision involving two mm and motor cycle in Elisabeth-street. Waterloo…

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World Achievement An Amazing Railway

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 3

While the nations of the west have been arguing and building each other the people of the Sear East have been getting on. with a big piece of works-the construction of one of the most remarlable railway lines in the world…

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Stone Thrown Train Window Broken

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 4

A window In a carriage of the Brisbane Express was broken last night just after the train had turned on to the north coast line from the main…

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Lorry Strikes Overhead Bridge Considerable Damage Caused

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 2

Damage estimated between £80 and £100 was caused when a heavily laden lorry of furniture, travelling from Sydney to Inverell, struck an…

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