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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1940

1,946 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 98

Test Scheme Registration of Motor Vehicles Official Advice

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 January 1940 · page 6

The Commissioner for [?] Transport (Mr. C. N. Neale) visited last night that as from February 1. It will be necessary for…

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Main Road Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 3

Regarding the proposed new bridge over the flood channel on the main road, between the railway crossing and the pumping station, the Main…

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Aerodrome Site

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 4

Cr. Elkin said in reference to the aerodrome at Williamtown that there were some who were trying to deride the site. He knew the site, and it…

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Lochinvar Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 5

A NEW bridge is in course of construction over the creek at Lochinvar. It will be of concrete and will have a footway. The approaches to…

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Gates on Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 4

Council's decision of a little more than six months ago to have all gates on the Booral-Washpool back road removed again came under…

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Goods Train Derailed at Wingham

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 6

Delays occurred to the up and down Brisbane express trains on Sunday morning extending up to ever five hours in the case of the up…

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Born in Train Hawkesbury Drama

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 6

A baby girl was born in a speeding train near the Hawkesbury railway bridge on Friday. Mother and child are now doing well in hospital…

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Representations On Behalf of Aerodrome Claims No Mention of Receiving a Deputation

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 7

When the Federal member for Robertson, Mr S. L. Gardner, M.H.R., attended a special meeting of the Municipal Council on…

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Fifty Miles On Maitland Road

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 5

On the morning of October 2, Maurice Thomas Charles Taylor, of Roach Street, Arncliffe, drove a motor car along Maitland Road Mayfield. He…

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Denman News [?] Men for Putty Road Work

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 8

A call-up for the unemployed resulted in about 30 men being placed in employment on the Putty road. Some locals have found employment on the…

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"Not Important for Defence Purposes!" Cessnock Wollombi Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 7

The Deputy Commissioner for Main Roads (Mr. D. Craig) was present at the Kearsley Shire Council meeting on Tuesday night and expressed the…

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Melville Bridge Cast of Resumption Bolwarra to Pay Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 5

According to a letter from the Under-Secretary, Department of Works and Local Government (Mr. H. E. S[?] Bolwarra Shire…

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When Dartbrook Bridge Was Opened £150 Raised for Comforts' Fund

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 7

Dartbrook bridge was opened by the then Shire President (Cr. H. L. White) on April 29, 1917. About £150 was realised by sale of…

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Midsummer Madness (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S. Wales)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 2

A holiday is the average person's opportunity to get away from the job—from office, factory, or kitchen—to take to the…

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Motorist Fined at Kurri Cut Corner

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 5

Charles R. Garland, of Wood street, Lorn, West Maitland, was charged before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., at the Kurri…

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Service for Motorists Next Tuesday's "Eagle."

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 3

In the issue of the Eagle newspaper of Tuesday next, January 23rd, a new series for the motorist will appear…

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Failed to Stop at Intersection Kurri Motorist Find

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 8

At the Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., Thomas Henry Richardson, of…

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Broken Hill Railway Strike. Commissioner's Comments. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 2

"1 do not recognise the Barrier Industrial Council. It is not a registered trade union organisation," declared the Railway Commissioner, Mr…

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Motor Imports to Be Cut

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 5

The import quota of motor-car chassis and engines from North American countries will be reduced by 30 per cent, in the trade year…

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Railway Strike Union Secretary’s Threat SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 January 1940 · page 5

Should any attempt he made to send Sydney goods to Broken Hill, via Adelaide, an immediate extension of the Broken Hill strike will take place,…

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