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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

1,832 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 92

£1,000,000 LOAN Equipping State Railways

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 6

An amount of £500,000 approved by the Loan Council last week is the first instalment of a-loan of more than £1,000,000 to equip the…

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Programme of Railway Works

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 2

A programme of railway works designed to cope with a possible, war emergency is to be immediately undertaken in…

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Motor Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 4

The cancellation of registrations of cars and commercial motor vehicles in Australia in 1940, owing primarily to war…

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Ran Off Road Cessnock Motorist . In Trouble Kurri Kurri

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

Alexander Campbell, of North Avenue, Cessnock pleaded gullty at Kurri Kurri Court to-day to having driven a motor car along Main Road…

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£400 Road Grant Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 8

The Department of Main Roads has advised Cessnock Municipal Council that an amount of £400 has been allocated as the department’s…

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Greeks Are Moving Closer to Victory Now Using Enemy Roads (Aap, Service)LONDON, February 4

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 1

For and snow have reduced , visibility to nil In the central sector near Tepelena where the object of the Italian resistance…

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“A Disgrace” Condition of Railway Carriages Cessnock Criticism Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 8

The dirty condition of the railway, carriages passengers have to travel in is a disgrace to the service, said the Mayor of Cessnock last night…

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Improper Use Motorists’ Camp Site

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 5

The area set aside on the Eigin-street side of West Maitland Park for the convenience of motorists desiring to camp one or two nights is…

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Killed by Train Run Down On Bridge. . SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 1

Alfred James Stubbings, 44, invalid [?] of Booty Hill was killed when struck by. a Sydney-bound passenger train, on the Eastern Creek…

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Greeks on Better Roads

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 2

An Athens message states that big fires in Tepelena indicate that the Italians are destroying stores and preparing to evacuate…

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Two Evils in Road Accidents

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 2

Research into road accidents shows that types of accidents occur in "waves" which are not confined to one part of the…

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Two Evils in Road Accidents. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 5

Research, into road accidents shows that types of accidents occur in "waves" which are not confined to one part of the State but the whole of it…

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Two Evils Research Into Road Accidents Occur in “Waves” (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 4

Research Into road accidents shows that types of accidents occur in “waves,” which are not confined to one part of the…

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Sandy Hollow Railway Federal Assistance Expected

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 1

According to a Sydney message substantial Federal Government financial assistance to enable the State Government to complete the…

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Jammed Between Car and Gate. Motorist's Predicament

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 4

Mr. W. Fairey, a commercial traveller, found himself in a most unpleasant predicament when his right leg became jammed between…

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Set Aside Penalty on Motorist NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 1

Judge Nield to-day, in setting aside the penalty and putting on bond a motorist who had been convicted in Police Court of dangerous driving,…

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Speed Exceeded Motorists Fined At Newcastle NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 5

For exceeding the speed limit of 30 miles Geoffrey Hamilton Steele of Hamilton, was fined £5 with 5/8 costs in the Summons Court to-day,…

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Rafferty's Rules on the Railways. Scandalous Treatment of Coalfields Passengers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 4

THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS under which coalfields passengers are obliged to travel on the N.S.W. railways were roundly denounced by the Mayor (Ald. J. Brown) at the Cessnock Council meeting on Tuesday night…

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The Friendly Road

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1941 · page 4

BOMBED BUT UNBEATEN, Someone handed me a pamphlet the other day purporting to be a letter written by Cuthbert…

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Strange Accident Pinned By Motor Car MUSWELLBROOK

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 February 1941 · page 3

A traveller in the Wybong district experienced a peculiar accident ,when a strong wind blew his car some distance, pinning his leg against a gate…

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