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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

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Woy Woy-point Clare Road

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 3

For the guidance of motorists visiting the Woy Woy. district and wishing to proceed along the waterfront road to Koolewong and Point Clare,…

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Road Conditions New England Highway

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 6

The N.R.M.A Touring Department reports that New England Highway between Sydney and Brisbane now offers good motoring conditions for…

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Road Markings White and Yellow Lines Rule Explained

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 6

Few motorists are familiar with the new method being adopted of marking double lines on sections of road where, because of restricted…

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Royal Train Streamlined And All Steel Luxury Cars (From a Special Correspondent) (By Air Mail) LONDON, December

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 8

In preparation for peace, skilled railway craftsmen “somewhere in Britain” are building a new streamlined, all-steel train for the King and…

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Warning to Motorists Pedestrian Crossings

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 6

A warning to motorists who ignore the warning of pedestrian crossings, that they may be made an example of is issued by the N.R.M.A…

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Two Injured Car and Tram Collide SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 5

George Backley, 18, and Joyce Hood, 16, were injured to-day when a car and a tram collided in [?] street, Randwick…

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Proposal to Unify Railway Gauges Navy Minister Keen

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 4

Support for the proposal to unify railway gauges throughout the Commonwealth was expressed at the week-end by the Minister…

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Lake Road Application For Funds

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 4

In a letter to Cessnock. Municipal Council last night the private. secretary. to the Minsters for the Army Mr Spender stated that applications…

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Ambulance Girls Train for British Empire Duty

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

A long pull and a strong pull by girls of the Women's Mechanised Transport Corps in Britain, members of a party of 58, training for ambulance duties in Kenya. —Photo, supplied by Commonwealth Department of Information…

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Train Delayed Floods and Washaways Broken Hill

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 7

Flood-waters and washaways between Parkes and Condobolin-delayed a train with 400 holiday makers returning turning to Broken Hill from Sydney…

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Soldier’s Death Jumped From Train From Escape From Custody Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 1

On December 12, 1940, William James Roman (13), died in Newcastle Hospital from injuries when he injured from a train…

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Railway Men Commissioner's Appreciation

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has issued the following New Year message to the great staff of 42,000 men and women…

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Killed on Railway

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 8

Alan Jam Patterson, 35, was killed when a railway tricycle was run down by a light engine in a cutting, 18 miles from Dubbo, on the line…

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Motor Cases Double Traffic Lines

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 5

Hector N Sutherland was charged with having -driven a - motor vehicle and not ,kept the double traffic lines on his right…

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No Reply Accident on Railway

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 5

Although a. statement appeared in the Press nearly a fortnight ago, that its complaint had “fully investigated” the Maitland Ambulance committee…

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Motor Registrations

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 4

The following registrations of motor vehicles were made in the week-ended .December 27, Recording to figures supplied by the Department…

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Motor Traffic Many Drivers Charged Police Court

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 4

By far the, greater part of the time at the West Maitland Police Court to-day was taken up in dealt with breaches of the…

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No Kerosene For Motorists CANBERRA

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 4

Action to prevent Kerosene being added to motor, sprit by motorists was taken under the National Security (Liquid Fuel)…

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Hexham Bridge Tenders Postponed

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 5

Tarro Shire Council, at its meeting to-day received a letter from Mr. H. Primmer, for the Minister for Transport in reply to council’s…

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Coalfields Lake Road Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 8

Cessnock Municipal Council last night adopted a report by the Mayor (Aid Brown ) on the conference at East Maitland on December 11, at…

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