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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

1,832 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 92

Sleep Walking Is Safer. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of Nw South Wales)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 6

Competent authorities estimate that one person in every hundred has been…

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Sleep Walking Is Safer (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 6

Competent authorities estimate that one person in every hundred has been subject to sleep walking at some time Many of theses are [?] by the…

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Bowls. "A" Grade "Cock O' the Walk" Title. Now Held by S. Cann and C. Bowden. R. Gardner and H. A. Bridge Win in "B" Grade

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 6

S. Cann and C. Bowden scored a four points' win over the title-holders, W. Teasdale and E. W. Shaw, in the "A" grade section of the "Cock o'…

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Missing Motorist

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 2

It is possible, writes our motorist contributor, "Carbon," that some "Chronicle" reader might be able to help solve one of the greatest…

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Fine of £153 Moulder’s Motor Offences

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 11 March 1941 · page 2

Reginald Thomas Christie, 30 moulder, at the Central Police Court, Sydney, was fined by Mr. Arnold, S.M., sums totalling £163, for a number…

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E.M. COUNCIL Fireman On Morpeth Train Request Refused

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 5

East Maitland Council last night received a reply from the District Superintendent of Railways, Mr. R. E. Evans, with…

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Country Needs a Better Rail Service Train For Munition Workers

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 4

“People are expected to live away from the cities, but the Railway Department won’t give them a decent service to go to…

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Storing Stocks of Petrol Motorists Have To Buy Containers SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 1

It is stated that petrol companies are not supplying tins or drums for petrol to the retail trade in Sydney, and motorists, therefore, are obliged…

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More People Killed on Country Roads Accident Reduction Campaign (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 6

More people are killed on th[?] roads of the country than in the whole of the city of ,Sydney and its suburbs, even though only one…

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Burma Road Plan To End Graft (A.A.P. Service) CHUNGKING, March 12

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 7

An authoritative source announced that Dr. John Sari Baker, formerly of the American Bed Cross, has been appointed director of the Kunming…

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Driver for Trial Woman Killed By Motor Car Story at the Inquest Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 7

On the night of February 15 Enid Veronica Twyford (36), warned woman, mother of three young children was knocked down and killed by a motor car driven by Sidney Thomas Benton (62), miner, at Swansea…

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Wootton Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

Mr. C. E. Bennett, M.L.A., is in receipt of a letter from the Under-secretary for Works and Local Government, with reference to his…

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Main Roads Department

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

Main Roads Department assistance to the Commonwealth is principally in two directions: (1) Construction of strategic and tactical roads for…

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Found Fatally Wounded on Road

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 8

Charles Dewbery, until recently foreman ganger for Inverell Council, was found on Glen Innes Road on Wednesday with a bullet wound in…

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New Road Work Direct Route To Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

Advice has been received by the N.R.M.A. that work on [?]e now road from Calga, on Pacific Highway, between Kangaroo Point and Mooney…

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Where Men Are Killed (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S. Wales)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 3

More people are killed on the roads of the country than in the whole of the city of Sydney and its suburbs, oven though only one third of the…

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Railway Excursions for Easter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 3
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The Department of Railways announces extensive arrangements for excursion travel prior to and during Easter…

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Tramway Department

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

The Tramways Department is also manufacturing great quantities of munitions, including tools and gauges with a degree of accuracy of…

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Railway Department

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

In the Railway Department workshops and munition annexes heavy defence vehicles, aircraft parts, arms and ammunition are being produced…

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