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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

1,832 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 92

The Motorists' Corner Show Memories

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 6

The Royal Empire Show, from 7th to 15th April, will be outstanding in many respects, chief of which is the fact that the Royal Agricultural…

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Speed Exceeded Motorists Fined At Newcastle Newcastle NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 1

On February 3, Rex Edward Sanderson, of Belmont, drove a motor car at Adamstown at a speed of from 40 to 42 miles an hour over a distance…

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Sales of Petrol Warning To Motorists

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

Petrol resellers’ have teen warned that they will commit a breach of the law if they store petrol on behalf of motorists for delivery after…

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Severe Collision Motor Trucks Meet

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 2

When two motor trucks were involved in a collision at C[?]llora, the radiator of one was pushed back part the engine and eight tons of coal…

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The Friendly Road

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 4

GIVING AND GETTING.— The old saying is perfectly true which states that you only get out of life what you put into it. How…

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British Road Transport Demands Difficult Position

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 6

More and more it is becoming evident that Great Britain has difficulty in meeting the essential demands for extra road…

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Two Injured Motor Cycle Struck Pedestrian NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 1

R. G. Richardson of Hamilton, sustained a fractured skull, abrasions on the head and shoulders, when lie was involved in a collision, while…

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School Patrols and Motorists

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 6

The N.R.M.A. issues a reminder to motorists that the law will deal severely with any driver who ignores the warning given by the flags of…

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Huge Task Change Over To War Work U S. A. Motor Factories

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 6

The recent statement that only about one-tenth of the tooling equipment in the huge U.S.A. automotive plants is adaptable…

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Man Killed On Glenridding Road Crushed Under Truck

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 2

Mr Sydney Griffiths Nott, aged 51, a surveyor, of the Department of Main Roads, was killed on Saturday afternoon when the…

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MR. H. H. NEWELL Death Of Commissioner For Roads SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 6

Mr. Hugh Hamilton Newell, C.B.E., Commissioner for Main Roads, died suddenly at his home, Mosman, last night. Mr. Newell,…

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Roumanian Oil Train Derailed (A.a.p. Service) SOFIA, March 16

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 6

Ten people were killed and 11 injured and 28 tank trucks destroyed when an off train from Roumania was derailed at Oboriste, near the…

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Snow And Rain Halt Hitler Balkan Roads Are Bad (Australian Associated Press) London, March 16

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 1

The weather provides the most cheerful week-end news about the Balkans. It is raining and snowing hard throughout the Balkans and also in Turkey. and it promises to continue. At their best, the roads in the Balkans are by no means…

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Man-wife Injured Motor Cycle And Car Collide SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 6

When a motor cycle and sidecar and a car collided at Randwick, a man and his wife were injured. Mrs. Margaret Ball, 20, of…

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Severely Injured in Car-tram Smash Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 4

Nell Bowler, 26, of Newtown, was severely injured when a car he was driving was involved in a collision with a tram in Gardeners-road,…

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Bullahdelah-gloucester Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 3

The Mains Roads Department wrote suggesting amendments to the plans and specifications for Bullahdelah-Gloucester road. In regard to…

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SABOTAGE. U.S. Train Wrecked. New York, Monday (A.A.P.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 2

Federal Bureau Investigation agents are to-day seeking saboteurs responsible for the wrecking of five of the cars of the Cleveland to Pittsburgh…

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Stroud Shire Council Revision of Valuations Electricity Subsidy Withheld Engineer's Brush With Main Roads Department

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 3

Discussion at Stroud Shire Council meeting on Friday revealed uneasiness on the part of Councillors concerning Council's financial position…

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Death of Mr. H.H. Newell Brilliant Career As Road Expert Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 2

Mr. Hugh Hamilton Newell, C.B.E., Commissioner for Main Roads, died at his home in Mosman last night. Mr. Newell, who was 63, was one…

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Late News "Two British Battleships Hit." German Claim. Situation in Far East. Correspondent's View. "Ready for Any Eventuality," Says United States Navy Minister. Saboteurs Wreck American Train. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 1

The Berlin radio claims that a torpedo-carrying plane yesterday directly hit two British battleships among a squadron off Crete, consisting of two…

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