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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

1,832 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 92

Singleton to Sydney, Via Putty Road Latest Report for Motorists

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 3

Through the courtesy of Messrs W. H. Bartrop and Son Pty. Ltd., we publish the following N.R.M.A. bullelin describing…

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Car Overturns Accident On Heddon Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 4

Four men were Injured on Saturday night at about 11 o’clock when a motor car overturned on the Heddon Greta Bridge. They were treated at…

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Germans Train Japanese in War Methods

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 2

Britishers who have reached Sydney from Japan state that German officers are training the Japanese Army in modern methods of…

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Road Safety Driver Training Courses High Schools-colleges

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 4

If automobile accident figures begin to show a decline in a hundred or more communities in the United States in the next few…

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Food Supply in Every Town Vast Road Transport Plan

Singleton Argus · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 3

Plans for the development of a vast road transport organisation and for the provision of three months' food supply in every…

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Two Injured Motor Collision At Cockle Creek NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 2

When a motor car and a lorry collided on the road from Argenton to Cockle Creek last night, the driver of the car, Milton Hamper 30, of Cardiff,…

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Motor Collision Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 2

While riding a motor cycle William Johnston, 17, of Wallsend, collided with a motorcar at the corner of Parry and National Park streets,…

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Motor Transports Bombed R.A.F. Successes In Middle East (A.A.P Service) LONDON, March 30

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 March 1941 · page 1

“Our air force carried out success, bombing and machine-gun attacks on motor transport and buildings to the Magi area, near Dlrsdawa.” says…

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Wootton Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 2

Mr. C. E. Bennett M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. L. O. Martin, M.L.A., Minister for Works and Local Government:…

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Damage to Allandale Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 8

Mr. R. James, M.H.R., asked the Minister for the Army, in the House the other day, whether he was aware that the heavy traffic on roads…

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New Bridge to Cost £16,000

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 3

Plans and specifications are to be prepared for the construction of a high level bridge at Maison Dieu to replace the low level bridge recently…

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Road Dangers Advice To Pedestrians

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 6

A warning is issued by the N.R. M.A. to. motorists to he specially on the watch for pedestrians who walk on roadways with their backs to the…

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Car Overturns on Bridge At Heddon Greta

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 1

Three men were injured when the car in which they were travelling overturned on the Heddon Greta Bridge…

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Road Conditions Trip To Burragorang Valley

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. advises motorists who Intend making a tap to Burragorang Valley that au excellent concrete and tar-sealed road exists…

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Old Road Singleton To Wiseman’s

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 7

The N.R.M.A. reports that the following conditions may be expected on the Northern-road from Sydney to Singleton, via Wisemen’s…

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N. S. W. Railways Graziers' Appreciation of Services Rendered

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 4

It is hard to please everybody, as the railways find in their big job of transporting something like 180 million passengers and 17 million tons…

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£411 AWARDED Injured In Tram Accident SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 2

Rudolf Nossal of Mosman; manufacturer sued the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, claiming £1000 damages for injuries…

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Rail Chief Replies to Critics. Solid Position of N.S.W. RAILWAYS

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 April 1941 · page 8

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, in addressing a large body of Railwaymen at the Clyde Wagon Works, referred to a…

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Road Safety

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 3

Although it believes that appeal to courtesy and commensense can achieve most good, the Road Safety Council is agreed that any man or woman who…

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Walking Into Trouble Pedestrians And Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 6

Pedestrians had the worst road accident record of all groups of road [?] last year. They still hold the same uneviable…

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