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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

1,832 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 92

Five Men Fined Trespassed On Railway Property

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 April 1941 · page 5

Five men pleaded guilty at West Maitland Court to-day before Messrs. T. F. Cooney and E. M. Debenhams, J'P. to having trespassed on…

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Petrol Position Warning To Motorists Power Units

Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 April 1941 · page 3

“Motorists who ignore the possibility of supplies of petrol being cut off from Australia owing to the war, are living in a fool's paradise,” said…

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Railway Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 5

Already organising has commenced to raise funds for the campaign of Miss L. Hutchison in the "Queen of the Railways" competition, and the…

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"Queen of the Railways. Miss L. Hutchison District Candidate

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 4

Keen interest was shown on Friday night last, when the candidate to represent the Muswellbrook and district sections in the New South Wales…

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Railway Ambulance Class Local Passes

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 2

Mr. Collyer, Railway Ambulance Class Examiner, of Sydney, examined the Dungog Railway Class on February 26, when the following…

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Wool Deliveries Railway Facilities at Darling Harbour

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 6

After loading his wool into trucks at a country railway station the average grazier has very little idea as to what becomes of it until it is…

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Big Drive for Producer Gas Units Appeal to Owners of Motor Vehicles

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 2

The Minister in Charge of Emergency Transport and Supply has issued an appeal to the owners of all motor lorries and utility trucks to…

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Bus Service for Shift Workers. Railway Dept. Advises Mr. Howarth

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1941 · page 1

In. answer to reseparations, Mr. A Howarth, M.L.A., has been advised by the Railway Department that permission has been granted Mr. C…

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Cross Roads of Destiny

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 6

EMERGING clearly from the information available from overseas—necessarily short and scrappy with a wealth of detail yet to be filled in—is a picture of a life and death struggle between two great opposing forces…

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Speed Exceeded Three Motorists Fined NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 7

Allan G Avery of Charlestown on March 19 drove a motor car at Adamstown at a speed of 42 miles an hour In the Summons Court to-day he was…

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Motor Lorry Collides with Horse

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 2

The radiator and front left-hand mudguard of a motor lorry were extensively damaged when it collided with a horse near Mudie's Creek…

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German Fined for Using Motor Car

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 April 1941 · page 3

A German, Johannes Schnabel, was fined £5 with costs at Brunswick (Vic). Court on Monday for using a car without written permission. The…

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Swansea Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 5

The Main Roads Department will carry out repairs to Swansea Bridge, starting Possibly next Monday. The work will take about three months…

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The Ostrich of the Road (Issued by the Road Safety Council)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 4

We laugh at the ostrich, because he pokes his head in the sand when there is danger ahead. But how very like the ostrich is the man who pulls an umbrella…

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The Ostrich of the Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 2

We laugh at the ostrich. because pokes his head in the sand when there is danger ahead. But how very the ostrich is the man who pulls an…

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Shire Action Mining At Beresfield Falls in Road

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 5

Mining operations at Beresfield and the subsidences that have occurred in private allotments in Byron-street were discussed…

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Dungog Road Green Hill Deviation Shire Council Dungog

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 7

At Wallarobba Shire Council meeting yesterday. a letter was received from the Main Roads Department advising of the proposed…

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Successful Raid on Bardia Stares and Bridge Destroyed (Australian Associated Press)london, April 23

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 2

A British force on Saturday night landed near Bardia, a port in Libya in German hands, and Caused considerable damage, it was authoritatively Stated in London to-day. They blew up an important bridge, left dumps of stores…

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Motorists and Fool's Paradise

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 4

"Motorists who ignore the possibility of supplies of petrol being cut off from Australia owing to the war, are living in a fool's paradise, said Mr. G. Wilson,…

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Both Fined Motorists In Collision KURRI

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 April 1941 · page 3

William M. Findley of Fifth-street Weston, pleaded gulity at Kurri Kurri Police Court to that having been the driver of a car, he did not give…

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