30-mile Limit Applied. to Main Road Through Millfield
Recently the Cessnock branch of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W. on behalf of the Millfiled Pastime Club, made application for the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
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New South Wales Railways Review of Eight Years' Working
In a review of railway operations in New South Wales covering the period of his administration, the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, said when he assumed office in 1932 the State's greatest asset was in bad shape; successive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway "Queen" Tennis Tournament
The patriotic tennis tournament, in aid of the candidature of Miss Lurline Hutchison, the northern railways' "queen" entrant, was held last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.S.W. RAILWAYS 1940-41 Boom Year Mr. Barman’s Review
“When I took over the Commissionership in 1932 successive deflects had left the State’s greatest asset with a record loss of £4,500,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Speed Exceeded Motorists Fined NEWCASTLE , Friday
On May 31 Thomas Ferguson Bell of Kurri rode a motor cycle on Maitland road, May field at a speed of 45 miles an hour for a distance of two…
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Kearsley Shire Council will protest to the Railway Commissioner that passengers were shown leck of attention by railway employees…
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Reviewing his eight years of administration yesterday, the Commissioner for Railways (Mr Hartigan) said that secure State economy,…
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THE QUIET MIND, Life in these modern days is a very nerve-racking and perplexing business for many people, and one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MUSWELLBROOK Municipal Council Sunday Train Muswellbrook
At various times in recent years efforts have been made by the Municipal Council to have the Sunday afternoon train, Singleton to Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Classic Motor Car Race 500 Miles Track Event
America’s classic motor car race, the Indianapolis 500, decided on May 30, resulted in a win for Floyd Davis and his relief driver, [?] Rose…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →One Killed, Five Injured Airmen in Road Smash
One man was killed and five others were injured, one critically, when a utility truck skidded and overturned on the Urana Road nine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Toll In America (A.A.P. Service) New York, July 6
Although continuous rain curtailed travel in the Eastern States on Independence Day, accidents caused 233…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain’s Motor Torpedo Boats Speedy Vessels
The German nary appears to he putting great trust In its motor torpedo-boats, popularly known as E-boats. which is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Force Train Secures Recruits
The recruiting train for the Royal Australian Air Force had a successful visit to Dungog in that there were seven applicants for selection…
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For having had defective tyres on his motor Jorry, William Henry Summers, of Carroll Avenue, Cessnock, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bias Alleged Refusal To Use Cessnock Aerodrome Mayor’s Comment Cessnock
The refusal, to do anything in this area shows bing against the place, and a bias without any reasons, said the Mayor of Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loss of Revenue Deregistering of Motor Vehicles SYDNEY
The Minister for Transport, Mr. O'Sulliven, said that petrol rationing will caubo 88,000 motorists in New South Wales to dereglater their motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram-driver Charged with Assault Dismissal Under First Offenders' Act
"I did not call him a 'damn' sealer at all. I don't use that word. I am a teetotaller non-smoker." Percy Graham Beauchamp, 50,…
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At the Port Stephens Shire Council meeting on Friday, Mt. Kanwary, P. P. U. asked the Shire Council to bring under the notice of Bolwarra. Shire the bad…
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