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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

1,832 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 69 of 92

SCONE Finding of Coroner Motor Fatality Scone

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1941 · page 8

At the Scone Courthouse an enquiry was held by the district Coroner into the accident which occurred on the new England Highway on May 9, and…

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War’s Effect. How Motor Industry Has Suffered

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1941 · page 6

The extent to which Australia’s motor industry has suffered owing to war conditions is tragically revealed in the sales returns of new cars in…

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The Motorist Important Source Of Revenue

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1941 · page 6

The motorist, whether using his car for business or pleasure is an important source of national revenue. Take him off the road and the public…

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Great Record General Motors’ Proving Ground

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1941 · page 6

Claimed to be the largest outdoor industrial scientific laboratory in the world, the General Motors’ Proving Ground at…

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Motor Bus Services In America

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1941 · page 6

Motor bus services are a vital necessity in U.S.A. This fact was recently emphasised by the Washington authorities granting priority to 26…

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Road Toll Fatal Accident In Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 September 1941 · page 6

Three deaths from motor accidents occurred at the week end Louis Stevson Cummins 63 of Belleyne hill tone of the best known…

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Hexham Bridge Construction Unlikely Yet Minister’s Statement

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 September 1941 · page 3

The member for Gloucester (Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald) has been Informed by the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) that there is little…

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Railway Act Additional Week’s Leave

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 September 1941 · page 2

Kurri Kurri Electoral Council of the A.L.P; was told by Mr. Booth! M.L.A. that the Railway Act amendment [?] would give railway men an…

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Railway Mishap at Stroud Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1941 · page 2

On Sunday about 3.30 p.m. a goods train, on its way south, was about to leave Stroud Road siding when another goods train going in the same…

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Hit by Car Men Walked On Road Three Fined Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 September 1941 · page 4

For not having walked on the footway in Maitland-street, Cessnock Benjamin Cameron, of Cessnock, John Marshall, of Sheddon-street, Cessnock,…

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Will Carry On. Railway Contraction Work. Engineer's Answer to Rumors

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 September 1941 · page 1

When Mr. O. Earle, engineer in charge of the railway construction work, visited Muswellbrook on Saturday he was surprised to learn…

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Mr. and Mrs. G. O'halloran. Railway Farewell

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 September 1941 · page 1

Though only about twelve months in Muswellbrook. Mr. and Mrs. G. O'Halloran, of the Rai way Refreshmerit Rooms, won the esteem of all by…

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Warning to Motor Drivers

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1941 · page 4

It is with regret that the tenor of this article has to change this week from an educative and co-operative talk with road users to a warning to…

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Dog Upsets Motor Bike

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 September 1941 · page 1

Two brothers, Lionel Patten, 20, and Kevin Patten, 14, of Darwin-street, Cessnock, were injured on Sunday when a motor cycle they…

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Didn't Stop After Accident Motorist Fined

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 September 1941 · page 3

Cecil Jacob Hilton, of Sergeant-street, Cessnock, was charged, at Cessnock Police court to-day, with having failed to stop after an…

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MUSWELLBROOK Sandy Hollow Railway, Work to Go on Muswellbrook

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 September 1941 · page 8

That the work on the Sandy Hollow railway line would be continued as usual, was the opinion expressed by the engineer…

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Man Jostled In Crowded Tram NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 September 1941 · page 5

On September 19, Walter Cyril Maher (47), foreman, boarded a tram car which was fully loaded. While standing in a compartment he jostled…

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Railway Decision on Footbridge Reply To Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 September 1941 · page 4

The Acting Secretary of the Department of Railways. Mr. R. Nicholas, informed East Maitland Council last night that…

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Rail Chief Visits Broken Hill Big Railway Works

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 September 1941 · page 6

On his return from an inspection hour involving travelling over 2000 miles. embracing the railway system from Molong to…

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