More Men to Train in Dungog Area
It is reported that there will be more men in the Dungog area to undergo military training. The locality is very suitable for the purpose…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
1,225 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 62
No Funds for Blue Gum Road Bridge
Representations made on behalf of Tarro Shire by the Minister for Mines, Mr. J. Baddeley, to the Minister for Transport,…
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Cessnock Council wants better train facilities on the coalfields. This it was stated would prevent dangerous overcrowding of buses…
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MELBOURNE Wednesday.— Fifteen persons were injured when the Heathcote - Kilmore rail motor jumped the ralls a mile out of…
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THE proporietors of every professional, retail or other class of business in Murwillumbah are to be asked by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s leaders: Refreshing Confidence Train All Citizens Japanese Invasion Fleet Smashed 23 Vessels Sunk Or Damaged Allied Air Attack New Guinea
CANBERRA Thursday.— In an attack by Allied aircraft, American and Australian, on Japanese naval invasion forces off the coast of New…
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SINGLETON Thursday.— Coaching revenue at Singleton railway station for February totalled £1341, goods revenue £993. livestock £282…
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Ald. Jones referred to children coming home from Maitland High Schols in a blackout. It would be a trouble to keep them in order. He suggested…
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SINGLETON Friday. — At a meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council a reply was received from Mr. E. S. Spooner from the…
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The Department of Main Roads wrote to yesterday's meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council instructing Council that, under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton News Glendon Low-level Bridge
SINGLETON Friday.— A total of [?] has been spent by the Shire Council [?] erection of bridges, said the shire clerk, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dangerous Practice. Stock Straying on Roads. Council Will Take Action
At yesterday's special meeting of the Shire Council reference was made to the action of owners in turning their stock on to the roads…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rjev-viazma Line Penetrated. Russians Advancing Along Smolensk Road. Reports of Massacres at Kharkov. London
It is reported from Moscow that the Russians have penetrated the German line in the Rjev-Viazma sector, and are advancing along the Viazma-Smolensk road. Operations around Lake Ilmen appear to be developing ever…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bunyah High-level Bridge Stroud Shire Will Pay Half Cost Residents Have to Find £100 Cash and Timber on Job First
The matter of building a bridge over the creek at Bunyah—a boundary job which has occupied the attention of councillors of both shires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Racing Sidelights. Panchio Selected for Railway Handicap. Worked Extra Well During Week. Overbold and Tuhitarata Good Tote Bets
Quite a number of good performers are engaged in the Railway Handicap, run over seven furlongs at Rosehill to-morrow, and it should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late News "We Shall Restore Our Sea Position in Pacific," Declared Admiral of Fleet. Did Mr. Curtin Approve Mr. Casey's Appointment? Talk of "Grave Misun-derstandings" Arising. U.S. Air Force in India. British Withdrawal From Burma. Russian Steam Roller Goes On. Advances Along Viazma-smolensk Road. Living Space of Nazis' 16th Army More Cramped. Kharkov on Eve of Fall? London
"We shall restore our sea position in the Pacific, and its restoration may start sooner than any ordinary man imagines. That is not wishful…
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DREAMS OF YOUTH. It is to be expected that with everything of importance in world affairs in the melting pot some…
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NEWCASTLE Saturday—The District Superintendent of Railways, in reply to a letter from the Newcastle Chamber of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Indians Panic In Burma Roads Choked With Fugitives (Australian Associated Press)
LONDON March 20.—The Mandalay correspondent of Associated Press states that three-quarters of a million fear-stricken Indian men, women and children are choking the two great roads from Burma in one of the greatest panic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Excursions New Restrictions Explained
The cancellation, as from midnight on Thursday, of single fare excursions in certain areas, caused considerable confusion in…
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