Thrown From Motorcycle
When he fell from a motor cycle near Rutherford Hotel late on Saturday afternoon Keith Whyburn (17) of Farley, an…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
1,225 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 62
15 Years Ago (From issues of the "Argus" dated March 22, 24 and 26, 1927) Motor Cycle Destroyed by Fire
A motor cycle belonging to Mr. John Woods, of Howe Street, Redbournberry, caught alight in John Street after the machine had been…
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Tpr. Stan Zillman, aged 30, who is attached to the Armoured Regiment at Whittingham, received frightful injuries on…
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Cessnock Council has been notified that the aerodrome is to be made suitable for army operations, and that an engineer from the services…
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SYDNEY Tuesday.—Corporal Francis James McGrath, A.M.F., of Redman Parade, Belmore, was struck by an electric train…
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SYDNEY Wednesday.—To enable an crimination to be made by the police and other experts the railway carriage which…
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At a meeting convened by the Gosforth Progress Association an Hillsborough yesterday afternoon, and attended by 14 or 15…
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A further allowance cf petrol of two, three or four gallons according to the size of the car, for private motorists for April was…
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CESSNOCK, Thursday.—The president of Kearsley Shire Council. (Cr. W. Bailey), said to-day that the report of Mr. G…
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If the Japanese will not come to us, we must go to them. Timor, Celebes and Java will have to be re-taken. Borneo will have to come under our…
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SYDNEY Thursday.—While a Iran was stopped on the Hawkesbury River Bridge early this morning a 13-ton truck of…
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The “deplorable” condition of the Louth Park-road was referred to by the engineer, Mr. W. R. Lindsay in the report…
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Seating accommodation on this afternoon's Northern Tablelands Express was booked out on Friday last. Local bookings totalled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Road to Mandalay Toungoo Falls to Japanese Efforts to Break Through Chinese Lines. London
The fall of Toungoo has enabled the Japanese to throw more strength into their efforts to break through the Chinese lines across the road to Mandalay, says the British United Press correspondent with the Chinese Army in Burma. The Japanese increased pressure…
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HUMANLY GREAT: When a man with the unpr-tentious name of Phillip Kerr is afterwards known as Phillip Lothian,…
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LONDON April 3—The bombing of Metford motor works outside Paris by Wellington and Stirling bombers Iast Thursday was accurate and concentrated, and from night photographs taken during the attack it is beyond question…
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CHUNGKING, April 3.—Chinese forces have destroyed the Tatung-Puchow railway, running south into [?] province, in 20 places,…
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SYDNEY Monday — Darcy Raymond Knott 45 of vineyard died in hospital to-day five hours after receiving shocking…
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Mr. Thomas Howard, of Jerry's Plains, was operated on at Maitland hospital for acute appendicitis. Mr. Howard, who is a drover, was taking…
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Kurri Kurri Monday —war done at the Kearsley shire N.E.S organisation are complaining that some motorists are not complying…
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