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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

1,225 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 62

Women on Trams

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Tuesday —It is [?] that at next Friday conference a decided will be reached whether [?]…

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Sequel to Motor Smash

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday —Maxwell H. Roc[?] of Abermain pleaded guilty at Cessnock Court [?] to that being the driver of…

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Proposed Glendon Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 6

SINGLETON Wednesday.—No decision as yet has been made in connection with the erection of a traffic carrying weir at…

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Petitioners Seek Bridge Repairs

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 3

Fourteen residents of the Briun[?] Mt. Vincent district petitioned Tarro Shire Council at its meeting to-day, to repairs various…

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Shire Road Work

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 3

The shire engineer, Mr. W. R. Lindsay, made the following report to Tarro shire Council at its meeting to-day:—…

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Restrictions On Interstate Train Travel

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA Wednesday— From July a all interstate [?] travel without permit either by rail or commercial…

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Hospital Road at Weston

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 3

A suggestion that, portion of Government road, Weston, which extends from the railway line to Kurri ,Kurri Hospital be renamed…

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Two Injured In Motor Accident

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 4

NEWCASTLE Wednesday— Two persons were injured when a motor car in which they were driving and a bus collided at…

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Children's Foods Priority in Railway Transport

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 1

Children's foods are to receive priority in railway transport, particularly to country areas. It is understood that food control…

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Women For Vic. Railways

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday—The Women’s Employment Board has given authority to the Victorian Railway Commissioners to…

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Japs Restore Malayan Railways

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 3

NEW YORK June 24—Tokio official radio quoted Domel reports from Singapore that the restoration of the railways in…

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Secret Aerodrome Cost Three Millions

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1942 · page 2

Following the announcement that the Minister for Air (Mr. Drakeford) on Tuesday visited a secret aerodrome constructed at a cost of £3,000,000, it…

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107.000 Cars Off Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1942 · page 2

Figures issued by Acting-Commonwealth Statistician S. R. Carver show that 107,024 cars have been jacked up for the duration of the war. In July…

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Train Travel Within the State Severe Curtailment Expected Sydney

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 June 1942 · page 5

Train travel within the State boundaries is expected to be severely curtailed at an early date by the extension of the…

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Allandale-road Collision Inquest on Ellen Jean Walters Expert Evidence Challenged

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 June 1942 · page 1

At the Cessnock Court House on Wednesday the Cessnock Coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston) conducted an inquiry into the cause of the death of Ellen Jean Walters, aged 6, who died as a result of injuries sustained in a collision on Allandale-road on…

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Late Australian News Train Travel to Be Curtailed. Serious Building Accident in Melbourne. Three Lost R.A.A.F. Men Turn Up. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 June 1942 · page 1

Train travel within the State boundaries is expected to be severely curtailed at an early date by the extension of the system of priorities to all…

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Extending Priorities on Railways

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 June 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday —Train travel within the State boundaries is expected to be severely curtailed at an early date by the extension…

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Mori Light for Motor Vehicles

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 June 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday.—the decision of the N.E.S. Minister (Mr.Heffron) to allow increased lighting for motor vehicles was not…

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Struck by Motor Car

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 June 1942 · page 3

GOSFORD Friday —In an effort to save the life of Deirdre Midsin aged 4 Gosford Ambulance raced to Newcastle Hospital…

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Killed by Train at Kurri

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 2

KURRI Sat.—Rosa Minus Doran, 66, married, of Kareela-road, Chatswood, Sydney, who was deaf and dumb was killed…

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