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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

1,225 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 62

Many Women on Railway Work Still More Required

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1942 · page 1
Also in The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder

Recently the Department of Railways put on 20 women aa booking clerks. These are performing their duties satisfactorily at city and…

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Hillsborough Bridge “Matter for Kearsley Shire”

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 August 1942 · page 2

Replying to representations made by Maitland P[?]ures Protection [?] to have Hills borough bridge which was…

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Proposal for New Bridge at Melville

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 August 1942 · page 3

A proposal for the reconstruction of Melville bridge, which was badly damaged in the recent flood and is at present…

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Move For Stock Bridge At Telarah

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 August 1942 · page 2

Mr. A. Howarth M.L.A. in a letter to Maitland Pastures Protection Board to-day informed members that he had forwarded…

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Railway Men In The R.A.A.F.

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 August 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Wednesday,—As a result of a conference with the Acting Premier. Mr. Baddeley and the Minister for Transport…

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Railway Employees in R.A.A.F. Commissioner Reverses Decision Sydney

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 5 August 1942 · page 2

As the result of a conference with the Acting Premier (Mr. Baddeley) and the Minister for Transport (Mr O'Sullivan), the Railway…

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Week end Train Alterations

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 3

Train alterations for the week ending August 8 are :— Friday August The 11.45 a.m. train to Newcastle will make…

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British Minesweepers Sweep the North Sea. Senussi Troops Train to Defeat Their Italian Persecutors

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 1

Thanks to the [?] efforts of the British minesweeping [?], the menace of German mines is being [?] well under control, The work is dangerous but era lanes must be kept…

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Railway Refreshment Rooms Record Business

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 2

The railway refreshment rooms broke all regards during the year ended June [?] 1942 Their Turnover exceeded £1,000,000 a…

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Hurt On Railway Station

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 2

When he Flipped while alighting from a train at West Maitland railway station last night Tar Heary J. Rodgers 22 who…

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Stolen Motor Recovered

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 3

An Austin Courermotor Car the property of Mrs Olive E Campbell who lives at the Corner of High and Devonshire Streets…

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Road Safety Campaign

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday— Police to day announced that an intensive campaign against speeding motorists ad careless pedestrians, in…

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Train For Munition Workers

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 2

The Acting secretary for Hall, ways has adv[?] Council on regard to representations [?]…

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Railway Refreshment Rooms Record Business for Past Year

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 1

The Railway Refreshment Rooms broke all records during the year ended 30th June, 1942. Their turnover exceeded £1,000,000, a figure never…

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Illegal Use of Motor Car

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 6

SINGLETON Friday—Alian Burgess Rogers a [?] fined £2/10/ or five days [?] one month to [?]…

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Motor Act Breach

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 4

SINGLETON Friday.— Claude Royston Papworth, was fined 7/6 with 8/ costs, or 48 hours, with 7 days to pay for failing to…

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Assaulted Tram Conductor

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Friday.—Victor Osborne Anderson (29) labourer, was fined £3 with 10/ witness expensed in the Police Court…

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Killed in Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 3

When a small car and a military truck [?] on the road between Morpeth and Large late yesterday afternoon, Sapper…

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Women for Sydney Buses and Trams Will Be Paid Basic Wage

Singleton Argus · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 3

Receiving the basic wage paid to men, namely, £5/4/ a week, 500 women will be employed on trams and Government-owned omnibuses…

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