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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

1,225 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 62

Spraying Worn Motor Car Parts

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1942 · page 5

The growing difficulty in Great Britain and the C.S.A. of obtaining replacement parts for maintenance service on motor vehicles…

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Two Injured in Road Crash

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 September 1942 · page 2

NEWCASTLE Monday.—Vic Sullivan, 21 of New Lamble and his pillion passenger. J; Sainsbury, 21 of New Lamble…

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Solder Died From Injuries in John Street Result of Collision Between Motor Cycle and Car

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 September 1942 · page 2

Pte. Patrick James Joseph Hyland, who sustained terrible injuries when he was thrown forcibly to the bitumen surface…

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Greta to Cessnock Road

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1942 · page 5

CESSNOCK Tuesday. — The Minister tor Army (Mr. Forde) was impressed with the case for the construction of a first-class…

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Greta-cessnock Road. Deputation to Army Minister

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 September 1942 · page 1

The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) was impressed with the case for the construction of a first-class road between Greta and Cessnock…

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Kempsey Railway Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1942 · page 2

Ted Mumbler, an aboriginal resident of Greenhill, near Kempsey, met with terrible injuries at the Kempsey railway station. Mumbler travelled to…

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Accident on Railway Ganger’s Toes Crushed By Truck

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1942 · page 3

When the wheel of a railway fruck passed over his left foot while at work at Hexham today, Herbert Kendall, aged 32, of…

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Melville Ford Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 September 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wed.—The shire engineer (Mr. L. Gratton) reported to Kearsley Shire Council last night that with Bolwarra shire…

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Killed in Road Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 6

NEWCASTLE Friday—When he was struck by a motor lorry on Main road, Rathmines, late yesterday afternoon, Garry…

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Bridge Street Footpath. Airs to Be Carried Out. Mayoral Minute Adopted

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 5

[?]e condition of the Bridge-street [?]ath between the School of Arts [?]r and the Commonwealth Bank the subject of the following…

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Aberdeen Nearly £10,000 August Revenue at Local Railway Station

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 5

Railway revenue at the Aberdeen station for August reached a record high figure of almost £10,000—to be correct, £9852/18/10…

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Railway Figures

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 2

Figures relating to business at the local railway station during August are as follows: Tickets issued, 4737; coaching revenue, £4576;…

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Racing Sidelights. Fyling Knight to Win Tramway. Is in Great Form. Grand Fils and Radical Place Bets

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 4

Many prominent Epsom candidates are among the acceptors for the Tramway Handicap, run over seven furlongs, at Randwick to-morrow…

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Friendly Road

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1942 · page 2

FOOD AND WAR. We people in Australia have very [?] csuse for satisfaction that we live in land where food is so plentiful,…

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Shire's Road Work Shortage -of Man Power

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1942 · page 2

In a report to the Wallarohba Shire Council, the acting engineer (Mr. F. W. Aldis) stated me manpower position- still…

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Points in the Care of Motor Tyres

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 September 1942 · page 4

In the years before the war, the careful motorist considered that he was unfortunate if he did not get in the region of 18,000…

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Death on Train

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 September 1942 · page 2

MOSS YALE Monday.— The body of Mr. Samuel Sleeman, 67 principal of the stock and station agency firm of Steeman and…

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Gates on Roads. Removal Desired by Shire Councillors. Mention of Compulsion

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 3

Cr. H. H. Smith declared at yesterday's meeting of the Shire Council that the time to insist on the provision of ramps and the…

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Aberdeen. Nearly £10,000. August Revenue at Local Railway Station

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 September 1942 · page 2

Railway revenue at the Aberdeen station for August reached a record high figure of almost £10,000—to be correct, £9852/18/10…

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