Swansea Motor Fatality Hit-Run Says Coroner
NEWCASTLE Friday.— Early in the morning of December 21 Henry Bell (66), a miner, of [?]wa. [?], was found lying on the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
1,225 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 62
Russians Developing Two Serious Major Operations Severe Fighting Between Novgorod and Leningrad-moscow Railway
"I have every reason to believe that the Russians are already in Viazma," declares the Moscow correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph." Viazma is 130 miles south-west of Moscow and 65…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late News Jap. Thrusts Into Burma. Create Third Front : Aim to Cut Burma Road. R.A.F. Supports Troops in Rangoon. Heavy Fighting Towards Singapore. Enemy Bombers Attacking City Intercepted. Soviet Troops Believed to Be in Viazma. Campaign Developing Well Between Moscow and Leningrad. Stream of American Reinforcements for South-west Pacific Begins. West Coast Being Strengthened. Big Bombers Used to Plug Defence Leak. Cairo
It is authoritatively stated that General Rommel's new move in the desert is not likely to prove a counter-offensive. It is probably designed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Concession
Advice has been received by the "Newcastle Chamber "of Commerce, from the District Superintendent of Railways (Mr. H. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Military Wedding Bridge—challinor
A military wedding was celebrated at .St. Paul's Church of England by Rev. Carlos Stretch when Mary youngest daughter of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Maitland Railways
The superintendent . of South Maitland-Hail ways Pty Ltd. (Mr, J M . Proctor) announces that work in an departments will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Saving in Motor Costs
The operator of a commercial vehicle whose short runs permit the use of town gas as a substitute fuel, was unable to get a gae…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Calls on Motor Buses
In view of the heavy calls being made on motor bus services in Australia owing to many neopl now having to journey…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dog Causes Motor Car Accident Woman and Baby Hurled Through Window
When a woman and a baby were hurled through the windscreen of a car after a collision near Gosford on Saturday, the woman received severe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Railway Yards Destruction of Trucks
Firemen were called to a fire in the Goulburn railway yards soon after midnight on Saturday. Fifteen trucks and vans were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Motorists to Explain
The New Zealand Minister for Supply (Mr. Sullivan) said at the weekend that motorists using petrol to attend race meetings would be asked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Paper Is Your Best Bet. Says General Motors Corporation
In a recent issue of "Pointers," a magazine for the motoring trade, issued monthly by General Motors-Holdens Ltd., the big firm, under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rationing of Motor Tyres
Manufacturers have been instructed by the Government that they must not release more than 50 per cent, of their normal turnover to retailers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motorists' Corner Official R.a.c.a. Notes a Special Appeal
I sincerely endorse the appeal of Mr. Curtin to all motorists to keep their cars in roadworthy condition and available, in the national…
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Civilians—men, women and children—would be far safer in their own houses than on the road. "It may be," Mr. Forde said, "that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sequel to Pelton Bridge Fatal Accident
Following the recent fatal accident near the railway overbridge near Pelton, the Shire Engineer was requested to confe with the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Merriwa. Summer Hill-turill Road
A. largely-signed petition from ratepayers concerned was received by the Merriwa Shire at its last meeting, requesting that the balance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Interstate Motoring
Even in the present war crisis, motorists, for a variety of reasons, require to travel in states other than that in which they are registered…
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