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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

1,225 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 62

Wage Claim for S.m. Railways

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 November 1942 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Wednesday—The [?] was resumed to-day before Mr. Justice Cantor, to the Industrial Commission of the…

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Registration of Motor Vehicles

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 November 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY Wed. — The Commissioner for Road Trasport, Mr. Neaie, said that 266,829 motor vehicles were registered in New…

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Most on Road to Recovery Hospital Patients Visited

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 November 1942 · page 6

On the occasion of the hospital visit yesterday afternoon it was found that most patients are on the highway to recovery. Two or…

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Railway Profit on Electricity

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 November 1942 · page 6

Trading surplus to the Railway Department for the supply of electricity to the northern area for the year ended June 30 was £7315…

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Hexham Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 November 1942 · page 4

The Minister for the Army. writing to Newcastle Chamber of Commerce through Mr. D. Watkins, MP, on the subject of the…

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Friendly Road

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 November 1942 · page 6

DRIVING POWER. We are all accustomed to the power which drives our machinery and upon which we all depend for our food,…

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Motor Truck Burned Military Estimate of Damage

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 November 1942 · page 3

When a charge of having caused damage to a military vehicle to the extent of £200 came before a court martial at…

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Overslept in Train Passenger Refused to Pay Excess Fare

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 November 1942 · page 4

When returning from London by the last train, Ernest Arthur Bear, 35, engineer, of Woodside Road, South Norwood, overslept and was…

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Had Motor Spirit in His Possession

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 November 1942 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Monday —Pleading guilty in the police court to-day to having In his possession is gallons of motor spirit suspected stolen or…

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Rail, Tram and 'Bus Concessions for Invalided Soldiers and Relatives

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 1 December 1942 · page 4

Travel concessions on the New South Wales railways, trains, and 'buses, for relatives of invalided soldiers, were announced yesterday by…

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Melville Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 2 December 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wednesday—Kear[?] Shire Council last night appointed Cra. A. Johnson and W. Varty to represent it on a…

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Brothers Killed by Train

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 December 1942 · page 6

BRISBANE Thursday.—Two brothers, Albert and Anthony Ost, 11 and 8 respectively, were run down and killed by a mall…

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Just Dodged a Train

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 2

By sitting on the edge of a sleeper on a railway viaduct at Upper Burringbar, Mrs. L. M. Turnville, of Coorabell Creek, narrowly missed…

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Know How to Make Roads

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 6

Writing home a Maitland district airman in New Guinea says: "The Americans are the boys for making reads. Certainly they…

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Brothers Killed by Mail Train

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 4

Two brothers, Albert and Anthony Ost, 11 and 8 respectively, were run down and killed by a mail train near Brisbane. They were on their way…

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Survey For Road Resumption

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 3

The District Surveyor of the Land Board, Mr. H. G. Same, informed Bolwarra Shire Council to-day that the survey in…

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Miner Killed Struck By Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 3

CESSNOCK Friday.— The district coroner (Mr. W. S. Johnston) conducted as inquest this afternoon at Greta Courthouse in…

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Rail, Tram and Bus Concessions Invalided Soldiers and Relatives

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 December 1942 · page 4

Travel concessions on the New South Wales railways, trams, and buses for relatives of invalided soldiers are announced by the…

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Victory Road Hard and Long

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Sat.—We would need all our present Strength and more to accomplish the task of defeating the Japanese in the…

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Ban on Carriage of Greyhounds By Train

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 5 December 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE Saturday — The secretary of the Greyhound Racing Control Council (Mr. L. G. Arthur), commenting on the ban…

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