Tomalla Road
Two tenders were received, but as these both exceeded the amount of the grant available, it was resolved that application be made to reduce…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
1,225 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 62
Road Dangers
THE cutting down of the street lighting in West Maitland and the reduction also of light coming from…
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The railway authorities announce that the train leaving Cessnock on Sunday afternoon at 6:5 will be reserved for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leaders : Road Dangers Worthwhile Co-operation Big Liner Ablaze Ex-normandie Is Doomed
NEW YORK Feb. 9.—Complete destruction facts the former French luxury [?]ner Normandie, now the transport Lafayette, as…
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A Militia man, James Hector Hart (36), of Newcastle, was found unconscious on the railway line near Petersham this morning. Hart was admitted…
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Owing to Taree Railway Station being advanced from 3rd to 2nd class, Mr. Roberts, who lias been station master at Taree for 19 months, is…
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SYDNEY Tuesday.—A militiaman, James Hector Hart, 36, of Newcastle, was found unconscious on the railway line near…
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SINGLETON Wed — Singleton Fire Brigade was summoned to a fire on Dunolly Bridge last night. A plank in the centre of…
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CESSNOCK, Wednesday.—The erection of signs at bridges and road functions within Kearsley Shire Council will cost £101, the…
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East Maitland Council list night, gave its support to a request from Morpeth Council which urged the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland District’s Blackout Railway Alert System Unsatisfactory
The blackout which began in West Maitland at 9.37 last night and concluded at 10.47 was described this morning by the Chief Warden of West Maitland Municipality, Mr. C. A. Box, as completely satisfactory, except for the…
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Mr. W. A. Howarth, M.L.A., has been advised by the Premier’s Department that his personal representations concerning the…
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On January 31st. at St. John's Church of England Cessnock, Nancy, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Griffin, was married to Wallace, eldest son of…
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LONDON Feb. 12.—Ten people were killed and 42 Injured, come of them critically, a troop train disaster at Brighton station (near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saturday Afternoon Train From Sydney. Extension to Muswellbrook Sought
At a recent meeting of the Municipal Council, the following resolution, moved by Ald. Adams, and seconded by Ald. Farrell, was adopted:—"That…
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Railway revenue at the Aberdeen station for the twelve month ending 31st December last, totalled £54,000. Figures for the period to end on June…
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CANBERRA Thursday, A railway bridge on the line to Canberra about in miles from the capital was destroyed by a bush…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—in the afternoon of December 24 Gregory john Nobel 17, was knocked down by a motor bus driven…
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David James [?] Cessnock pleader[?] guilty at West Mai[?] Court to-day to having travell[?]…
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Sir,—Since an enquiry held at Putty on August 29, 1941, concerning the construction of the proposed new road via Dick's Lagoon I have been…
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