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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

1,006 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 51

Train To Morpeth

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 3

Commencing tomorrow night. the train leaving East Maitland for Morpeth at 10.55 will leave [?] 11.20. This alteration Is to [?]…

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Local and General Cessnock-greta Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 6

Aid. Horns informed Cessnock Council on Tuesday night that while on a deputation to the Minister for Transport (Mr. Lawson) he had put…

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Horse Collides With Motor-Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 2

NEWCASTLE Friday—When a straying horse collided with a motor cycle on the main Pacific Highway, near the Kahibah turn…

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Girl Pinned by Motor Lorry

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday—When o motor lorry ran on to the footpath after colliding with a car at Parramatta to-day. Eunice Beryl…

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Hexham Bridge Claims

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1943 · page 2

Dr. H. C. Coombs Director General of Post War Reconstruction, written to Newcastle Chamber of Commerce in reply…

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Friendly Road

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1943 · page 2

THREE GREAT STEPS. The rise of man to hit present position of pre-eminence in the world the greatest of of all…

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Bus Collides with Coal Train Three People Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 2

Three people were injured when a 'bus travelling from Paxton to Millfield collided with a coal train about 7 o'clock on Friday night last at the…

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Renault Motor Works Attacked M. Petain's Protest

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 3

A large force of American Flying Fortresses on Saturday attacked the Renault motor works en the outskirts of Paris, heavily and…

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Americans Progress on Central Front Two Hills Captured On El Guettar- Gabes Road First Army Continues Advance LONDON

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 April 1943 · page 2

The comparative lull which descended on land fronts in Tunisia was broken yesterday only by the American Fifth Army which has driven back stiff opposition and decreased somewhat its distance from General Montgomery by the capture of two hills on the El Guettar-Gabes road, enabling an advance to the south-east. The operation…

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Dalwood Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1943 · page 3

The engineer (Mr. L. Grattan) reported to Kearsley Shire Council that the driving of the piles for Dalwood bridge was…

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The Road to Australia's Future Stability, Security, and Progress

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 April 1943 · page 2

In the course of a broadcast from Station 2UE on Monday night; Mr. E. S. Spooner, MP., said: "I have heard many people discuss…

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Our Main Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 3

A motorist whose tyros have a 30 lb. pressure would not know that it was a MAIN ROAD, but rather a secondary road. We remember the…

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Melville Bridge Minister’s Offer For Reconstruction

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 3

The Minister Tor Local Government wrote to Bolwarra Shire Council through Messrs. A, Howarth and J. M. Baddeley. in…

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Opening of Road Application to Land Board

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 5

An application for the opening of a road at Quorrobolong. through portion 25 of the parish of Quorrobolong came before…

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Railway Crossings Kearsley Council to Take Action

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 3

At the Kearsley Council meeting on Tuesday night, the matter of safety precautions at open railway…

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Water Supply To Railway Department Council Offered 1/-Per 1000 GALLONS. Aldermen Express Varying Views

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 1

A letter was read from the Secretary for Railways at Wednesday's meeting of the council, stating that the question of the cost of water supplied…

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Railway Employee's Narrow Escape

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 1

Ganger Patrick Moylan (37), single, of Denman, and employed at Wingen by the Railway Department, had a narrow escape from death…

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Railway Statistics

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 2

Following are the traffic statistics for the month of March: Passenger traffic £306, sundry coaching £200, goods £3031…

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Motorists’ Battery Problem

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 4

The NRMA engineers declare that motorists are malting a mistake m running their engine for a little while every week with…

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Had Motor Licence 40 Years

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 2

One at the oldest, if not the oldest, motor driver’s licence in the district is held by Mr. Russell Brown, of Gresford. He hap held…

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