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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

1,006 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 51

Swept Off [?]Ootboard of Tram

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 April 1943 · page 4

[?]SWDNEY Monday [?] victor Scott [?] was swept off [?] tram n Parra[?]…

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Three Injured In Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 4

SYNDEY Tuesday - When taxi - cab and a US military car collided at Marcot three persons were Injured. The taxi cab struck…

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Bridge at Buchanan Tarro Shire Defers Consideration

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 3

“This is a matter, which from time to time we have claimed assistance from the government, and although to date we have…

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New Bridge

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 3

For the purpose of perpetuating the memory of the late Mr. Fred Eales and the name of Eales, Tarro Shire Council deided that the recently constructed bridge…

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Hunter River Bridge, Hexham

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 3

Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, asked the following question in the House during the recent session: "I ask the Minister for Transport…

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Motor Registrations

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 2

In twelve months the number of cars in use in New South Wales has decreased by 4023. At the beginning of April they totalled 269,648 compared with 273,671 at…

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Milk to Leave by Train. Daily Service from Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 1

The Raymond Terrace Dairy and Produce Co. Ltd.'s. branch at Muswellbrook commenced loading milk for Sydney at the local railway station…

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Fifty Injured in Tram Smash

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY Friday—A runaway tram, travelling at 40 mph, ran into the rear of another in Broadway at mid-day to-day, and…

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Car Collided with Tram

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 3

NEWCASTLE Friday— When the car to which they were travelling collided with a tram at Broadmeadow to-day, Hilda Ray…

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Air Transports Big Part In N.G. War “Tramps of the Sky” Decorated By General Kenney

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 2

SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA Friday—In the first ceremony of its kind in New Guinea more 100 U.S. Air Corps pilots paraded this week on a dustry aerodrome to receive decorations from General George C. Kenney,…

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50 Injured In Tram Crash Worst Sydney Smash In Years

Singleton Argus · Friday 30 April 1943 · page 2

A runaway tram, travelling at 40 miles an hour, crashed into the rear of another tram in Broadway at midday to-day and…

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Friendly Road

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1943 · page 3

FAR HORIZONS. It is difficult sometimes In this much troubled and realistic world of ours to take time to think of some things…

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Airman Marries While Train Stopped

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1943 · page 5

ADELAIDE Sat.—Aircraftsman Francis Oraw[?]of Perth, came to Adelaide on leave a fortnight ago and arranged for his…

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Unusual Wedding Ceremony Married While Train Stopped

Singleton Argus · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 3

A fortnight ago Aircraftman Francis Crawford, cf Perth, visited Adelaide on leave and arranged for his marriage to Marjorie Green, muntion…

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Motor-Cycle-Side-Car Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 2

Ron McKimm, 21 of Bolwarra a boilermaker at the BHP, received a servers lacerafuel wound to the head when the motor…

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Motor Licence For Forty Years

Maitland Mercury · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 3

Mr. C. G. Holdaway. newsagent of Cessnock, writes regarding the recent paragraph, headed “Licence for [?]…

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Unusual Wedding Ceremony. Married While Train Stopped

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 3

A fortnight ago Aircraftman Francis Crawford, of Perth, visited Adelaide on leave and arranged for his marriage to Marjorie Green, munition…

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Bad Weather Limits Air Activity. Allied Raid on Koepang Aerodrome. (From Our Own Correspondent). Somewhere in AUSTRALIA.—Tuesday

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 2

Only limited activity was reported in to-day's communique, which reported that heavy weather had seriously interfered with all air activities to the north for the past fortnight. Our longrange fighters raided the aerodrome at Timor in Koepang yesterday,…

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Rover Motors' Social Club Dance

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 3

The employees of Rover Motors are holding their second dance at the Cessnock High School Assembly Hall on Tuesday, May 11. The proceeds of…

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