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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

1,006 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 51

Beer Stolen From Railway Refreshment Room

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 2

Some, time during Saturday, five gallons of liquid "refresher," in the form of a five-gallon cask of beer, was removed from its place of repose…

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Feet Severed by Train

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY Tuesday.—when she took a [?] on [?] station and fell on the line [?] electric train arrived, [?]…

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Stole Goods From Goods Train

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday — Hector Thomas Lachian Goodwin, 28, miner, of West Maitland, was sentenced at Sydney Quarter…

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Fell Between Platform and Train. Woman's Death. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 2

Shockingly injured when she fell between the platform and a moving train at Artarmon station yesterday, Miss Ivy Nunn (21), of Willoughby,…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 25th MAY, 1943. £20,000 Scheme For Railways Yards Work to Be Put in Hand Immediately

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 3

An immediate start is to be made to provide a locomotive depot, consisting of part of a round house, additional coaling facilities, and engine turntable at the Muswellbrook railway yards. The scheme is estimated to cost £20,000…

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KEROSENE. Banned as Motor Fuel

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 1

Lighting kerosene has been declared a prohibited fuel for motor vehicles. Regulations were issued on Friday night tightening up the definition of…

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Enamel Plates For The Railways

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Tues.— Owing to enormous losses of china plates, which cannot be replaced, the Railway Department has placed…

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Week-end Parties by Aeroplane

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 4

Trans Atlantic air services, run at hourly Intervals, after the war, are predicted by the Mayor of New York (Mr Folorello La…

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Friendly Road

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 4

NOT BREAD ALONE.—Later on we hope to discuss what is now known as the Beveridge Plan of Social Reconstruction,…

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Buses Affected By Bad Roads in Shire

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 3

A complaint was made to Tarro Shire Council to-day that the condition of the main roadway between Wallsend and Minmi was…

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Rise In The State’s Road Toll

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Wed.—The Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr. Neale, stated last night that in the first 24 days of this month 26…

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Peeps Into the Past Singleton 25-Years Ago (From Issues of "Argus" dated May 18, 21, and 23, 1918) Fire on Redbournberry Bridge

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 4

As Mr W. J. Reynolds of Town Head, was approaching Redbourn berry bridge about 3 p.m. on May 17 he noticed flames about a foot…

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Struck by Tram and Killed

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Wed.—A. verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner, Mr. Oram, to-day at the inquest on James,…

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Killed by Train

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Friday—James Reilly, of Menangle, was run over and killed by a train at Menangle. his body was removed by the…

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Fired From Train

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1943 · page 3

At the Moree Police Court, before Mr. S. A. Thornton, P.M., Roy Allen Jensen pleaded guilty to a charge of having fired a service rifle from a…

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Motor Buses and Parcels. Council Amused Over Letter

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 May 1943 · page 1

When a communication forwarded by the manager of Rover Motors was read at Cessnock Municipal Council…

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Warning to Motorists

Maitland Mercury · Friday 28 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Friday — Motorists who [?] methylated spirits or similar liquids to [?] out their petrol supplies are…

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Dangerous Road Near Gresford

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 May 1943 · page 5

Mr. James F, Jordan, of the Patterson, writes regarding a, dangerous spot on the road about [?] from Gresford…

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Fell Between Tram and Platform

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 May 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY Saturday—The foot board of a carra[?] to be cut away last night to enable a women who had [?]first:…

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Injured In Tram-Bus Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 31 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Monday — Five school children and a tram driver were injured, but not serially, this morning when a school bus…

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