Cheaper Travel for Railway Pensioners
Travel concessions similar to those available to old age and invalid pensioners will be extended to superannuated employees of the railway and tramway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1943
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Motorship Sunk
NEW YORK June 27.—A mesage from Guayaquil (Ecuador) states that the motorship Santa Maria, en route from Panema…
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SYDNEY Wed.—It is revealed that Mr. Stuart Brown, a senior, civil engineer of the Department of Main Roads, was killed as the…
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SYDNEY Wed.— An attempt was made last night to derail a tram in Maxwell Avenue, Maroubra. A steel plate was placed in…
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SINGLETON Thursday— At about 4.30 yesterday afternoon a truck, the property of Mr. J. Markham, contractor, of Waratah,…
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A motor grader has been obtained from the Department of Main Roads by the Kearsley Shire, for a period of about two weeks at an inclusive hire…
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Kearsley Shire Council has been perturbed for same time over the dangerous condition to traffic at the approaches to Heddon Greta, Bridge…
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In the divorce court in Sydney yesterday, Mr. N. G. Nelson, in an address to the Judge, said: "There's more beer per head consumed in Cessnock than in…
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LONDON July 1—Fewer Children were killed in May on the Roads of Grest Britain than in an month since the war began…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council's Road Policy. Gutter-to Gutter Tar-Surfacing Urged by Petitioners. Request Turned Down
Twenty-six residents of Cook-street sent in a petition to Wednesday night's meeting of the Municipal Council, asking that the tar-surfacing work…
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The President of the Kearsley Shire Council (Cr. A. Johnson) reported to Kearsley Council that with Cr. P. Saxton and the Shire Clerk (Mr. W. J…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rover Motors Controversy (To the Editor)
Sir,—In regard to the letter written by me to the Prices Commissioner, copy of which was published in your issue of the 28th Slay last, certain…
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SINGLETON Friday —A 3-ton motor vehicle the proparty of Mr. A. Balley of Glendon was recovered by Singleton police in York st.,…
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FAMILY FUED. Oliver Janes has given us an interesting short story with this title. As it is not copyright and has not appeared…
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LONDON July 4—The first air train to cross the Atlantic has been brought over by the RAF transport command…
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SYDNEY Monday.—Aircraftman E. J. Kurtz, stationed at a camp near Sydney, was killed when he was knocked from a tram in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Tennis Tournament. Henry Gageler and Mrs. J. Witney; Morton Rawlins and Private Evans Prominent
One of the most exciting tennis tournaments yet held by any local club was finalised on Sunday last on the Railway Tennis Club courts. The…
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Before Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., at Coff's Harbour Police Court, William Gordon Bourne was charged with having used petrol other than…
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The Minister for Local Government, Mr. J. McGlrr, advised Tarro Shire Council to-day, through Mr. A. Howarth, MLA,…
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The work of re-surfacing the road froth Thornton to the Newcastle-road was urgently required and should not be farther…
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