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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

1,006 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 29 of 51

Motors May Be Deucensed New Control of Replacement Parts

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 July 1943 · page 1

Many thousands of motor vehicle owners, including all those with private cars, may be unable to renew their registrations…

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Friendly Road

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1943 · page 6

NOTES FROM OVERSEAS. Although we are kept well informed of events in Europe by daily broadcasts and cabled news there…

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Fell While Crossing Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1943 · page 2

Arthur Doble, 42, labourer, residing at Eastville, received head injuries and severe shock when he fell while crossing a…

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Heavy Bomb Loads on Jap. Positions. 11 Enemy Planes Shot Down. Ground Forces Advance on Munda Aerodrome. (From Our Own Correspondent). Somewhere in Australia

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 July 1943 · page 2

Nearly 140 tons of bombs were dropped on Japanese positions in Kumiatum and Salamana areas yesterday. This was revealed in to-day's General…

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Motors May Be Delicensed. New Control of Replacement Parts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 July 1943 · page 3

Many thousands of motor vehicle owners, including all those with private cars, may be unable to renew their registrations under…

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No Sunday Sport Trams

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Tues—The secretary of the Tramways Union, J. Brock announced to-day that the Union would not man special trams [?]…

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Detention of Motor

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tues.— In the Cessnock District Court before his Honor, Judge Nield, the hearing of the case in which Yeatman…

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Grant to Shire Roads Damaged By Military

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 July 1943 · page 4

A grant of £8010 has been made to Namoi Shire Council by the Commonwealth authorities for the repair of roads within the…

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Railway Works Traffic At Muswellbrook

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 July 1943 · page 4

A committee of Railway Department officers visited Muswellbrook to take preliminary steps in connection with the…

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Will Not Man Sunday Trams

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 July 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY Wed—The Tramway Employees’ Union has decided not to man special trams or buses for organised Sunday sporting…

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Road Signs

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 July 1943 · page 4

The Main Roads Board has notified Kearaley Shire Council that road slims and milestones are to be re-erected…

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Charges for Opening Roads

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 July 1943 · page 4

The Shire Engineer (Mr. Grattan) reported to the Kearsley Shire Council on Tuesday night that the present scale of charges of plumbers for the restoration…

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Road Service Year’s Profit Shows Increase

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 July 1943 · page 2

The Minister for Transport (Mr; O’Sullivan) stated that a net profit of £33,947 for the year ended June 30 had been earned…

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Road to Independence a Home For Your Son

Maitland Mercury · Friday 30 July 1943 · page 3

Where’s that young married soldier son going to live when he comes home again? A tent in a desert is not…

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Late Australian News Encircling Pressure on Munda Aerodrome. Successful Attack on Enemy Shipping. Second Destroyer and Another Vessel Sunk

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 July 1943 · page 1

Ninety-four tons of bombs were dropped on Japanese installations on the Salamaua isthmus and in Kela township in a concentrated attack…

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Saving Motor Oil

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 31 July 1943 · page 3

Mr. J. Fielder, chief engineer of the NRMA, says that, while there is no shortage of supplies of engine oil in sight, motorists…

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" Marching Along Road to Victory " Dr. Evatt in Broadcast

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 August 1943 · page 2

Both Mr Churchill and President Roosevelt realised this war would not be won until it was won in the Pacific, and the…

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Clarence Town Bridge Closed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1943 · page 2

The public are notified that the bridge across the Williams River at Clarence Town has been closed for repairs, by order of the Main Roads…

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Friendly Road “Only the Beatitudes.”

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 3 August 1943 · page 2

We were talking together, a friend and I about European affairs. His voice is often heard in broadcasts and his ready pen…

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Theft From Railway

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 4 August 1943 · page 3

More than 3700 toothbrushes and a number of other, types of brushes were stolen from the railway goods yards at…

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