Do You Know Your Roads? Cessnock to Sydney 96 MILES
How many people are there in Cessnock who know they can get to Sydney in 96 miles over a good road? This is a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1943
1,006 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 51
Railway Accident. Philadephia
One hundred and fifty are reported to have been killed and 50 injnred when the Congressional Limited Express was wrecked en route from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Overseas News British 8th Army Advancing Towards Palmi. Holding the Whole of Aspromonte Range. Italians and Germans Fighting in Toe of Italy. Mr. Churchill at Harvard University. Air Offensive Reaches New Peak. Russians Capture Important Railway Junction New York
The U.S. had an uncertain responsibility which was the price of greatness, declared Mr. Churchill, British Prime Minister, at Harvard…
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Commencing on Friday next the express from Sydney to Cessnock will not stop at Strathfield and Hornsby to pick up…
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THE WINDS SLOW. Many people have suggested that the winter which It now behind us hat been the coldest they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kearsley Shire Road Matters
CESSNOCK Wed.—The shire engineer (Mr. L. Grattan) reported to Kearsley Shire Council last night that he had discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Train Smash in America 150 Killed, 90 Injured
At least 150 persons are reported killed, and 90 injured, when the Congressional Limited Express was wrecked en route…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: The Cost of War Victims of U.S. Train Smash
NEW YORK Sept. 7—Latest news shows that 54 people were killed and 115 injured when the luxurious Congressional Limited…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram-Tragedy Victims Identified
BRISBANE Wed —The two women who were burned to death in Monday night’s tram tragedy have been identifified as Lavinia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramcar and Military Petrol Waggon Collide
Two women were fatally burned and 24 persons were injured, some seriously, when a tramcar and a military petrol waggon collided in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assault on Maples Area Airfields And Railways Attacked
The terrific air assault in the Naples area for the pass 24 hours is regarded as suggesting the softening process which is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tar for Roads Difficulties Of Council
The engineer (Mr. R. Payten) reported to a meeting of Port Stephens Shire Council that during the wet weather it was not…
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The world is passing through strenuous times, and the rich and the poor are all in the melting pot, so to speak. Riches availeth little to-day—apart…
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CESSNOCK Friday.—The Department of Local Government advised Kearsley Shire Council last night that as a result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labour Shortage Councils Cannot Do Road Work
The difficulties experienced by councils in maintaining roads owing to the shortage of labour was referred to by the engineer,…
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Abernethy Parents and Citizens' Association, at a full meeting, adopted the following resolution: "That this Association calls for Immediate recognition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Parking at the Railway. Aldermen to Meet Railway Authorities
Alderman G. S. Adams reported to the last meeting of the Municipal Council that he had been in consultation with the District Superintendent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loaning Cars to Soldiers. N.r.m.a. Warns Motor Owners
The N.R.M.A. warns motor owners who contemplate allowing soldier friends to drive their cars, that the State traffic authorities insist upon a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Paratroops Contact Japanese Capture Of Salamaua Aerodrome (Somewhere in New Guinea)
Australian and American parachute troops, who were dropped into the Markham Valley last week, have made contact with the Japanese outpost positions in the vicinity of Heath's plantation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trams Collide at Newcastle
NEWCASTLE Mon.—Victoria Morrison. 47, of 19 Cadell Avenue, Mayfield, received lacerations and contusions to the forehead…
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