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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

1,006 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 51

Gangs For Road Work Object of Commission

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 2

During a visit.to str[?] the Commissioner fo[?] Roads (Mr. Craig) told [?] of Stroud Shier C[?]…

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Importation of Motor Trucks

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 3

The effect of the importation of motor trucks by the Commonwealth Government as a defence measure and enable essential…

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Flint Damage to Motor Tyres

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 5

Many drivers of motor trucks fail to remove flints and pieces of glass which get embedded or trapped in the tyre pattern,…

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Timber Transport Curtailing Motor Services

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 2

The Premier’s Department-has advised Stroud Shire Council that, with a view to effecting economics on the…

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Railway Lighting

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 November 1943 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways has advised Stroud Shire Council that lie cannot Me his to provide electric lighting…

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Gravel On District Roads

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 2

The engineer of Patrick Plains Shire Council, Mr. O. W. Wikner, yesterday gave a maintenance report on district roads which disclosed the…

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Roads and Post-war Work

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 4

Kearsle'y Council has been advised by the Divisional Engineer (Mr. J. H. Mould), of Newcastle, that the Commissioner of Main Roads and himself would…

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Goods Train Derailed Terrific Storms Near Grafton

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 2

Four terrific thunderstorms between 2 a.m. and. 6 a.m. in the Grafton district on Wednesday caused floods which damaged a section of the…

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Train Services Curtailed. Owing to Coal Shortage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 2

On the down journey from Kempsey the 8.15 a.m. Sydney to Kempsey train will run on Mondays and Wednesdays. On Saturdays, this train will leave…

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Sunday Afternoon Train. To Start from Singleton. Council Protest

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 1

All residents of the district will join with the Municipal Council in its protest against the cancellation of the Sunday train from Muswellbrook to…

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Sport & Sportsmen BOWLS: A. Vincer, R. Taylor, H. A. Bridge, L. Cheatle's Rink. GOLF: H. W. Broadbent, R. E. McClintook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 6

Very little to report from the land of the sportsmen this week, rain having put a damper on most sport. Among the bowlers, we find the…

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Three Fatal Accidents. Man's Fall From Hospital Window; Child Trampled to Death by Horse; Merry-goround Rider Electrocuted. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 2

Olive Murrell Hubbard (29), mechanic, of Manly, fell 30 feet from a window at the Manly District Hospital last night and died this morning…

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Trampled To Death By Horse

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 November 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday—Maria Gahan, 8, was trampled to death by horse near her home at Maroubra to-day…

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Protest Against Train Restriction

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 November 1943 · page 4

MUSWELLBROOK Monday— All residents of the Muswellbrook district will join with the Muswellbrook Council in its…

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Increase In Motor Registrations

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 23 November 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Tuesday.— Motor Vehicle registrations in New South Wales increased by 1276 in October to a total of 274,191. The…

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Friendly Road

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 5

NIGHT SONGS, When hard times come upon the world there is always produced a quality of character to meet adversity. It…

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Goods Train Derailed

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Wed.—A goods train was derailed between Wentworth Falls and Leura early this morning, and, as a result, trains…

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Muswellbrook's Sunday Train Cancellation Opposed

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 2

Aldermen at a meeting of Muswellbrook Municipal Council strongly protested against the cancellation of the Sunday train…

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Russian Trap Closing On Nazis at Gomel Tanks More Mobile on Frost-Hardened Roads (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 1

LONDON Nov. 23—The encirclement of the Germans in the Gomel trap is almost completed, say Moscow despatches. Cavalry from General Rokossovsky’s White Russian…

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Overcrowding of Trains Opinion of Senior Railway Officials

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 November 1943 · page 3

"When the weather warms up they will be hanging from the carriage roofs by their eyebrows."…

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