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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

1,006 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 51

Alleged Stealing of Motor Trucks

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 December 1943 · page 1

NEWCASTLE Wed.—As a sequel to the disappearance of two motor trucks from a military camp, Keith Bingham, 20, and…

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Alteration in Northern Train Service

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 December 1943 · page 1

The Railway Department announces that' from Monday next, December 6, the Tamworth day train, instead of leaving…

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Bad State of Roads Leading to Collieries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 December 1943 · page 5

The Kearsley Council is being inundated with complaints from mineworkers, 'bus proprietors, and timber carters…

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Train Alterations. Tamworth and Merriwa Lines

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 December 1943 · page 1

On and from Monday next the Merriwa train will run from Muswellbrook on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and return…

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Train Alterations and Sales Representation by D'arcy Rose

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 December 1943 · page 3

D'Arcy Rose, M.L.A., has received a communication from the Secretary for Railways following representation made by the member…

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Damage to Cessnock-Wollombi Road. Fissures at Millfield

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 December 1943 · page 4

The Shire Engineer reported to Kearsley Shire Council that on Wednesday, November 24, accompanied by Mr. Durham, Inspector of Mines, an…

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Killed on the Railway

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 December 1943 · page 5

GLOUCESTER Friday—At the [?] of [?] Joseph [?] who [?] as the result of an accident…

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New Bridge at Melville

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1943 · page 3

Bolwarra Shire Council agreed to arrangements submitted by Kearsley Council for the construction of a new bridge at Melville…

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Killed in Train Accident

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE Sat.—When a steel girder protrudin, from a goods train ripped out half the side of a carriage of a…

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Re-registering Motor Vehicles

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 December 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Sat.—The NRMA informs motorists who have had their vehicles jacked up that a special licence for one or two…

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£400,000 Bridge Damaged

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 December 1943 · page 2

HOBART Monday—The £400, 000 Hobart bridge, in its first test by storm, found itself too weak to resist the force and…

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Killed in Train Accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 December 1943 · page 2

When the up train from Tocumwal to Melbourne was nearing Wallan it collided with an obstruction protruding from a down goods train. Half…

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U.s. Engineers Bridge Volturno

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 December 1943 · page 1

U.S. Army Engineers of the Allied Fifth Army throw a steel bridge mounted on pontoons, across the Volturno River In Italy At right, infantrymen in a pontoon boat [?] themselves across the stream with the help of a guide rope made fast to the far…

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5th Army Has Taken Mount Camino Last Barrier to Rome Road Falls to Allied Attack (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 December 1943 · page 1

LONDON Dec. 5 — Mount Camino, guarding the Naples - Rome road, three miles south-west from Mignano, has been captured by the 5th Army, and the most…

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Benefit of Doubt Railway Prosecution

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 December 1943 · page 2

Charged at West Maitland Court to-day with having, oil December 1. travelled between Waratah and West Maitland on…

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Peeps Into the Past Singleton 25 Years Ago (From Issues of "Argus" dated November 30, December 3 and 5, 1918). Presentation to Railway Official

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 December 1943 · page 3

Mr. T\ A Maguire, who was promoted to the position cf coaching clerk at Newcastle, after 25 years' service in the Railway Depigment…

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Stock From Merriwa. Altered Train Arrangements

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 December 1943 · page 4

Mr. R. B. Nott, M.L.A., has received the following letter from Mr. A. Denniss. Chief Traffic Manager:—"With reference to your personal…

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Bowls. Championship Pairs. Wins to C. Harbin-o. Hasler, T. Clendinning-h. A. Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 December 1943 · page 4

C. Harbin and O. Hasler, and T. Clendinning and H. A. Bridge, who registered successes in their games in the Upper Hunter champion pairs…

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Late Winter Aids Germans. Russians Cut Vital Railway. LONDON

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 December 1943 · page 2

The Germans are trying to take the utmost advantage of the late winter in Russia. The persistence of the autumn rains is negativing the Red Army's cold weather equipment and tactics, enabling the Germans to make efforts to recapture the initiative and…

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Sandy Hollow-maryvale Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 December 1943 · page 1

The Minister for Transport, in a letter to the Hon. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A. (Minister for Agriculture) states: "In reply to your many…

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