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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

1,006 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 51

Telarah Trucking Yards Railway Asked To Effect Improvements

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 December 1943 · page 2

The Railway Department has asked effect repairs and improvements to the trucking yards at Telarah…

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The Council’s Road Staff

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1943 · page 2

The town, clerk. Mr. E. W. Williams, reported to the municipal council meeting last night that following the directions received…

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Louth Park Road Shire to Seek Grant From Government

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1943 · page 3

The Commonwealth Government will be asked for a grant towards the cost of repairing Louth Park road…

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Joy Ride on Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 December 1943 · page 3

KURRI Wednesday.—At Kurri Kurri Police Court to-day, David Rose, 13, pleaded guilty to having used a motor cycle without the…

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Crops Wasted Because of Bad Road

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1943 · page 5

Portion of last season’s crops had been wasted because carriers had refused to travel over Narrowgut road, and further…

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Took Soil From Road Prosecution By Council

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1943 · page 2

Richard Daniel Nixon Williams, of Fleming-street, Islington, was proceeded against by Tarro Shire Council at East…

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Allies Pushing on To Rome Road Eighth Army Faces Fierce Counter-Attacks (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 December 1943 · page 1

LONDON Dec. 8—American spearheads of the 5th Army to-night, with the majority of the Camino and Maggiore peaks in Allied hands, are pushing down towards the Valley, where the tank road to Rome through Cassino…

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Friendly Road

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 December 1943 · page 5

JEWISH PERSECUTION Whatever might be one’s opinion the history of the Jews it strikes a fearful strain in one’s…

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Muswellbrook-sydney Train

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 December 1943 · page 1

The Tamworth-Sydney train will leave Muswellbrook each Saturday at 2.5 p.m. From Sydney on Mondays,…

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Used Motor Cycle Without Consent of Owner. Fine at Kurri Court

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 December 1943 · page 3

At Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, David Rosa, 18, pleaded guilty to having used a motor cycle without the consent of the owner, George…

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Railway Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1943 · page 2

Early on Wednesday morning, between Stroud Road and Weismantels, four trucks were derailed on a goods train. This caused a delay of some…

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Telarah Trucking Yards Railway Ashed to Effect Improvements

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1943 · page 3

The Railways Department has been asked to effect repairs and improvements to the trucking yards at Telarab…

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Local and General News Railway Business for November

Singleton Argus · Friday 10 December 1943 · page 2

Figures made available to-day at the local railway station disclose that during November the total revenue handled was £3964. Total tonnage…

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Cream Lorry, Leaves The Road

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 11 December 1943 · page 2

GRESFORD Sat.—What might have been a very serious accident accrued on the Gresford Eccleston road on Wednesday…

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Railway Workers and Meat Supply

Singleton Argus · Monday 13 December 1943 · page 1

Urging the Federal Government to make a f[?]ll inquiry into the alleged withholding of cattle from the markets by owners, a…

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No Mails Stolen From Aerodrome

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 December 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY Tuesday.—The Deputy-Director of Posts and Telegraphs, Mr. Hamilton, said to-day that investigations had shown…

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Cut in Motor Taxes Urged. Money Not Being Spent on Roads

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 December 1943 · page 3

Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, Mr. J. Lawsons (C.P., Murray) asked why the Government continued to levy exorbitant rates of taxation…

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Cream Lorry Leaves the Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 December 1943 · page 2

What might have been a very serious accident occurred on the Gresford-Eccleston road on Wednesday. Mr. W. Barton, cream carrier from…

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West Australian Delegate Missed Train. Federal A.L.P. Conference. Canberra

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 14 December 1943 · page 2

An ironic feature of yesterday's decision to transfer the Federal A.L.P. Conference from Sydney to Canberra was that the only delegate who…

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Curtailed Services of Railways

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1943 · page 1

Because of the critical coal position the Christmas train time-table would be reduced by a further 40 trains than last year, the Railway…

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