Mine Hold Up Averted Repairs To Be Made To Road
A threatened hold-up at Ducken[?] Stockrington No. 1 and Stockrington No. 2 co[?] has been sy[?]…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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Appointments in Railway
SYDNEY Saturday.—Following the retirement of Mr. Thomas Crouch as publicity and advertising manager, new appointments…
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YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY. At the beginning of the year we offer our readers an opportunity of perming a powerful statement…
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There is one way in which everyone can help to save rubber and that u by keeping the roads dear of broken…
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An additional train was run from Cessnock to Newcastle yesterday morning this leaving Maitland shortly before 10…
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William Harvey, 17, of Carrington Hotel, West Maitland, a general hand at Hexham butter factory, who fell finder a train at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Washaways On N. Coast Railway
SYDNEY Monday—Many passengers, who were strained because washaways on the railway line between Grafton and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eighth Army Astride Tollo Road Bitter Fighting Around the Cross Roads
Bitter fighting around the cross roads from Tollo, about five miles inland from Ortona, ended with the Eighth Army firmly astride the Tollo Road, though still two miles from the village itself…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Graham Johnston, 5½ months, whose parents live at Drewby, had an amazing escape when a stroller with the…
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SYDNEY Wed.— The body of a newly-born baby girl was found wrapped in newspaper in a carriage at Central Railway Station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ruins of Enemy Aerodrome at Lae
Only burned and twisted framework of the Japanese aeroplane hangars at Lae, New Guinea remain standing after the capture of the Important base by Allied troops en Sept. 17, 1943. In the harbour a bombed Japanese supply ship lies half submerged…
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MELBOURNE Thursday—The five-year-old gelding, Kuaka, trained by V. Ryan, was killed in an accident on the road to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Army leats Back Nazi Counter-Blows Advancing 10 Miles Dally on Escape Railway (Australian Associated Press)
LONDON Jan. 5—Although Moscow not yet officially announced that the Red Army has crossed the Polish border, the erman commentator, Captain Sertorius, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stroud Road Dance
A most enjoyable and successful function was held in the Mission Hall at Stroud Road recently in aid of the Junior Red Cross. The organisers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Claim That Defendant Was "Potted" Light Fine in Motor Traffic Case
During hearing, of a case yesterday in the local Police Court when Roy Eyre was charged with driving a motor vehicle…
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WAR AND MARRIAGE. From some experiences one has recently had in that connection it would appear that war is a…
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SYDNEY Saturday.—NRMA officials note a growing tendency on the part of motorists to ignore painted centre lines where these…
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NEWCASTLE Sat.—The Council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce recently wrote to the Minister lot Transport and asked…
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Percy James Edwards. 31, of Young-street. East Maitland, received injuries to his head, right eye, severe lacerations to the…
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Edgar Snow writes the American ! "Saturday Evening Post" that great progress has been made during the past -year in building both ends of…
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