Railway Busy at Singleton
SINGLETON Thurs. — February was a heavy month for livestock trucking at the railway station, according to figures in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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Train Roster. To Be Cared For By Local Red Cross
Mrs. C. A. Jay (hon. secretary) reported to Monday's meeting of the Red Cross Society that she had written to the Scone branch, suggesting…
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A new railway Merchandise and Livestock Rates Book dated 1st January, 1944, shows reduction in the freight charges on many classes of goods and…
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Sir,—It has recently come under the public notice that the old Karri Railway Line has to be abandoned A majority of the…
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Chinese students march to class at an air training centre operated somewhere in China by the 14th U.S. Army Air Force for Chinese cadets. U.S. [?]rs, instruct the Chinese students in both practical and theoretical aviation under the programme set…
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SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA Monday—Wewak, in New Guinea has become the main centre of the Allied air activity in the South-west Pacific. Escorted [?]avy medium and attack bombers, in…
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A new railway Merchandise and Livestock Rates Book, dated Ist January,, 1944, shows reductions in the freight charges on many classes…
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A request was forwarded that the Board should erect a length of about 12 1/2 chains to fence the road off Kerriki TSR. It was suggested…
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MUSWELLBROOK Tuesday.— A letter from the Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd., to the municipal council stated…
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NEW YORK March 13—“Sines the statement made by Admiral Nimitz (Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific, Fleet),…
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About 12.30 a.m. on Sunday a motor cyclist, Hilton Hunt, 18 years, who had Alan Hicks, aged about 18 years, as pillion rider, when returning home…
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SYDNEY Tuesday—In the federal Court to-day the hearing of cases against 73 tram and bus employees, who are charged with…
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Claims were made yesterday at the meeting of the local branch of the M.Z.D.C. that it was very evident that the…
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In a report to the meeting of Tarro Shire Council to-day, the engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) stated that the manager of…
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Following a request by Ald. W. Morgan, at West Maitland Municipal Council meeting last night, the Mayor (AId. J. V. Kennedy)…
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NEWCASTLE Wed.—For trespassing on the railway at Hamilton. Stanley Williams of Fleming-st., Wickham, was fined £1/…
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The Railways Department has arranged with the taxation authorities for extension of time to June 30 to be given to railway employees who…
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When a goods, train and a rail trolley collided head-on in a cutting on the North Coast railway at Oakhampton this…
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SINGLETON Friday. — Because, it was set out, passengers travelling on the milk train from Singleton would miss their…
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