Alternative Fuels Operation of Motor Vehicles
The secretary of the British Ministry of Transport recently revealed interesting statistics relative to the number of motor…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 49
Killed at Railway Station
Harry Matuschka, 52, manager of the Wollongong railway refreshment room, was fatally injured at Wollongong railway station. Matuschka,…
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Australian engineers and sappers who built the now famous Bull Dor Road across the central alpine barrier to Wau performed an amazing…
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Tarro Shine Council to-day supported a request from Narromine Council seeking co-operation in making representations to the…
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The shire engineer (Mr. W. 8. Lindsay) reported to Tarro Shire Council to-day that T. Hatch’s gang bad resumed work in A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deputation to Minister Construction of Colliery Road
Following a public meeting at West Wallsend, deputation will wait on the Minister for Local Government. Mr. J. McGirr, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extra Train for Sydney Heavy Bookings For May Day
Bookings for trains to Sydney on Monday next, Slay Day, have been so heavy that the railway authorities’ have decided-to…
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One of the most remarkable railways m the world is the, Florida South Coast Extension, which connects Miami on the…
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Mr. Arthur Howarth, MLA. has been advised by Hon J. McGirr [?]ernment Minister for Local Government in answer to his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Road Back Allied In Hollandia
Dr. Ch. O. van der Plae, chairman of Netherlands indies Government organisations in Australian, and Acting Governor of the…
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The Secretary for Railways (Mr. . Wakefield) replying to representations made by Mr. A. Howarth, MLA, requesting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transport Costs Motor and Plane Compared
Ad Important fact that is apt to be overlooked when discussing the post-war application of transport developments during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Killed by Goods Train
Wilfred Royce, 55, of Acton Street, Hurlstone Park, was knocked down and killed by a poods train. His brother, standing near the track, saw the…
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SYDNEY Friday.—Damage estimated at £12,000 was caused when a [?] motor fitted with a gas producer and a nearby rail…
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The NRMA is receiving an Increasing number of complaints of bad manners among motorists, these resulting from Impatience…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →May Queen Dance Railway Candidat
OVER 400 dance attended May Queen dance held last [?] in the West Maitland Town [?] for the railway candidate [?]…
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CESSNOCK Wed.—Cr. saxton (President) reported to Kearsley Shire Council last night that he, had attended a deputation to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Leader: Military Hospitals Havoc Among Railways Caused By Allied Air Offensive Transport Systems Shattered (Australian Associated Press)
LONDON May 3—Recent Allied bombing has created a situation in which the French and Belgian railways—which were rather senile to start with—could not cope with the peak load necessary for the Germans to repel an invasion, declared the…
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The following letter appeared in "Gloucester Advocate" recently in reply to an article which appeared in this paper…
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Narromine Council has appealed to Kearsley Shire Council to [?] on a protest to the Railway Commissioners to abolish sleeping cars on trams…
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