Bulldozer's Work 10 Miles of Road in 10 Days
Says "Dorrigo Gazette": Recently a "Brockway" float of the Forestry Commission transported a tractor and bulldozer…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 49
Faulty Brakes and Lights (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Motor vehicles are getting older and the likelihood of replacement, except in special cases, is not to be expected until the war…
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Motor vehicles are getting older and the likelihood of replacement, except in special cases, is not to be expected until the war has ended. In consequence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many Trespassers on Railways Killed
The number of people killed because they trespassed on railway property was alarming said the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grant for Melville Bridge
CESSNOCK, Wed—The Department of Local Government advised Kearsley Shire Council that the grant of £833 for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Work in Kearsley Shire Blue Gum Road
CESSNOCK, Wed. — At its meeting last night, Kearsley Shire Council decided to apply for proclamation of Blue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sequel To Troop Train Smash
ADELAIDE Wednesday.— The Attorney-General (Mr. Abbott) said three railway men would be charged with manslaughter in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Saboteurs Active Train Carrying Germans Derailed
During, an attack on the railway line between Toul and Fouard, in Lorraine, French partisans derailed a train carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swan Bay Road
A deputation comprising Messrs. Cornell and A. Lilley, on behalf of the residents of Swan Bay, waited on the Shire Council on Friday last, and put the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Serviceman Killed By Train
SYDNEY Thurs.—An Americas Serviceman was struck by a train near Donaldtown and killed instantly. He was walking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Will Resist Interference with Railways
BRISBANE Thurs.—“Queensland is already overloaded with bureaucratic offshoots attached to the Federal administration,” said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Killed
SYDNEY- Thursday— William Robert Green, 18, of Marrickville. was fatally injured last night when a motor cycle he was riding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coalfields Train Service
It has been the practice in the past for Coalfields passengers leaving on the 6.55 a.m. train from Cessnock, and intending travelling to Sydney, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Kills U.s. Man
When two American servicemen to look for a friend who had fallen walking back along the railway line off a city-bound train near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kurri Kurri-lake Road
Kearsley Council has decided to approach the Main Roads Board to have the Lake Road from Kurri Kurri to West Wallsend, known as the Blue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seaham Stockrington Colliery Road
The President of the Kearsley Shire Council (Cr. Saxton) reported on a deputation to the Minister for local Government on the construction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Employment of Tarro Road Staff
With the addition of portion of the Tarro shire in Kearsley Shire. six men of the maintenance staff of the Tarro Council have been thrown out of work…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Access Road at Knox St., Abernethy
Kearsley Council has decided to construct an access road from the south end of Knox Street, Abernethy, to the eastern corner of portion 40, Parish of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Troops Dominate St.lo Vital Road and Rail Junction
Reuter's correspondent with United States forces in Normandy last night reported that American penetration of the vital road and rail junction of St. Lo was considered imminent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Railway Jobs Planned Electrifying Main Newcastle Line
Electrification of the main railway lines to Newcastle and Lithgow is planned as part of the Railway Department's…
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