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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1944

965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 49

Railways Win at Aberdeen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 3

Tamworth Railway Rugby League team visited Aberdeen on Sunday and continued its run of successes by defeating the home side 19-6…

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Train Scaler

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 1

NEWCASTLE Wednesday. — For travelling in a railway carriage between Hands by and Board meadow without paying his…

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Soldier Struck by Train

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 5

GOSFORD Wed.—Private T. Otway, 20, of Queensland, had his skull fractured when he was struck by a goods train passing…

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Trial Run Cuts Train Time

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 2

BRISBANE Wed.—The new locomotive used on a test run between Sydney and Brisbane had running time of 17 hours…

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Motor Manufacturing Industry Australia to Make Cars

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 1

The possibility of establishing the motor car manufacturing industry in Australia after the war, with the Commonwealth…

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Girls Struck by Motor Car

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 1

KURRI, Thurs.—William H. Duncan, 57, of the Selections, Abermain, pleaded not guilty to a charge of negligent driving at…

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R.a.a.f Ace Train Buster Reopens Account

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE Friday — Top scoring SAW. train-butter during 1943, wing Commander Peter points DFC of southport…

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Aerodrome for Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1944 · page 5

NEWCASTLE Sat.—A . letter had been received by the Council the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce from the Department…

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Army Pigeon Maintains Train Speed

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA Saturday. — A pigeon maintained a speed of 66 mites an honr for 62 miles along the New Guinea coastline over…

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Towing of Motor Vehicles

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Sat—The NRMA engineers advise motorists who arrange for a low in order to start their engines that they should…

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New Railway to Hexham

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA Sat. — In the House of Representatives, the member for the Hunter, Mr. Rowley James, pursued the…

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Allied Planes Over France Heavy Blows at Railways and Roads

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 July 1944 · page 2

Allied Expeditionary Air Force planes operating over France have hit 21 railway stations and 23 bridges, and cut lines at 19 points in…

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War Bridge in Aid of Cwa

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 July 1944 · page 3

To-morrow (Tuesday), members of the Maitland branch of the Country Women’s Association will hold the final of the series…

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Motor Spirit Licence Regulations Breach

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 July 1944 · page 2

Robert George Henry Eyre, of Lochinvar, was fined £10, with 8/ costs, or 21 days’ imprisonment, by Mr. A. E. Hodgson, PM,…

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Killed on Railway

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 July 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY Monday—Believed to have fallen from one train and run over by another, the mutilated body of Leading Aircraftman…

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Tram Official Assaulted

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 July 1944 · page 1

NEWCASTLE Monday — For [?] a ticket examiner on [?] ’bus last Saturday night, Alfred Frank Stanley Storey (31), and…

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Ace Train-buster Reopens Account

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1944 · page 1

Top scoring R.A.A.F. train-buster during 1943, Wing Commander Peter Panitz, D.F.C., of Southport, Queensland, who took command a few days…

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Bad Taxi Service for Train Travellers

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 July 1944 · page 1

We have received a number of complaints from persons travelling back to Cessnock on the late train on Sunday…

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Heddon Greta Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 July 1944 · page 2

Kea[?]ey Shire Council has been [?] by the Minister for Transport (Mr. O’Sullivan) that notification of the closing of…

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