Forecast of War's End Incident in Train
In all seriousness the Junee Southern Cross gives a double column display to the following story:— A lady from a nearby Riverina town…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 49
A.I.F. Man Killed. Fall Between Tram and Platform. Sydney
Attempting to alight from a moving train at Camphelltown early this morning, Warrant-Officer Harry George Grimstead (A.I.F.) slipped between…
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John Crowley Richa[?]dorn, 59, insurance agent, was charged at West Maitland court with having at West Maitland on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lay Flat As Train Passed Girl Missed Death by Inches
A 10-year-old girl threw herself between the rails and platform at Granville station on Monday, and missed by inches being cut to pieces…
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NEWCASTLE Wednesday— For travelling in a tram car without paying his [?] Edgar Municipal of Med[?] fined £1…
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At Lismore Police Court, Ronald Vivian Holborow, 21, was sent to gaol for three months for illegal use of a boat. Three other boys were charged…
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At the Chamber of Commerce meeting on. Monday week last, 7th August, Mr. Cunningham suggested that a move should be made to have a railway on this the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seventeen Injured Bus Hit by Train on Level Crossing
NEWCASTLE Thurs.—Shorts before 10 a.m. to-day a Wallsend-hound bus owned by Stead’s Motor Service, was struck and…
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NEWCASTLE Thursday.—Clive Tynan, 28, of 13 Murray-st., Hamilton, a miner, employed at Stock-rington colliery received an…
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The engineer (Mr. W. R. [?]y) reported to a meeting of [?] Lower Hunter Shire Council [?] had been informed by [?]…
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Cessnock Council has decided to ask Mr. James. M.H.R., to lodge a complaint to the Railway Commissioner regarding the bad service available to…
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RAYMOND TERRACE, Friday —At the meeting of the Raymond Terrace Chamber of Commerce Mr. A. Cunningham suggested…
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Clarence William Matthews, of Pokolbin. was proceeded against at Cessnock Court lost Tuesday, by Sergeant Reed, of Cessnock Police, on charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enemy Defensive Line Broken. French Railway System Dislocated by Strikes
A correspondent at First Army Headquarters says Paris may soon be declared an open city. An American correspondent reports that the Germans have begun a new retreat on a mile mile front, while another says the…
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French sources in London say onefifth of the entire railway network in France, involving 5600 miles of track, covering the main lines to…
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The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) has expressed the view bridge should be constructed over the Hunter at…
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SYDNEY, Sat—Sweeping cuts in interstate and country railway services because of the lag in coal production following strikes…
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The first step to implement coal rationing was taken last night by the Commissioner for Railways (Mr Hartigan). The restrictions…
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The Tamworth passenger day train, which leaves here at 1.14 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday each week, will also run on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trailer Strikes Crowded Tram Three Killed and Five Injured
Three women, including a mother and daughter, were killed, and five persons were injured when a 10wheel R.A.A.F. transport trailer…
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