Racing and Sporting Fixtures Ban on Special Trains and Trams
Special trains and trams to race meetings or any other sporting fixture in New South Wales, Victoria or Tasmania have been…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 49
More Money for Roads
At the last meeting of the Lower Hunter Shire Council, the President, Cr. L. F. Monkley, stated; It will be practically impossible for us…
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ROAD safety must always be a matter of the greatest possible public interest, and there is no doubt at all that…
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The Minister for Conservation has advised Kearaley Council that the Forestry Commission was prepared to contribute to reconditioning roads in the…
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Bellbird P. and C. Association has asked Kearsley Council to build a footbridge across the creek at the rear of the school. The matter was referred to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lorry and Load Burned Fierce Blaze On Newcastle Road
A large motor lorry, owned by Messrs. Guy Dros.,of West Maitland, and used in the Maitland-Newcastle transport service,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Leader: Road Safety All-Out Blow To Smash Nazi Escape Route From Balkans Big Allied Drive In Progess (Australian Associated Press)
LONDON Sept. 7—It is officially announced from Allied Mediterranean headquarters that the Allied land, sea, and air forces and Marshal Broz Tito’s Partisans have launched a combined offensive in what a British United Press correspondent…
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A deputation from the Kearsley Shire Council asked the Minister for Local Government, Mr. McGirr. six months ago to invest the Council with powers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Football. "Wanderers" to Play Newcastle Railway. Three games will be played at Bowman Park on Sunday afternoon
Muswellbrook "Wanderers" will play a Newcastle Railway team. Newcastle, which defeated the local Railway team 25-8 two weeks ago, will find…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Transport, Mr. O’Sullivan. said to-day he anticipated further cuts in goods and passenger…
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CANBERRA Saturday.— The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, in the House of Representatives, in view of the difficulty of securing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway to Port Stephens ’Terrace Discussion
RAYMOND TERRACE: At a meeting of the Raymond Terrace Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Cobcroft read a lette[?] from Mr. J. P…
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Norman Pike. 51. miner of Wollombi-road, Bellbird, who was admitted to Maitland Hospital late on Saturday afternoon is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Ships Destroyed 170 Tons of Bombs on Langoan Aerodrome (From Our Correspondent)
Japanese ships reported destroyed in to-day's communique include a 10,000-ton tanker in the Philippines area and a 1200-ton freighter transport off the Celebes. Langoan aerodrome, in the Celebes, received a…
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Because of the difficulty of securing adequate rail trucks to market stock due to the coal shortage, the Prime Minister will see if…
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SYDNEY Monday—When his motor cycle and a truck collided at Liverpool. Stanley Ernest Hammond, 30. was killed…
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MELBOURNE Monday—The RAN Fairmile motor launch lay at anchor in a bay on the north coast of New Guinea, waiting for the darkness which would screen her as abe patrolled up the coast in search of Japanese shore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Tarpaulin Armada" How the Railways Helped British Invasion Plans
How British railways carried a "tarpaulin armada" to the ports for Invasion Day is another war-time secret that can now…
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Norman pike. 54, miner, of Wollombi Road. Bellbird. fell between the platform and a train at West Maitland station…
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Country train services could not be improved because large coal was necessary for the engines, and this had to be…
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