286 Miles of Defence Roads Built In 52 Days
BRISBANE, Sat.—The annual report of the Main Roads Commission gives details of 286 miles of defence roads built in 52…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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May Make Motor Cars in Australia
CANBERRA, Sat. — It is believed that an American and a British firm are considering submitting proposals for the…
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The electrical engineer-manager of the Maitland Municipal Council (Mr. E. G. Tudor) in a report presented to the Minister…
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When she was knocked by a [?]otor car while crossing the [?] in High-st., West Maitland, [?] yesterday afternoon, Mrs…
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Walter E. Lavender, of Adelaide-street, St. Mary’s, did not appear at West Maitland court to-day to answer a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stroud District Junior Farmers Inspection of Projects at Stroud Road
One must congratulate the various members of the Stroud Road Club on their, continued interest in their projects. Each member visited showed a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commissioner for Main Roads Visits Shire Discusses Post-war Works:shire Council Will Alter Methods
On Monday last Mr. D. Craige, Commissioner for Main Roads Board, accompanied by Mr. D. W. Oliver, of the Main Roads Board, Tamworth, met the Upper Hunter Shire Council and discussed methods and works which were contemplated to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charge of Driving Motor Vehicle Whilst Under Influence. Sergeant Booth Says Man Drank Piano Polish
At Cessnock Police Court this morning, before Mr. A. E. Hodgron, P.M., Ernest Richard Renshaw was charged…
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NEWCASTLE, Tues. — Catherine Murray, 62, of 90 Roger-st, Carrington, fractured her right and received a lacerated…
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LEETON Tuesday.—When the South-west mall train, travelling at 45 miles an hour, smashed into a double-decker sheep float at…
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NEWCASTLE Wed.—Amusing himself to ticket collectors’ inconvenience by switching off the lights in a railway carriage,…
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Towed by a bomb loading truck, a "train" of U.S. 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) bombs moves out onto the runway en route to waiting bombers at Bougainville Island in the Southwest Pacific. U.S. Marine ordnancemen ride the bombs and uncouple…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Primary Producers Support Claim for Road Money Allocation of Motor and Petrol Tax Wanted
Two meetings of primary producers yesterday supported the move to have at least a third of the motor and petrol tax money…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deaths on the Road Coroner Blames Drink and Speed
At an inquest Into the deaths of a married woman and a young-woman near Campbelltown on October 22, one Camaen District Coroner (Mr…
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The attitude of Dungog Municipal Council, Wallarobba Shire Council and Port Stephens Shire Council, and other citizens’ bodies in the area concerned, regarding the establishment of a bus service between Mailed and Dungog, was…
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The engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) reported to Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day that the Glenarbon-road, near Bolwarra…
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Reginald Lionel Moore, of 90 Crebert-st., Mayfield pleaded guilty at East Maitland court today to having ridden a motor cycle…
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SINGLETON, Thursday-—Several Important resolutions were passed by the Singleton branch of the Primary Producers’…
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St. Joseph's Church, Murrurundi, was the scene of a pretty wedding on September 30, when the Rev. Father Hourigan officiated…
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Mr. Chick, of Pokolbin, offers a suggestion for the construction of the road of Stockrington colliery. He considers a way out of the trouble would…
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