Final War Bridge
Maitland branch of the Country Women’s Association will conduct the final war bridge afternoon of a most successful…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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Crowding on Newcastle Train
“How I envy sardines in their nice roomy tin!” was the comment of one traveller yesterday when he stepped off the 20 to 10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Battle for Railway in Hungary Prelude To Major Attacks In Budapest Area Australian Associated Press
LONDON, November 19 — Strategic centre of the Battle for Hungary is north-east of Budapest. Marshal Mali[?]ovsky is apparently planning to destroy or neutralise the German grouping in this area before he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rover Motors' Bus Service Pioneer Run Well Patronised
On Monday morning at 6.45 a.m., Rover Motors' bus left Dungog on its first journey to Maitland. The company has a permit for three months…
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NEWCASTLE Wed.—For travelling in a train from Singleton to Newcastle without paying his fare, Sidney Gordon Ellis, of…
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The Maitland branch of the Country Women’s Association held their final war bridge afternoon for this year in the Rotary…
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NEWCASTLE Wed. — During the present year 34,000 train travellers had been interviewed by ticket examiners. That was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Train Arriving Here Friday Nights
Following representation by Singleton and District Chamber of Commerce to the railway authorities to have a connecting train service…
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SYDNEY Thurs—The Minister for Transport. (Mr. • O’ Sullivan) stated in the Legislative Assembly that between August,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Claims by South Maitland Railway Employees
NEWCASTLE, Thursday—Before the Industrial Commissioner, Mr. Justice Cantor, to-day the hearing of the claim of Maitland Railways employees for a variation of the-award was resumed. The union claims double tune…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Road Work Lower Hunter Shire Programme
The Lower Hunter Shire Council adopted a recommendation of engineer (Mr. W. R, Lindsay) that a programme for main roads…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fare Dodgers
The N.S.W. Railway Department, between August 1942 and September 1944 collected excess fares totalling £16,596 from 89,178 persons travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Scalers" on Railway a Big Round-up
Between August, 1942, and September, 1944, excess fares totalling: £16,596 were collected from 39,173 persons travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ace Train-Busters Missing
LONDON, Nov. 24— Wing-Commander Gordon Panitz, of Southport (Queensland) and his observer, Flying-Officer R. S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dawn Advance On Road To Tokio
Debarking at daybreak from landing barges manned by the U.S. Coast Guard infantrymen of the Army’s 81st (Wildcat) Division plow through the surf to establish a beachhead on Auguar in the central Pacific Palau Islands. One trooper has fallen into the water (centre) in his haste to get ashore. Sharp-edged coral shelves, which ripped open, many of the barges while they were still…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Injured in Tram Smash
SYDNEY Saturday.—traffic was held up in George-st., Sydney, yesterday afternoon when a tram smash, in which four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring in Bush Fires
SYDNEY Sat.—The NRMA reports that many motor vehicles were brought to a sudden stop on the road during the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tyres Stripped From Motor Vehicle
SINGLETON Friday. — Three tyres, tubes and rims were stolen last night from the open garage of Mr. Roy Rogers in John-street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lorries and Vans in Road Accidents
SYDNEY Monday. — Lorries, vans and heavy vehicles generally are figuring prominently in road accidents statistics,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drove Under Influence Motorist Fined On Three Charges
Robert J. Payne, 25, A labourer pleaded guilty at West Maitland court to-day to a charge of having driven a motor cycle in a…
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