More Motor Cars Registered
There were 278,441 motor vehicles registered in New South Wales at the end of 1943. This is an increase of 9,530 in 12 months. The…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
965 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 49
Vital Railway Junction Captured by Russians Ten German Divisions Routed On Leningrad Front (Australian Associated Press)
LONDON Jan. 26—The capture by the Red Army of the important town and railway junction of Krasnogvardeisk, 20 miles south from Leningrad, is officially announced in Moscow, which says that ten German infantry divisions have been routed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trams and Buses Back To Normal
SYDNEY Thursday—Tram and omnibus employees resumed work in Sydney to-day and normal services were provided…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heddon Greta Bridge
Kearsley Council is awaiting official notification of the fact that legislation for the closing of the bridge over the disused railway line at Heddon Greta…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecked Ammunition Train
How soldiers of the Polish underground army wrecked a German ammunition train is revealed by the Polish underground newspaper,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Found Dead On Harbour Bridge
SYDNEY Friday.— Late yesterday afternoon the body of Frederick Fenton, 58, of Glebe, was found on the railway line on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council and Road Graders
The Minister for the Interior (Senator Collings) has advised Kearsley Council that it is impossible for the Allied Works Council to arrange to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nearly Missed Wedding. No Seat in Train for Bridegroom
To be refused a seat on a train, when travelling to keep an appointment at the Church on his wedding day, was the experience…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dungog Railway Station Island Platform
Work has commenced on the building of the island platform at Dungog Railway Station. Mr. Chapman, Engineer-in-charge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram and Bus Employees Strike What Next?
Australia is reaching a serious stage when the Government can be flouted as it has been in the recent strike of the bus and tram employees…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Normal Services Provided Tram And Omnibus Employees Resume
Tram and omnibus employees resumed work in Sydney and Newcastle yesterday and normal services were provided…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Summonses for Tramway and Bus Men
SYDNEY Sat.—Last night summonses were issued against a number of tramway and omnibus employees who took part in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nazis at Chudovo In Serious Plight In Full Retreat Along The Narva Railway(AUSTRALIAN Associated Press)
LONDON Jan. 28.—The Germans have evacuated Chudovo junction, on the Leningrad-Moscow railway, according to a Stockholm message quoted by the British United Press, whose Moscow representative says the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Hits Lorry Woman Killed in Smash
When a train crashed into a motor lorry at a level crossing at Richmond at 6.30 on Saturday evening, a woman was killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rousing Welcome to Repatriated Prisoners Hundreds Gather At Railway Station Return of Cpl. Duggan, Ptes. Bates and Mitchell
Several hundred residents gathered at the railway station last evening to participate in the civic welcome extended to Cpl…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Travellers Stranded
Several Muswellbrook residents who spent the holiday in Sydney will not be able to reach home until to-night, owing to the fact that the Glen Innes Mail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Decrease In Road facilities
SYDNEY Tues.— The number people killed in road accidents In New South Wales last year war 388 the lowest for many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Back on the Roads De-licensed Cars
The greatly increased weekly earnings of many tens of thousands of Australian war workers are providing a ready market…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Crossings to be Abolished Statement by Minister
The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) has described plans for the abolition of level crossings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What of the Post-war Motor Car?
The tendency on the part of some armchair prophets to forecast startling innovations as part of the immediate post-war motor car design is likely to…
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