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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

1,046 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 53

More Raids On Railway Centres

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON Feb. 27.—Nearly 2000 American aircraft yesterday again attacked German rail communications while RAF Mosquitoes…

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Tobacco Stolen From Railway

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 1

PARKES, Thursday—The police are investigating the theft of £300 worth of tobacco from a railway ran in the Parkes shunting…

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Railway Travellers Better Conditions Asked For

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 4

SCONE Thurs—The New England electorate council of the Country Party has carried a motion expressing its disapproval of…

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Retirement on Railway

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 4

Compulsory retirement of railway officers at 60 is impossible at present, the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan, has…

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Art and Tram Collide

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 3

When a bakery [?] collided [?] tram in Mi[?] St Mere[?] this morning the drive cart Robald Mi[?] 29…

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Mrs. Enid Bridget Bridge

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 1

There passed away, in the Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone, on 1st inst., Mrs. Enid Bridget Bridge, wife of Mr. Reginald Bridge, of…

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Gold Ore in Road

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 4

A military road which runs for two miles through the New Guinea jungle, glitters because the engineers unwittingly used gold…

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Stroud Rd.-newcastle Motor Bus Service

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

Attention is drawn to the timetable of the new bus service from Stroud Road through Stroud to Booral and there linking with the…

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Check on Motor Racket

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 2

The disposal of surplus Army vehicles through ordinary trade channels was a safeguard against black market activities, Senator Ashley said…

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Glass and Steel on Roads

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 4

The NRMA continues to receive complaints from motorists of the presence on madways of broken glass, steel turnings and…

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Safety on the Roads Doing the Right THING(Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 5

Police officers see many unique things that are not recorded in their note books. Perhaps i is a pity that some of the things they…

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Sold “Hot-dog” on Train and Fined

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 4

A man who took a “hot-dog” stand into a train and offered to sell his wares to passengers was fines £1, with 18/ costs, in…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 3

Thrown from his motor cycle yesterday afternoon when [?] struck a hole in the road near Heddon Great [?] Joseph…

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Fall From Motor Lorry

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 3

Falling on the back of a motor lorry last night, Cyril White, 35 of Greville-street, Beresfield, was run over by a traller and…

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Railway Staffs Status of Former Servicemen

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 2

In a special Federal court recently the Commissioner for Railways was fine don two charges Involving the re-instatement…

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Motorists Miss Ration

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 4

Further proof of the clumsy nature of the petrol ration ticket issue was provided this week when a constant stream of…

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New Train Service

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 3

SINGLETON Mon.—The new train service commencing this morning at Singleton leaves at 10.55, not at 11.55, as previously…

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Train Smash Casualties

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 3

A later report gives the number of injured as air force personnel 35 and 18 civilians. Both trains were drawn by…

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3 Injured in Rail Collision Workers’ Special Hits Air Force Train Head-on

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Eighteen civilians and about 25 RAAF personnel were injured when a city-bound train crashed head-on into a stationary air force train carrying 700 members of the Air Force at Clarendon station, between…

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Train Smash at Clarendon 18 Civilians and 25 R.a.a.f. Personnel Injured

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 2

Eighteen civilians and about 25 R.A.A.F. personnel were injured when a Sydney bound train crashed head-on into a…

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