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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

1,046 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 53

Motor Cycle Struck Telegraph Pole

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 June 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY Tuesday—A man and his wife were injured when a motor cycle struck a telegraph pole at the corner of King and…

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Hawkesbury Rail Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 June 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Wednesday.— A 1000 ton ton steel structure to form another span of the Hawkesbury River Railway bridge, was placed…

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Train Service to Coalfields

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 June 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK Wed. — Kearsley Shire Council has been advised by the Minister tor Transport that he had taken up the…

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Road Deaths In Britain

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 June 1945 · page 2

LONDON, June 6.—Road deaths in Britain during the war averaged 20 daily, says the Ministry of War…

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School Train Back to Old Schedule, Means Good Service for Singleton Travellers

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 June 1945 · page 2

Advocacy in local circles to the Railway authorities has resulted in the school train being put back on an old running schedule, namely…

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School Train To Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1945 · page 6

SINGLETON Thursday.— The school train, which was recently altered to arrive at Singleton at 6.41 p.m., has been again altered…

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Body Found on Railway

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 June 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Thurs.—The body of Arthur James Painter (42), married, of [?] was found on the railway line near Oathey…

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Road Safety Council

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 7

At Cessnock Council meeting on Tuesday night the Mayor (Ald. J. Brown) reported:—"In view of the possibility of the…

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Injured In Fall Off Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 3

After leaving the Miller’s Forest-West Maitland bus at Martin’s Wharf Road, Miller’s Forest, at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday…

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Coalfields Railway Timetables

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 1

Kearsley Shire Council has been advised by the Minister for Transport that he had taken up the question of a re-adjustment of the railway…

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Railway Teams. "A" Grade

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 5

S. Black; L. Waters, V. Doyle, B. Simpson, H. Morris; C. York; P. Torpey; Francis, Gallagher, Hughes, Thompson, McLean, McGuire.'…

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Railway Pilfering. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 2

Railway pilfering in N.S.W. now averages about £300,000 a year. Most of the stolen goods, detectives believe, are sold on the black market, where they…

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Railway Tennis Court Competition Tennis

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 2

We are very desirous of running a competition stretching over an indefinite period, which is called a "ladder" competition. This competition…

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Stealing on the Railways

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Friday.—Railway pilfering in New South Wales now averages about £300,000 a year. Most of the stolen goods,…

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Footbridge Over Railway

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK. — At [?] meeting of the Muswellbrook Progress Association, the [?] reported that the railway…

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Lifting Of Motor Restrictions

Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY Friday—The NRMA reports that, following a long campaign by it and affiliated organisations for the removal of…

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Railway Pilfering Stolen Goods Sold on Black Market

Singleton Argus · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 2

Railway pilfering in New South Wales now averages about £300,000 a year. Most of the stolen goods, detectives believe, are sold on the…

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Late Train Not Justified

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1945 · page 2

CESSNOCK Sat —The numbers of Passengers travelling wo[?] not justify the expense of [?] tending to Cessnock the…

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Pilfering on the Railways

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Saturday.—Last year the NSW Railways paid £127,807 compensation for pilfered goods compared with £20,881 the…

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Tune Motor Engines to New Fuel

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY Friday.—In View of the lowering of the duality of petrol on sale to the public, the NRMA considers that the…

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