Missiles Fired From Catapult Windows of Train Broken
Missiles fired from a catapult near the Clarence River bridge, Grafton, broke two windows of the Brisbane Limited Express, and grazed the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
1,046 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 53
Part Played By Motor-Cycle In The War
Apart from an occasional mention by Allied war correspondents and Press Illustrations depicting motor-cycle mounted servicemen…
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SYDNEY Wed.âThousands of city workers found it much quicker to walk part of the way to work this morning rather than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boys Crushed by Moving Cargo Were Hiding in Railway Truck
An aboriginal boy was killed and another seriously injured when they were crushed by kerosene drums inside a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conditions of Shire Roads Council’s Manpower Difficulty
When members of the Lower Hunter shire Council at the meeting to-day referred to the need for attention to roads in…
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Mr. F. E. Murray (T. A. Hill and Son) appeared at East Maitland court to-day and pleaded guilty for john Patrick Hoban, of…
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The Department of Main Roads has advised Kearsley Council that approval has been given to the construction of a section of the…
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The Kearsley Shire Engineer (Mr. L. Grattan) reported to the Council meeting on Tuesday night that, with Crs. Johnson and Palmer, he made…
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SYDNEY Friday—During the year ended June 30 sixty-six children were killed in road accidents, an increase of 40 per cent,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wollombi Road Raid. Poultry Farmers' Complaint
The hearing of the case against Herbert Norman Townsend, of being the proprietor of a common gaming house in Wollombi Road, The War Agricultural Committee has written Kearsley Council that the position in regard to the renewal of the electric light franchise was…
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In five years of war there have been about 80,000 Australian-casualties. In the same period about 100,000 persons have been killed and…
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SYDNEY Friday. —When two trams collided near the Harbour Bridge end of Wynyard tunnel last evening, 13 persons were…
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LONDON August 10. — After hard negotiations extending for a week, settlement was reached yesterday in the claim of 600,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Army Advances in Manvhuria Smashed Through Jap Concrete Positions Air Force Strikes at Important Railway Junctions Australian Associated Press
MOSCOW, August 10.—Russian troops have crossed the Manchurian frontier at points 1000 miles apart and have advanced nine to 14 miles. A Russian comunique, the first issued relating to the Far…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spare Motor Parts
SYDNEY Friday. — A further easing of the position relating to the control of automotive spare parts is regarded by the RACA…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Offences
NEWCASTLE Friday.—For being drank on Newcastle railway platform, Norman Roberts (27), labourer, was fined £1, or 48…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Smash in Sydney 13 People Injured
Thirteen people were injured and over 100 had narrow escapes when a packed tram smashed into another, near, the Harbor Bridge end of…
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RAYMOND TERRACE Sat.—A letter from the Tomago Progress Association to the Port Stephens Shire Council meeting to the…
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The garage of Mr. R. Bullen. East Greta Junction, was broken into last night and a spare tyre on the car stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General News ' Railway Revenue £3635 for Month
Total revenue handled by Singleton Railway Station during July was £3635, according to statistics for the period. Of this, £1777 was coaching…
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