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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

1,046 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 53

Electric Motors

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 3

Maitland Council wrote asking the Council to Co-operate in urging the attention of the existing priority for the release of electric motors to…

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Railway Time-Table

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1945 · page 2

The following railway time-table came into operation as from yesterday: TO SYDNEY…

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Kulnura Road

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 2

CESSNOCK.—In a report to Kearsley Shire Council, the engineer (Mr. L. Grattan), on the Kulnura road, said that when…

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The Road Back

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 2

FROM a variety of news items it becomes increasingly clear that we are beginning to take our first steps back…

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To-day’s Leader: The Road Back Fears for Life of Ballet Girl’

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY Wed.—Grave fears are held for the life of Diana. Hartt (19), one of the three Tivoli girls burnt in last Saturday’s…

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40 Killed In Train Smash

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Sept. 6.—Paris Radio states that 40 people were killed and 20 injured in a collision at Thionville…

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Kurri to West Wallsend Road

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 3

CESSNOCK: Kearsley Shire Council approved the intention of the Department of Main Roads to proclaim the Kurri Kurri-West…

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Annual Road Race. Handicaps for To-Morrow

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 2

Muswellbrook Cycle Club will hold its Muswellbrook-Aberdeen road race, starting at 3.15 p.m. from Campbell's corner to-morrow (Saturday)…

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Racing Sidelights Shannon is Tramway Selection. Flight and Modulation Should Be Close Up

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 6

The Tramway Handicap will be one of the attractions at the Randwick meeting to-morrow. The distance is…

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First “Inside” Story of Burma Railway Pow Worked Liked Animals Under Disgusting Conditions Australian Associated Press

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 2

SINGAPORE, Sept. 7—The first inside story of the sufferings of the British and Australian prisoners of war who worked on the Bangkok-Moulmein railway, has confirmed and brightened previous accounts of the unhuman privations…

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Denial of Motor Works Report

Maitland Mercury · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 1

LONDON Sept. 7—Reports that General Motors had purchased the vast Fiat motor works are denied says the Communist…

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Bride Train at Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE. Sat.—A special train carrying Australian brides of American Servicemen stopped for a short period at Newcastle…

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Driver Killed In Train Crash

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 5

LONDON September 7.— The driver was killed and the fireman and guard injured when a mail and newspaper train containing…

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Vast Scheme of Road Improvement

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY Sat.—Action on a vest scale designed to give good all-weather access roads as quickly as possible to farms everywhere…

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Motor Failed On Airliner

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Sat. — Carrying a full complement of 23 passengers and a crew of three, a Douglas airliner arrived at Canberra…

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Motor Traffic Breaches

Maitland Mercury · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 2

For having driven a motor vehicle after sunset without headlights, Roy Suters, of Phoenix Park, Morpeth, was…

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Tram Conductor's Appeal "Punishment Out of All Proportion"

Singleton Argus · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 1

It was out of all proportion that a man with 20 years' service should lose his job and forfeit his superannuation just because he had a…

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Cycling. Record Number of Starters in Annual Road Race. Ron King Wins Big Event

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 4

The annual Muswellbrook-Aberdeen road race, conducted by the local club, was held on Saturday last. The distance for the race was 14 miles. A…

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Stock Train Crashed Into Bus Woman Fatally Injured

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 2

When a fast-moving stock train crashed into a bus at Wellington Road crossing at Arthursville, near Dubbo, about 2.15 a.m. to-day,…

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Rabbits, on Railway Property Is Prosecution Permissible?

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 2

Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board is to make inquiries from the Crown Solicitor to ascertain whether it is…

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