Stealing Goods From Railway Two Men Committed for Trial
James F. Duggan and Joseph R. Duggan were charged, at Cessnock Police Court this morning, before…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
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Communists Cut Important Railway. Fighting Breaks Out in China Chungking
It is officially reported that Communist troops have cut 600 miles of the Peiping-Hankow railway, seriously hampering the movement of…
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BROKE Wed.—A feature of the Broke Agricultural Bureau meeting was a vigorous discussion on the slow deterioration of…
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CESSNOCK Wed.—The shire engineer (Mr, Grattan) submitted a list of roads carrying heavy bus and industrial traffic which…
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At Maitland Council meeting Aid. Clyde asked that represents be made to the Ma[?], Roads Department to have…
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SYDNEY Wed.—The Premier (Mr. McKell) said in the Legislative Assembly that If returned servicemen, by their absence…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.— Another baby the second in five days has been born on the Harbour Bridge. The mother, Mrs. Daphne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.a.a.f. Men Killed in Road Smash
HEXHAM Thurs—When an empty RAAF petrol waggon ran off the road last night near the Hexham railway station, two Air…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Peeps Into the Past Singleton 15 & 50 Years Ago (From Issues of "Argus" dated Oct. 24, 27 and 29, 1930). "Milking" Motor Cars
The practice of "milking" motor cars, or, in other words, stealing the petrol from the tank, has become quite a common practice, and a great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Footboard Trams to Be Scrapped
The obsolete footboard type of trams now in use in the Sydney and Newcastle areas will be scrapped as soon as practicable in view of the…
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NEW DELHI Noc. 3—Britain Is sending a consignment of steam rollers to India in March as the first step towards a great Indian…
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SYDNEY Sat—The decision of the Federal Government not to increase the petrol ration met a bitter reception In Sydney…
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CESSNOCK Monday—Loss in production on the Maitland coldfields to-day amounted to 4600 due to the idless Richmond…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →61,000 Died Building Jap Railway’
KANDY, Nov. 5.—Southeast Asia Command Headquarters amounters that 61,000 men and women of all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Traffic Breaches
For having driven a motor car at 9.10 p.m. on July 27 without a rear light, Albert Edwerd Grant of Sparke-street, West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Building Jap. Railways 61,000 Died in Siam
South-east Asia Command Headquarters announced that 61,000 men and women of all nationalities, whom the Japanese had forced to work as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Notes. (By "Headlight")
Into the news comes Shunter Jack Do Boyton, late of Thirroul, who, we understand, is a footballer of class. You will be in demand at…
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NEWCASTLE Tuesday—Alec. Gilchrist, 15, Gardiner-street, Dudley, suffered probable fractured ribs and shock when he…
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KURRI KURRI: Two men were injured when a motor cycle they were riding overturned at Abermain. The men, Wallace…
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SYDNEY Wednesday.—The Minister for Transport, Mr. O’Sullivan, announced that a tender had been accepted for the…
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