Shire Roads in Bad State Ratepayers Complain to Council
At last meeting of Upper Hunter Shire Council a number of ratepayers wrote complaining of the bad state of the Shire roads in the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Shire Council Work on Minor Roads Report by Engineer
Work carried out during 1945 by Patrick Plains Shire Council on the main roads in the area was published recently. The…
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South Maitland Railways have been notified by the Department of Hallways that in the near future a daily…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Employment of Women on Trams Union Opposes Continuance
By 233 to 94 votes, members of the Tramways Union decided at a mass meeting at Sydney Trades Hall against the future…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The NRMA reports a noticeable increase in the number of projected motor tours exceeding 400 miles Many…
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CALCUTTA, April 1.— A crowd set fire and destroyed a military truck which knocked down and killed a motorist at North…
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OSLO, March 31.—Norway, famed for its tramp shipping will have tramp air lines now. A new company, South American and…
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The Leader of the Country party (Lt-Col. Bruxner) was the first to bring to light the extraordinary news that Lord Nuffleld was abandoning his plans…
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The public of Muswellbrook is supporting wholeheartedly the efforts of local railwaymen to induce the Government to assist in…
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Muswellbrook to-day is overrun by 19 budding firemen of the junior stage. They heard the call, "Join the Railway and see Australia by night."…
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A high-level bridge is to be built over the Burdekin River between Home Hill and Ayr, in Queensland. It will cost £1,000,000, and will…
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The road bridge across the Hunter River at Hexham, would not be completed for two years, said the Divisional Engineer of the Main Roads Dept. [Mr. J…
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“The responsibilities of the Lower Hunter Shire Council towards sharing the cost of the building of the new Hillsborough…
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In his report to the Lower Hunter Shire Council the shire engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) said that the power grader was…
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MUSWELLBROOK: Major K,. Horne who was in charge of a railway unit in the Middle East and New [?] has been…
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James Porter, aged 20, of Bankstown, slipped from a platform at Central station, Sydney, in front of an approaching electric train. After…
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The road bridge across the Hunter River at Hexham would not be completed for two years, said the Divisional Engineer of the Main Roads…
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The Kearsley Shire Engineer asked the council for instructions as to priority in the repair of roads in the Shire. After considerable deliberation, one…
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At Kurri Kurri Police Court on Wednesday, James Gillon, 19, [?]ded guilty to a charge of [?]ing a [?] cycle in Stanford-Street, Kurri Kurri…
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