Stop Press Killed by Tram
SYDNEY Tues. — A truck driver who has not yet been Identified was killed when a train arid a truck collided at a level…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
1,325 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 67
New Railway Works
SYDNEY Tues.— The Minister for Transport (Mr. O. Sullivan) said to-day that legislation to authorise the construction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Took Clothes From Motor Car Youth Sentenced To 12 Months
John Thomas Lawson 19, Pleaded guilty at West Maitland court yesterday to having at West Maitland on April 10 stolen…
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Working at a furious pace, railwaymen constructed a loop around the wrecked train near Paterson in time to allow the…
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At a meeting of Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day, Cr. L. F. Monkley moved that the engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) be instructed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Today’s Reader: A Better Railway Service Surprise Move Blocks The Persian Case Security Council Decides To Tackle Spanish Question (A.A.P. Service)
NEW YORK April 17. — The Security Council decided to tackle the controversial Spanish question to-day after the Secretary-General’s surprised move yesterday temporarily blocked the Persian case…
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THE decision on the part of the Railway Department and South Maitland Railways Pty. Ltd., to establish a daily…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Strike
LONDON April 16—Palestine railways were brought to a standstill when all employees struck in sympathy with the postal and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Railway Plans for Sydney £24,000,000 Involved
Plans for the expenditure of £24,000,000 on a huge city and suburban electric railway scheme were announced by the Premier…
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The fireman was killed when the engine and leading vans of the Milk Express from Taree to Sydney were derailed between Paterson and Kilbride on…
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“It is learned from the Kearsley Shire Council that signed agreements have been exchanged between the two councils in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“We Didn’t Have A Case” Hillsborough Bridge Deputation
“The Minister told us straight we didn’t have a case to put before him, and, after hearing what he had to say, quite agree…
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The State Government is to build a new electric railway in Sydney at a cost of £30,000,000. Before this work should be put…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Merriwa Rail Motor Derailed
The rail motor passenger train travelling from Merriwa to Muswellbrook was derailed at Roxburgh, 11 miles from its destination on Tuesday…
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In the Legislative Assembly, in reply to a question, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Sullivan) said It was the intention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Soaks District Roads Damaged Farmlands Inundated
Rain commenced to fall on Sunday night and has been continuous ever since. On Monday 46 points were registered to 9 a.m., Tuesday 468,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flooding Causes Accident Goods Train Derailed Fireman Killed
On Monday night last at 10.45 p.m. a fatal accident occurred seven miles north of Patertson, when a fruit and milk train, travelling to Sydney, was…
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After reaching a maximum height of 32 ft. at the Belmore Bridge, West Maitland, last night, the Hunter River…
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Due to a washaway on the line north of Paterson this morning, passengers on the second division of the Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Hits Cattle
SYDNEY.— When a train crashed into a mob of cattle near Goulburn early yesterday morning, the engine was derailed…
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