Wind Proved Nightmare for Train Crews Difficult Task of Getting Train Over McDOUGALL'S HILL
The strong wind which blew up late Saturday afternoon proved a nightmare for Crews of two locomotive engines on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Opening of Short Route to Sydney Correspondence From Main Roads Department
Following representations made from Central Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union on the matter of opening of a shorter…
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The now railway bridge across the Hawkesbury River, which took seven years to construct, was officially opened yesterday by the Premier (Mr. W…
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Premier McKell officially opened the new Hawkesbury Bridge on Monday. The first train to cross was the Wallangarra express…
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Mr. D. Craig, Commissioner of the Department of Alain Roads, has suppliedt he following information to Mr. Baddeley re the agitation by the various…
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ARMIDALE, Tuesday. —Bruce Picone, champion Moree swimmer, who is a student at De La Salle College, Armidale, is one…
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Sir,—Please allow me space in your valuable paper to express my disgust at the state of our country roads in the Kearsley Shire, and the very weak…
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John Citizen Writes: “I was to retested in yours and the NRMA articles on ‘Toll of the Road.’ “The advice was much needed,…
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Full details of the train restrictions, so far as they affect Scone travellers, were obtained to-day from the local…
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Representations by the Central Hunter Couneil of the P.P.U. to Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., for a shorter route from Sydney to the north,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—In its immediate post-war programme the N.S.W. Department of Main Roads plane to spend £1,250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japs. Had.an Eye on Hawkesbury Bridge Disclosure at Opening of Structure
The Hawkesbury River railway bridge was a Japanese priority target during the war, said the Premier (Mr. McKell) in his…
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The industrialisation of Maitland is fast taking shape, with new industries starting almost weekly…
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For the present there would be no additional restrictions on the use of electric power, this being the decision of the State Cabinet after a meeting yesterday. The Premier, Mr. Cahill, said the Cabinet's decision was…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—With severe head injuries, believed to have been caused vt a train, William Murray, 58, a fettler, of…
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For having ridden a motor cycle on Maitland-road, Tarro, on April 13, at a speed exceeding, 30 miles per hour, Frank…
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SYDNEY Thurs.—Sydney and Newcastle will have another tramless weekend this week and trams will cease at 2 p.m…
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The Hawkesbury River railway bridge was a Japanese priority target during the war, said the Premier (Mr. MeKeli) in his…
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NEWCASTLE Friday—Police will intervene, if necessary, to enforce safety regulations for tram and bus travel in Newcastle…
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SYDNEY Friday—“A grain of hope for a better deal for motorists,” is how Mr. .H. I. Johnson, general secretary of the NRMA,…
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