Motorists’ Safety Campaign
SYDNEY Saturday.— Support all members of the motor trade is being bought by the NRMA In Its road safety publicity…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
1,325 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 44 of 67
Mrs. Roosevelt Involved In Motor Accident
NEW YORK August 17—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who had two her front teeth knocked out a motor accident, says she Is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Damages Bridge
Fire slightly damaged the decking of a bridge in North Avenue, Cessnock, yesterday. Cessnock Brigade extinguished the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Story of Gardner's Capture Trap Laid for "King of the Road" (Concluding)
It was fitting that the arrest of Gardner, who had created such excitement in the minds of the people, should have been accomplished under similar conditions. How the authorities ascertained that the outlaw was located at Apis Creek was never…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Says Miners May Cut More Coal If Allocated To NSW Railways
SYDNEY Monday—The State secretary the Locomotive Enginemen’s Union (Mr. E. J. Harrison, MUG) said last night he…
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Proceedings were taken at West Maitland court to-day by a railway traffic Inspector against a number of defendants for having…
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For having exceeded the speed limit John Hasset. of Church-st., West Maitland, was fined £5 with 5/8 costs at West Maitland court…
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A deputation comprising Ald. D. R. Mackay (Mayor of Dungog), Cr. I. Livermore, of Gloucester Shire Council; Ald. H. T. Skilton, Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Part of Goods Train Plunges Into Gorge
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tuesday—A locomotive and two waggons of a goods train were hurled into the river when struck by a huge fall of rock in Manawata gorge early to-day…
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SYDNEY Tuesday—Road accidents in New South Wales were exceeding those in prewar years, the Commissioner for Road…
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CESSNQCK Tuesday — The road between Pelaw Main and. Stanford Merthyr has been closed for 10 years due to an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Part of Train Hurled Into Gorge. Auckland
A locomotive and two waggons of a goods train were hurled into a river when struck by a huge fall of rock in Manawata Gorgo early to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →85 p.c. of Wool for Newcastle Carried by Road
Eighty-five per cent, of the wool reaching Newcastle is being carried by road transport. Some lorries are carrying 57 bales bales on each trip…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Railway of Death." Compensation for Builders? British-siamese Talks. London
The Siamese Government has offered to buy the Bangkok-Moulmein railway, known to thousands of prisoners who worked on it as, "The Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Branch Of Railway Institute
MUSWELLBROOK: .Mr. Anderson, of the Railway Institute, visited Muswellbrook recently for the purpose of malting arrangement…
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LONDON, August 20.—The Siamess Government has offered to buy the Bangkok-Moulmem railway, known to thousands Of Australian prisoners who worked on has “the railway of death say the “Duly Mail.”…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plastic Lines on Roads
Instead of painting white lines on roads to keep traffic on the correct side—a safety measure that has paid good dividends—a new…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Travelled on Wrong Train
NEWCASTLE Wed. — On June 8 a number of people of Waratah railway station did not heed a warning not to board a train as it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Battery Motor Cars in Britain
In Australia, little if any progress has been made during the last decade in regard to the use of battery-electric motor vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Offer To Buy "Railway Of Death"
The Siamese Government has offered to buy the Bangkok-Moulmein railway, known to thousands of prisoners of war who worked on it as…
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