Hillsborough Bridge Dispute Minister Mentions Possibility of inquiry
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 3
The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) informed Lower Hunter Shire Council that construction of Hillsborough Bridge was definitely a boundary work and Kearsley Shire Council could call upon council to enter into…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 2
SINGLETON Thurs.— A municipal council lorry, which was being driven by Mr. John Kenneth Crebert, along Church-street,…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 4
NEWCASTLE.— The Lower Northern Divisional Engineer of the Main Roads Department (Mr. H. Mould) said provisional…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 5
NEWCASTLE Friday—A deputation representing the Lower Hunter Shire waited on the divisional engineer for…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 3
ADELAIDE Thursday— carriages of a train bound from Adelaide to Semaphore were derailed and the engine of a stationary…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 4
SYDNEY Friday.—The State. Government’s plans to use road transport to carry caseptial freight which the Railways…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 3
Road accidents in New South Wales were exceeding those in pre-war years, the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Neale) said last night…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1
The Railway Commissioner, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, is spending a busy time at Muswellbrook to-day. This morning he and members of his party…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1
At the Scone Police Court on Wednesday, Stanley Jones pleaded not guilty, before Mr. A. E. Hodgson, P.M., on a charge of having in…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 5
SYDNEY Friday—The body of Kenneth Truman, 13-year-old absconder from Angle wood special boys home Burradon, was found…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 4
SYDNEY, Friday.—The NRMA has had an enthusiastic response for the motor trade to its appeal for support in its road safety…
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Singleton Argus · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1
The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, expects that new diesel and other trains will be built within 18 months to meet competition of air lines In New South Wales. Mr. Hartigan has authorised the construction of…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 2
SYDNEY Monday.— When a [?]ty truck carrying five people [?] out of control and overturned in the Dangare Leigh road about…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 3
When the motor, car he was driving ran off the road into a gully near Paterson railway station on Saturday night Percy Kent of…
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Singleton Argus · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 2
Some three years ago Mr E. J. Dalley, of Ward's River, became interested in the find of crude oil seeping from the strata tinder the…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 1
Many of the heavy loads of wool, etc., now on the road ure just clearing the subway bridge. However, one carrier, transporting a load of baled…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 3
CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—George Randall, under manager of Aberdare Colliery was charged at Cessnock Court to-day under the…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 3
Dungog's well-known firm of carriers, Messrs. R. G. Berry and Sons, took a 12-ton load of petrol from Newcastle to Tamworth and Moree…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 1
Mr. T. J. Hartigan, Commissioner for Railways and executive officers were entertained by the Railway Ball Committee and…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 4
The Railway Ball, held on Friday last, attracted an attendance of about 550 dancers. The ball was opened by Mr. T. J. Hartigan, C.M.G.,…
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