Railway Quiz Booklet Form
The Department of Railways has issued a [?]6 pages illustrated booklet entitled "Railway Quiz," which sets sets cut in non technical language, a wide…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
1,325 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 67
Subside Sought on Tram-bus Losses
CANBERRA, Tuesday. — An application by NSW Government for a subsidy of approximately £400,000 to balance losses on…
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Sir,—The Railway Commissioner is surprised at the interest shown by the man in the street on railway matters, but most…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A record toll of £1,244 was collected from the 88,685 vehicles which crossed the Sydney Harbour…
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The proposed site of the new Melville Ford Bridge was inspect last week by Lower Hunter Shire Engineer (Mr. W. R…
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Stroud Shire Council at its last meeting received a letter from Wanning Shire asking whether council was yet in a…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Dealing with the financing of road works other than main road works from additional appropriation of the…
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Before the eyes of a man who had shouted a warning to him, Michael Farley, 74, was run down and killed by an electric train at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Declines To Spend Money On Bridge Footway
A request from the Main Roads Board asked tower Hitter council to consider providing portion of the cost of a…
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A representative of the police is to be Invited to next meeting of Maitland City Council to confer with council in regard to a…
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NEWCASTLE. Wed. — five motorists were lined in all 4 exceeding the 30. miles Speed limit, in the police court to-day…
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At the meeting of the Pastures Protection Board yesterday Dir. B. S. Ball raised the question of the high rate of railway freight on irrigation…
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Treasury officials at Canberra are investigating, an application by the New South Wales Government for a subsidy of approximately £400,000 to…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—For an hour yesterday afternoon peak hour suburban train traffic was dislocated by the de[?] of…
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At the Stroud Shire Council meeting, Cr. Gibbons read a letter he had received from residents of Bunyah asking for the…
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Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gorbon, recent proprietors of the Cascade Cafe West Maitland, who have been in business here for many…
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A chartered aeroplane crashed in a snowstorm three miles west of Laramie, Wyoming (U.S.A.), killing 10 passengers and a crew of three…
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IT WAS RECENTLY STATED by the Premier (Mr. McKell) that he had £8,000,000 which he could not expend owing to…
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SINGLETON, Friday.—Patrick Plains shire engineer (Mr. A. W. McIntyre) presented to yesterday’s meeting the Main Road…
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The Shire Engineer (Mr. A. W. Mclntyre), in the course of his report to the monthly meeting yesterday, said he could see no possibility of…
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