Railway Officer Fatally Injured
Crushed between trucks, William John Parsons, 49, of Georgetown, acting master at Broadmeadow yards, was fatally injured on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
1,325 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 67
Injured In Road Crash
NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—When a car in which they were returning home early this morning and a double-decker [?] collided at the…
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PARIS, November 9.—The world executive of the United Revisionist Zionists, Mr. Myer Grossman, said that the U.S. army in Europe had a complete plan for the shipment of 100,000 Jewish refugees from the United States zone in Germany to Palestine…
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The engineer (Mr. J. Brand) reported to a meeting of the works committee of the Maitland City Council last night that he…
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The estimated cost of renewing idle deciding of St. Peter’s Bridge is £300, the engineer (Mr. J. Brand) reported to the meeting…
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After discussing the position with the departmental engineer and designing draftsman and investigating all objections to the…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—Indian nurses to be sent to train in Australian hospitals will all be girls who at least have passed university…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turn on East Greta Road
An estimate of £740 for improving a turn on the road between Fishery Creek Bridge and East Greta was submitted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reducing Hands In Motor Industry Another Slump In Shares On New York ’Change
NEW YORK, October 10.—Leading issues closed with losses of one to seven dollars on the stock exchange yesterday in the sharpest break for weeks. The market tried to recover from the impact of the ten…
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ONE need not have a great knowledge of traffic conditions in this State to appreciate the growing hazards facing…
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NEW DELHI, November 11.—The slow fuse of India’s murder campaign is approaching ominously close to the north-west frontier. The latest explosion in Meerut, where 50 Moslems were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leader: Road Sense Close Watch in London for Warning Of Plans To Attack Cabinet Ministers And Service Chiefs
LONDON, November 11.— Despite a close watch of the channel ports, there is a possibility that members of the Jewish terrorist Stern gang, who are known to have been in Paris recently, have already reached London, says the “Daily Mail.”…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Japs. to Die Slave-drivers on Death Railway
Pour Japanese have been sentenced to death by the Singapore War Crimes Court and three others sent to gaol. These are the first of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What Road Corrugations Can Do
Cr. D. M. Bell told his fellow-councillors yesterday that the Yarrawa road was so badly corrugated that unless a motorist drove at 50 miles per hour…
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In a special report presented to the Shire Council yesterday, Mr. E. R. Brown (Shire Engineer) referred to proposed works to be carried out next…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arrested at Revolver Point. Detectives Surprise Alleged Train Robbers. Sydney
Two men who are alleged to have thrown goods worth about £200 from a train at Linden, on the Blue Mountains, last night were subsequently…
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At Lower Hunter Shire Council meeting to-day the engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) said that in response to an invitation from…
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“Work is proceeding satisfactory on the Mindaribbs-brdge,” said the engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) at Lower Hunter Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways Show Surplus Of £149,588 Summary Of Commissioner’s Report For The Year
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has presented to the Minister for Transport his report on the operation of the Department of Railways for the year ended 30th June, 1946…
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NEWCASTLE Wed.— Assisting motorists in distress is not a paying game as some men discovered in the Summons Court…
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