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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

1,325 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 67 of 67

Road Dedication at Bubs Farm

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 December 1946 · page 1

Mrs. W. J. Anderson asked the Port Stephens Shire Council, to have Cedar Roads, at Bob's Farm dedicated as a public road…

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To-day’s Leader: The importance of Good Roads U.S. Profits From Work of Former Nazis Saves Much Time and Money On Rocket Research

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 December 1946 · page 1

WASHINGTON (Associated Press)—Ah estimate that German and Austrian scientists have saved the United States more than £225,000,000 in basic research on rockets alone was made by the U.S. War Department in announcing that…

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Killed by Train

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sat. — An unidentified man was killed Instantly last night at Summer Hill railway station. He was hit by a “through” train…

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Amazing Escapes In London Train Smash

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 December 1946 · page 1

LONDON, December 28.—Only one person was badly injured and another treated for shock when the engine and 12 coaches of the Bournemouth to London express, travelling at 50 miles an hour, left the rails passing by Fleet station…

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Found Dead in Motor Car

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 31 December 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Edgar Samuel Mawson, 75, senior partner in the Cooma legal firm of Blaxland, Mawson and Rose, was…

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