Damage to Kearsley Roads. Compensation Claimed
A deputation from Kearsley Shire Council was appointed on Tuesday night to approach the Minister…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,253 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 63
Mortar Bomb in Crashes Motor Cycle
A two-inch mortar bomb was in a military side-car outfit when it collided with a motor bus at the intersection of the…
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NEWCASTLE: Mrs. Kate Weddell 73 of -Mayfield. died in Newcastle Hospital yesterday. She fell while alighting from a tram…
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An appeal by William Richard Watkins Richard against a conviction at West Maitland Court on a charge of driving a motor…
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Messrs Marquet and Watkins, proprietors of Cooreei Motors, Dungog, announce that they can handle all classes of motor and farm machinery…
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CHICAGO, April 4.—The crack Minneapolis ,to Chicago passenger train was derailed at Bowers Grove station, 20 miles from…
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LONDON, April 7.—Northamptonshire’s “flying farmer,” Mr. T. E. W. Tomkins, is so pleased with the result of sowing 50 acres in wheat…
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SYDNEY: While she was crossing the line at Riverstone Station Mrs. Margaret, Hamilton 70, of Campbell-st., Riverstone, was hit…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Three cars left the road at speed and crashed into the bush during the motor car hill climb at…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Whatever recognition was given by the Government to tram and bus employees for their work over the Easter holidays was equally deserved by railway unionists, said the State president of the Australian…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — There were 349,217 motor vehicles registered in New South Wales on March 1, an Increase in 12…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A girl aged [?] was burned to death [?] trapped in wreckage of a [?] caron the Cooma-Bombals [?]…
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SIDNEY. Tuesday.—While attempting to board a tram on the wrong side in Oxford-street, Paddington, last night, a youth, David…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters To The Editor Workmen’s Trams From Kurri Kurri to Weston
Sir,—I would like to reply to Mr. Kembrey’s recent letter in the “Mercury.” The first tram that ran between Kurri and Weston was in…
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The country here since the rains is looking at its best, although the roads are not too good…
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THE conditions of Toads other than highways is causing Local Governing authorities a great deal of…
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The engine and leading car stage of the 1.40 p.m. train from Sydney to Newcastle yesterday were derailed about two miles…
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WINGHAM: The people of the Manning and Nowendoc are agitating for a recent road to link Wingham and Nowendoc…
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The N.S.W. Local Government Association has been advised by the Commonwealth Government, in answer to its representations for an allocation of a substantial share of the petrol tax for local government rads, that a Bill [?] renewal…
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The engine of a crowded passenger train travelling from Sydney to Newcastle was derailed between Morisset and Wyee yesterday afternoon. The engine dragged the leading wheels of the front carriage…
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