£150 Grant For Dog Hole Road
The Joint Coal Board advised Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day day that it would make a grant of £150 for 160 for the repair of Dog…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,253 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 63
Prime Minister Speaks in Support of Matter of Country Roads Reply to Member for Robertson
In the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) replying to a question from Mr. Tom Williams,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The NSW Railways Department expects to have two of the most modern trains in the southern…
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PARIS, April 30.—Nearly all the 31,000 automobile workers engaged in the Renault plant have commenced an unauthorised strike for…
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NEWCASTLE, Wed.—For trespass on the railway at Carrington, Norman Mitter, of Hudson street, Hamilton, was fined £2 with 3/ costs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Manhunt on in London Motor Cyclist Shot Dead; Two Others Assaulted
London's great manhunt for the three masked gunmen who shot and killed a motor cyclist when he intercepted them as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Water Conservation, A "Baby" 40 Years Ago, Had Real Birth In 1940 Road to Realisation Was Not Built in a Day Agitation Has Been by Great Men
Water conservation in the Hunter Valley, particularly by means of Glenbawn Dam, has been a burning question in election propaganda in recent weeks, and although many claims have been made as to who was responsible, the fact is that water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seamen Desert Motor Ship on Point of Sailing
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Less than 15 minutes before the Blue Funnel line motor ship Orestes war due to leave for Britain this morning with a fall cargo, three British seamen ran off the vessel, which had to be taken to anchor at Watson’s Bay. This is the second [?] within a…
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During the session when the kearsley Council met a deputation from the Businessmen's Club on Tuesday night Mr. W. Pickering of kurri kurri,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Britain Building Aluminium Bridge
Britain is about to build the world's first aluminium moving-span bridge, to be erected over the River Wear in the North of England…
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Britain is about to build the world's first aluminium moving-span bridge. It Will be erected over the River Wear in the North of England…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Department Building Glamour Carriages Brightening Country Trains
The Railway Department is now building glamor cars for new country trains. The Commissioner for Railways, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Fatality at Cessnock
CESSNOCK, Saturday.—Hit by a train near Cessnock station last night, William Edward Crump, 50, of Love-street, Cessnock, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Re-opening [?] London’s Tower Bridge
LONDON, May 3.—Three watches, each comprising 16 men from the Royal Navy, will from to-day prepare London’s Tower…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fell 20 Feet On Motor Cycle
NEWCASTLE, Sat.—While trying put a motor cycle last night a would-be buyer and his companion crashed through a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reducing Road Risks
ONE of the first signs of the end of die war, so far as Australia was concerned, was a steady increase in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →14 Killed; Over 60 Injured in Train Disaster May Day Picnic Excursion Special Derailed
BRISBANE, Monday.—Fourteen persons were killed and over 60 injured when a train was detailed near Camp Mountain, about 20 miles from Brisbane, this morning. It was g special laden with members of the Customs and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Leader: Reducing Road Risks New Chinese Premier Explains Loan Needs
RANGOON, May 5.—An American loan is coessential for economic rehabilitation and reconstruction of China, General Cheng Chung,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Raid on Wharf Road Derelicts
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.— On Saturday night Sergeant J. Downle set out to clear Whart Road of its [?] in the police court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Train Disaster Victims Trapped For Hours
Sixteen people are known to be dead and more than 35 have been injured in Australia's worst train…
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