Soldier Falls Under Train
A soldier who returned from Japan on Saturday had his left arm almost severed last night when be fell under an electric train at Town Hall railway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,253 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 63
The Railway Excursions
Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. [?]. has announced that arguments had been made for excur[?]kets to be issued (at single…
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The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announced to-day that arrangements had been made for excursion tickets to be issued…
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Repair work on flood damaged roads was proceeding very slowly owing to employees being taken off to attend to other work referred to…
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NEWCASTLE, Wed. — Bert McMahon, about 50, of George street, Mayfield, BHP employee, dies on the way to hospital after…
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SYDNEY, Wed.— A motor cycle and sidecar owned by the PMG’s department was stolen from outside Mosman post office last night…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Four men were killed in train and tram tragedies in New South Wales yesterday…
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ACCORDING to the Road Safety Council the pedestrian group of road users have the highest casualty rate of…
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At Monday's meeting of Warrah Shire Council the President (Cr. Perkins) again brought up the matter of having some sort of…
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ADELAIDE, Friday. — Higher tra[?] fares were inevitable to offset rising operation costs of Adelaide trams, said the…
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The annual picnic conducted by the Stroud Road P. and C. Association on Saturday, 24th May, was a splendid success. The weather wag fine and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Services May Be Cut Immediate Need For Extra Coal
The Railways Department will cut week-end steam passenger services drastically from June 6, unless it gets more coal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leader: Road Hazards World’s Peace Rests Largely on Indian Problem
LONDON, May 30. — Britain’s Foreign Minister, Mr. Ernest Bevin, is hoping, “but only hoping,” that by November the “Big Four” shall have said so much to one another that “we shall be tired of talking and we shall agree instead.”…
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One of the worst road hazards. in Maitland, especially at night time, is to be found between the hospital and the Long Bridge…
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A 71-year-old woman, who fell while alighting from a train at Beresfield yesterday morning fractured her left thigh…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Three people were killed—one at a railway level crossing—in week-end road accidents. When the Toolamba-Eucha mail train hit a car at Wyuna level crossing, Kyabram, on Sunday afternoon,…
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A big two-ton lorry load of cauliflowers failed to reach Newcastle market intact to-day when the load commenced to shift on…
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NEWCASTLE,. Tuesday.— The Principal of Newcastle Technical College (Mr. R. Basden) stated the annual prize-giving last…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Faced with an annual loss by theft of goods valued at £200,000 from trains, railway officials are co-operating with the police in stepping up the campaign to combat pillaging…
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Robert Gordon Astill was charged before Mr. G. Berry P.M., at Cessnock this morning, with driving a motorcycle without a license, and with carrying a…
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