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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1947

1,253 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 63

Curtailing Morpeth Train Service

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 17 September 1947 · page 3

The railway authorities are considering curtalim at of the train passenger [?] between East Maitland and [?]…

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Railway Statistics for August

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 September 1947 · page 2

Railway statistics at Singleton for the month of August were as follow: Tickets issued 3076, coaching revenue £1492, goods revenue £1037,…

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Noxious Weeds on Roads

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 4

The Minister for Local Government has Informed Lower hunter Shire Council, through Mr. A. Howarth, MLA, that…

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Protest Against Train Cut

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 7

Morpeth Progress Association last night decided to protest against the proposed curtailment of the train service to Morpeth…

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Increased Cost of Road

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 6

CESSNOCK: The construction the Laguna-Yango Creek road had been completed at the cost of £1886, the engineer (Mr. Grattan)…

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Relaying “Death” Railway

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 3

PERTH, Thursday.—The permanent way of the notorious “Railway of Death” between Burma and Siam, built by Allied…

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Laguna Yango Greek Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 2

The construction of the road from [?] to Yango Greek has now been [?] at a [?] the engineer, Mr. L. Grathan, informed Kearsley…

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“Fireside Chat” In Road Safety

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. H. E. Richards, NRMA assistant secretary, who has been visiting England to study motoring…

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Training Dogs in Road Sense

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The NRMA has been advised of a move in London to train dogs in road sense in order to remove the…

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Many Availed Themselves of Special Show Train

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 4

So great was the number which travelled on the special show train from Newcastle yesterday that it was necessary to attach two extra…

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Tomalla-gloucester Road Still in Abeyance

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 2

Residents of the Tomalla and "Tops" country are still no further ahead with regard to an outlet from Tomalla to Gloucester as has been…

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Speeding Motor Vehicles. Council Concerned

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 10

Ald. Ivor Smith told the council that he had been requested by a number of mothers to draw attention to the speed at which some of the…

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Railway Institute Eisteddfod

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 6

The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, said that the 19th annual Railway Institute Eisteddfod will be held in Sydney from 15th to…

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Fined for Motor Breach

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 5

SINGLETON, Friday. — John George Skinn, of 5 Goulburn-street, Singleton, pleaded guilty at the Singleton court yesterday of…

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Sandy Hollow Railway

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 6

MUSWELLBROOK: Thirty favourable replies have been received from members of Parliament and public bodies in…

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Motor Displays C.H GERNER

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 September 1947 · page 5

On display at this stand were the Chrysler-Plymouth sedan, Morris 10 sedan, 8-40 Morris roadster, Fargo utility, all of which attracted…

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Recent Weddings Bridge—Luxford

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 4

St. Paul’s Church of England was me setting for a picturesque wedding on August 16, when Vivian, youngest daughter of Mr…

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Assault Victim Found on Road at E. Maitland

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 3

With marks on his head, indicating that he had been kicked a man was found lying on the road in a semi-conscious condition…

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Motor Car Materials

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sat.—The Federal Government would do everything possible to increase supplies of raw material needed in…

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Massacre on Refugee Train

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 September 1947 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Sept. 22 The sword-slashed bodies of 62 children, 29 women and 30 men were removed from a Moslem refugee-train when it arrived in Pakistan from New Delhi yesterday…

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