Stern-First Tow Of Motor Ship
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Australian motor ship Reynella, reached Sydney to-day after what is claimed as the record…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,253 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 63
More Cars, But Fewer Types Standardisation Helps Britain's Motor Manufacturing Industry
Only 62 basic models are now being produced by the motor car industry in the United Kingdom, compared with 136 in 1939. In…
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A novel attraction at Maitland speedway in the near future will be races for motor cyclists who have never ridden on a…
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BRISBANE, Saturday.â Six people were killed and 12 injured in a collision between two trains at Tamarce siding, about 100 miles north from Brisbane early to-day. Railway officials, who have been working without let up…
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Important plans to improve conditions for Commonwealth motorists were decided upon at the recent conference in Perth…
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PARIS, Oct 20.—The only British rider to finish in the 12c kilo-metres Dup[?] road race was the Australian. Harold Johnson,…
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In connection with representations for a bridge over the Hunter River at Raymond Terrace, the Minister for Transport and the Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Main Roads Officers Impressed with Gravel Plant Outstanding Job Done by Council's Works Overseer
Main Roads Board officers who visited Singleton last week showed particular interest in the Municipal Council's gravel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motors Collide
SINGLETON, Monday—A car driven by Mr. Ian Hedley, of Abbey Green, Singleton, on Saturday night, collided with a…
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Britain's road safety campaign is showing good results. Figures given by the Ministry of Transport Indicate that the accident totals for this year are a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →C.W.A. Bridge Flag Afternoon
In the CWA Hall, Bulwerstreet, on Thursday afternoon next, October 23, members of the Maitland branch of the Country…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →74 Buses Off the Road in Newcastle Protest Against Court’s Reduction In Wages
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. — Considering that 50,000 people in the Newcastle suburbs and Lakeside areas were inconvenienced by the 24-hour stoppage of drivers of privately owned buses, absenteeism in the coal and steel industries and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Hamilton Knight Is New Conciliation Commissioner Two Railway Men Appointed Also
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—One of the best-kept politicaal secrets in years was disclosed last night with the announcement that the N.S.W. Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Services, Mr. Hamilton Knight, was one of the three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Employee Charged with Manslaughter . Sequel to Train Collision in Queensland
Mervyn Douglas Gilliland, 20, who was night officer at Tamarec Siding when the BrisbaneTownsville mail train crashed…
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STROUD, Wed—Strond Shire Council adopted a recommendation of the finance committee that the district parliamentary representative…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—Speaking to his motion in the Legislative Assembly that select committee be appointed to inqrare into means of minimising road accidents, Mr. Murray Robson (Lib., Vaucluse) said that if the present rate of…
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To Inquire; The flots sod of the Maitland tramway was turned on February ,19 1907, and the service was opened at 7.25 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coroner Probes Telarah Bus Accident Young Woman Killed When Vehicle Left Road
An inquest into the death of Mrs. Doris May Hines, 25, of Homaville, who was killed when a bus ran off the road at Telarah on October 7 was held at West Maitland court house to-day by Mr. W. Priddle, Raymond Terrace…
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Cr. Zeininger moved that a letter be sent to the Main Roads Department asking whether any further development had been reached in the plans…
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The Railway Department has arranged for a special train to leave Muswellbrook, 26th October, in connection with the Diocesan celebration of the…
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