R.S.L. War BridgeAfternoon
In view of the tact that a card afternoon has already been arranged by the Maitland Boys’ High School Women's Auxiliary…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,253 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 63
Replace Miller’s Forest Punt With Bridge Minister Promises To Make Survey, Prepare Plans
RAYMOND TERRACE, Friday—“If we could have our way, every ferry and level crossing in New South Wales would be abolished. It is the objective ot this Government —and I think every government—that they will be abolished…
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The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, announced today the publication of a 48-page booklet illustrating and…
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LONDON. Oct 25. — Many of Britain’s.- biggest development projects will be held over because of the Government's…
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Or, H. W. Morgan, of Pert Stephens Shire Council, told Transport Minister O' Sullivan yesterday that he had a great…
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LONDON, October 25.—Thirty-one people were killed and about 100 injured yesterday when the Tottenham Corner to London Bridge train crashed into the rear of the Haywards Heath to London train in thick fog at 7.36 a.m…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Mr. G. L. Berry, SM, said In the Traffic Court that he would impose heavier penalties on people…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—Charles Carter, an aboriginal pensioner, of Wallaga Lakes, in the Tilba district, was killed when he was…
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LONDON, Oct. 27.—Twenty-three persons were killed outright and one other—an Australian soldier—died in hospital when an Edinburgh-London Express, of a type similar to the “Flying Scotsman,” was derailed at Goswick,…
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Five, people were killed In New South Wales and six in Victoria in week-end accidents…
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Constable Lawrence McNeil, aged 21, son of Mr. Ernest McNeil, newsagent, of Denman, was killed In a road collision near…
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According to a Tweedmouth police report, the death roll in yesterday's train smash at Goswick, where an Edinburgh-London express was derailed, is 18—17 were killed outright and one died in hospital…
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The week-end road toll in New South Wales and Victoria resulted in the death of eleven people, with many victims on the injured list. The most serious accidents involved the death of three…
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LONDON—(Associated Press).— Britain’s “royal” railway man, George, Partridge, has retired after twenty years of speeding kings and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Conductor Assaulted
NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A man who attacked him, and tried to push him off a moving tram had boarded the tram on the…
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South Singleton scored its second victory of the week-end in the match against Railway at Albion Park yesterday afternoon…
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WASHINGTON October 27.—On November 11, a freight train will begin an 11-day Journey from coast to coast to include food gifts for…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Organised motorists are about to join forces with Local Government organisations in presenting a consolidated…
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LONDON, Oct 28. — Officially amended yesterday to 21 the death; roll in the Edinbur[?] London express derailment…
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A soldier jumped from a moving train between Hornsby and Cowan while being escorted from Sydney to West Maitland yesterday afternoon. The…
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