Sm Railway’s Final Social for the Year
The final social evening of the South Maitland Railways sub branch of the FEDFA held in the Maitland Park Bowline Club…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,253 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 63
Replacing The Belmore Bridge
Maitland City Council decided last night to advise the Department of Main Roads that Monday next would be a suitable date for…
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SHANGHAI, Dec. 17.—Allegations that Russia has agreed to equip and train 11 Chinese Communist divisions for the North China war have been made by the Chinese newspaper, “Wahkiu Yat Pao.”…
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THE annual report of the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan), just made available, provides…
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LONDON, December 17.—Political leaders in Western Germany who met last night in Frankfurt to take stock of the breakup up of the “Big Four” conference in London, have drafted rough plans for a democratically elected Government dedicated to “the…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—More than 3000 railwaymen marched to the Exhibition Ground, near the Central Railway Station, shortly…
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Maitland City Council last nigh decided to co-operate with Newcastle City Council in requesting the New South Wales…
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There will be no special trains for the Christmas holiday traffic in New South Wales if the A.R.U. imposes its proposed ban on overtime from midnight to-morrow. The Federal Secretary of the A.R.U. (Mr. J. F. Chapple)…
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Cr. Morgan, (at the last meeting of the Shire Council), said the type of gravel used on the roads was not satisfactory He asked the Engineer to investigate the…
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All main roads were now surfaced and no resurfacing would be required for probably two years, the shire engineer (Mr…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Following a promise by the chief Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. Mooney, that the Conciliation Commissioner Murray Stewart (who handles railway matters) would give his judgment on the men’s claims in…
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Plans and estimates for the construction of Liister's bridge on the Millfield-Mt. Vincent road, were…
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[?] in the same motion was the additional amount of £3000 to tar the Rouchel road for a further five miles…
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Minmi Progress Association complained to Lower Hunter Shire Council that the main road, Minmi, was in such a bad state…
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Following a deputation from the Soldiers' Settlement at Kurri Kurri on Tuesday night, Kearsley…
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It costs £1150 per mile to lay bitumen on a road where there has to be complete regravelling; said Mr. A…
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AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE UPPER HUNTER SHIRE COUNCIL, ESTIMATES FOR NEXT YEAR'S EXPENDITURE WERE SUBMITTED BY THE SHIRE CLERK, MR. P. E. MAY. WHEN CONSIDERATION WAS BEING GIVEN TO WORKS EMBRACED BY THE ESTIMATES, COUNCILLOR W. DALTON, WHO WAS SUPPORTED BY…
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In his report on the operations of the Department of Railways for the year ended 30th June, 1947, the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J…
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A serious accident occurred on Monday morning last, when a car, driven by Mr. J. Stapleton, of Koolbury, skidded and…
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SINGLETON: The Main Roads Department is to be asked by the Singleton Muncipal Council to erect danger signs at the approach to…
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