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Railways, roads & transport, 1947

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

Roads Free Of Fatal Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 December 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—There has not been a single fatal road accident in N.S.W. since Christmas Eve…

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Motor Cycle And Car Collide

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 December 1947 · page 2

NEWCASTLE. Monday.—A motor cyclist and p[?]lian rider were injured when their cycle and a car collided near the Warner’s Bay…

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Motor Cycle Fell Into Culvert

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 December 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.— Mrs. Gladys Reid, 40, of Woodburn Road, Lidcombe, received Injuries to her right shoulder,…

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Three Injured In Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 29 December 1947 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday. — Three men were admitted to Newcastle General Hospital on Saturday night after being involved in a collision…

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Girl Fell on Train Buffers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1947 · page 2

NEWCASTLE. Gladyn Dodd, 16, of Groves-street, Waratah, suffered slight concussion and shock last night when she fell…

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Body Found On Railway

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— The police are seeking to Identity the Body of a young man, aged 20 to 25 years, which was found…

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Struck By Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 30 December 1947 · page 3

SINGLETON; Tuesday.—Mr. G. Kime, of Bathurst-street, Singleton, received slight head injuries on Christmas Eve when he was…

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Jumped in Front of Train

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY. Wed.—An unidentified man was killed instantly to-day when he Jumped from son overhead bridge at Petersham in front of a…

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“Japanese Troops Worked On Burma-Siam Railway” Received Same Treatment As Allied Prisoners, Says Tojo

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 2

TOKIO, December 31. — Giving evidence before the Allied War Crimea Tribunal, former Japanese Premier, General Tojo, claimed that Japanese troops bad worked alongside Allied prisoners on the Burma-Siam railway and…

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Railway Gates At Martin’s Creek

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 2

The Railway Department has notified the Wallarobba Shire Council that inquiries are being made into the request of council…

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Explosion of Rocket Motor Still a Mystery

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 1

LONDON, December 31—Secrets of the German rocket motors, during a test of which two British experts and one German V -weapon pioneer lost heir lives in an explosion at the Government research station at Westcott on November 14, were disclosed at the inquest yesterday…

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Trams Collide

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When two trams collided yesterday afternoon on- the Esplanade, Balmoral, Maxwell Johnstone, of…

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Communications Vital To Chiang Kai-Shek But 62 Per Cent of China’s Railways Are Disrupted

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 4

NANKING (Associated Press).—For a clear picture of [?] China’s apparently endless civil war, a map of the nation [?] vital rail communications tells more than a thousand reports of battles fought or cities won or lost…

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International Motor Show

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 3

GENEVA (Associated Press) [?] The 18th international motor show of Geneva will open here on March 11, 1948, in three large…

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