New Railway Lighting
MUSWELLBROOK : The new electric light installation at the railway station has been completed. It comprises 44 poles ranging…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,253 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 63
Hexham Bridge
During the week, Mr. Dennis, Head of the Bridge Construction Branch of the Main Roads Dept. made an inspection of the work now being done on the…
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BLAYNEY, Thursday.â Vincent, Mexon, a steam-shovel driver in a railway construction gang, was killed by a train. His mutilated…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man, who has not yet been identified, was decapitated by an electric train at Auburn railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Penalty Rates Would Cost £670,000 Extra Railway Officer’s Evidence In Arbitration Court
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Time and a half for Saturday work and double time for Sundays would cost the New South Wales railways a total of more than £670,000 a year, a railway official stated in the Federal Arbitration Court…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Traffic Superintendent (Mr. Fraser) stated that no more leniency would shown to motorists by the police…
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MUSWELLBROOK: The Municipal Council forwarded to the Shire Council copy of a letter from the Air Taxis Services,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Monster Swimming Carnival at Booral Bridge
A Monster Swimming Carnival will be held on Saturday. February 22, at Booral Bridge, when teams from various centres will compete for the Dunn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Public Telephone For Mt. View Road
The P.M.G. (Senator Cameron) bus forwarded (the following reply to Mr. R. James on his appeal for a public telephone at Mt. View Road:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Traffic Blocked. Merriwa-cassilis-coolah
Road traffic between Merriwaand Cassilis is blocked owing to the impassable condition of the road near Bow. Traffic on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strengthening of Timber Structures on Roads Carrying Heavy Timber Traffic
Haulage of timber from the State Forests which are situated on the eastern and northern boundaries of the Shire is increasing. The Salisbury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Buffet in March
According to information received by Cessnock Council on Tuesday night, a buffet service on the Cessnock…
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Railway employees from Dungog, Kempsey, all sections and branches of the Central North Coast, will hold their annual picnic on Monday, 17th…
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The Guyra "Argus" in referring to the fact that another lot of surveys has been commenced on the Glen Innes to Dilkoon proposed railway section…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Killed When Motor Cycle Crashed Into Tree
When the motor cycle they were riding crashed into a tree, Robert Arthur Hayward, 23, of Wingham, and Arthur Clement Davis, 28, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abnormal Railway Thieving
Abnormally heavy thieving of railway property had taken place during the past year, said Sergeant Smith, at Coffs Harbor Police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flying Motor Car Successfully Tested in U.S.A.
A flying motor car—the "Airphibian"—has recently undergone test flights at Connecticut (U.S.A.). Designed and built by R. E. Fulton…
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A motor car owned by Moorhouse Bros. Pty. Ltd., of Pitt-street, Sydney, was stolen yesterday afternoon between 3.45…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—It was stated In the Full Arbitration Court that penalty rates for week-end work would probably…
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Representatives from the Chamber of Commerce, the Pastures Protection Board, and the two local, governing bodies, the…
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