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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

1,254 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 63

Mines Blast Train Carrying British Troops 28 Killed and 35 Injured In Palestine Outrage

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 1

JERUSALEM, March 1—Grim-faced troops walked through pools of blood and tore at metal and wood with bare bleeding hands to extricate the dead and wounded in the wreckage of four coaches of the Cairo-Haifa train, which terrorists blew up near Rehoboth,…

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Car Struck Tram

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Roy Cave, 51, and his wife, Rose Cave, both of Ness-avenue, Dulwich Hill, and two other passengers were…

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Found on the Railway Line

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—John Reynolds, 16, of Corana-st., Yarra [?]ay, was found on Sunday afternoon lying on the railway line…

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Hanlon Blames Reds for Railway Strike Labour Council Demands Premier’s Dismissal

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—In his broadcast last night the Queensland Premier, Mr. Hanlan, made a scathing attack on the Communist Party, which he blamed for the Queensland rail strike, and which he declared was trying to…

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Alteration of Anzac Day March Diggers to Commence From Railway

Singleton Argus · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 1

The Anzac Day march route will be altered this year, and will commence from the railway station instead of…

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Queensland Railway Strike. Dispute Extended to Waterfront

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

Reports from Brisbane state that about 19,000 railwaymen, most of whom had been stood down since…

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Railway Pillage on Increase

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Armed guards were now being used by the Railway Department to prevent pillaging from railway trucks, the…

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Two Killed; Motor Cycle and Side Car Smash

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A man and his wife died last night after a motor cycle accident on a lonely riverside road at Sutherland. They were Jack Harris, 35, and Lillion Mary Harris, 39, of Price’s Avenue, Sutherland…

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Did Not Show Railway Ticket To Examiner

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

Raymond James Hannington, 24, traines carpenter, pleaded guilty at West Maitland court yesterday to having used…

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Train Driver May Lose Sight Missile Smashes Window

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

A train-driver's eyes were pierced by fragments of glass when a missile smashed the window of bis cabin on an…

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Hexham Bridge

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 4

At the meeting of The Chamber of Commerce on Monday night last, Mr. Morgan moved that Mr. r. L. Fitzgerald, M.L.A. [?] requested to ask in the House as to the…

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Railway Head Enjoys Show

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 5

Among the official visitors at Maitland Show to-day wore the Assistant Commissioner for Railways (Mr. F. C. Garside) and the…

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Found on Road

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—John Quick, 18, of 68 Cleks Road, Junction, was found [?]ying on the road in Bruce-street, Cook’s Hill, to-day…

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Offer on Colliery Approach Roads Accepted

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 5

The Lower Hunter Shire Council has accepted an offer by the Joint Coal Board to pay the full cost of construction on colliery approach roads during…

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MZDC Seeks Bigger Share of Tax For Roads

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 5

SINGLETON, Friday. — The State Government is to be approached and asked that a greater share of the petrol tax be…

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Coal Board Grants for Road Repairs

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 7

the board has reconsidered its policy of financial aid towards the repair proclaimed roads, and was how prepared to grant 60 per cent. of the…

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Tent Slashing at Camp. Railway Worker Fined £20 and to Pay £50 Compensation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 6

John William O'Neill, (22), a member of a railway gang camped at St. Heliers' Siding, was charged at the Police Court on…

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Support for Railway Ban

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 6

No new freight will be carried by the N.S. Wales railways to or from Queensland after midnight to-night…

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Motor Wheel Found

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 5

West Maitland police are in possession of a motor wheel, tyre and tube from a heavy truck, found at Beresfield about…

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Water Supply For Railway

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 5

SINGLETON, May. — Two officers of the Department of Railways met aldermen of the Municipal Council to discuss…

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