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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

1,254 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 63

Tomago Road (To the Editor)

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 6

Sir.—In your issue of "The Examiner" dated 29th April, there appeared a report on Tomago Road, This report seemed to indicate that Cr. Morgan thinks Tomago road…

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High Level Bridge Sought At Melville Ford

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 4

Kearsley Shire Council advised Maitland Milk Zone Dairymen’s Council last night that it did not oppose further…

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Shoal Bay Road Not Council's Responsibility

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 5

The proprietor of the Shoal Bay Country Club complained to the Port Stephens Shire Council at its recent meeting about the state of the Shoal Bay road…

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Motor Workers On Strike

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 1

DETROIT, May 18.—Approximately 76,000 Chrysler employees walked off the .Job yesterday in the first major antomublle…

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Kulnura Road Again Discussed

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 1

Branch delegates of the Central Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union, at a meeting held yesterday…

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Producers Want Road Repaired

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 3

SINGLETON, Friday.— Mr. D’Arcy Rose, MLA, is to be approached by the Central Hunter District Council of the Primary…

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Scone Branch Road Safety Council

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 2

A meeting of the Scone branch of the Road Safety Council was held at the Ambulance Station on Friday last. Mr. W. T…

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Went Off Road in Fog

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Friday.— John Lethbridge, of Wollombi, a shiftman employed at Maitland Main colliery, was admitted to hospital with head…

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Boys Wanted To Train As Army Tradesmen

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 4

To provide the Australian, regular army with a supply of first-class tradesmen, the army is calling for applications from…

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Tragic Death of Cliff Russell. Found Dead on Road Near Leadville

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 2

Not for many years had the whole district been so profoundly moved when the news came through that Mr. Clifford Russell, son of Mr. and…

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Road Stock in Better Condition Than Railed Lots District Conditions Summed Up by Stock Inspector

Singleton Argus · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 2

Once again, rain which fell in the early part of this month negatived some of the information in the monthly report…

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Brazen Theft of Electric Motors District Farmers The Victims

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 1

Electric motors are not only expensive, but are still in very short supply. These facts combined no doubt induce thieve to…

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Women Jump From Burning Tram

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.— Screaming women leaped through flames to safety from a tram which caught fire in Alison-road, Randwick,…

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Youth Killed on Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday.— The district coroner (Mr. Alex Morrision) yesterday concluded an inquest into the death of William…

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Railway Revenue At Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 4

SINGLETON, Friday.—Singleton railway reevnue for month ending on April 30, totalled £4466…

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Killed By Fall From Train

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sat.—Francis James Brown, 24 clerk, of Bass Hill, was killed instantly when he fell from an electric train near…

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Electric Motors Stolen

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 2

The theft of two 10 h.p. and one 5 h.p. electric motors from farmers' water pumping plants in Tamworth district was reported to the police on…

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Thefts From Railways

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday.—In co-operation with this N.S.W. CIB. Queensland police have smashed a pillaging racket…

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Melville Ford Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 3

Port Stephens Shire Council has decided to co-operate in a movement to the construction of a bridge at Melville Ford expedited…

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Car Hit by Train

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 4

MELBOURNE Monday.—When a motor ear was hit by an electric train Hear Fawkner Station (Melbourne), last night, the sole…

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