Bandon Grove Bridge Official Opening
The official opening of Bandon Grove bridge will take place on Saturday, 19th June, at 3 p.m. Mr. Toyer, Chairman of the Main Roads Board, will…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
1,254 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 63
Six Cars Collide on Harbour Bridge
Six motor cars collided on the Harbour Bridge on Monday morning and held up traffic to the city for half an hour…
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The Joint Coal Board advised Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day that approval had been given to the allocation of £10,599,8' for the…
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The Cessnock Express, bound for Sydney, crashed into the rear of the' Newcastle Flier, also bound for Sydney, about a mile from Cowan Railway Station shortly before ten o'clock this morning-…
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Retiring after forty years’ service with the South Maitland Railways, Ltd., Mr. Archie Wotton was farewelled by his…
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The Shire Engineer, (Mr. Payten) reported to the meeting of the Port Stephens Shire Council, held on Monday, 7th June: Pacific Highway:—Repairs were carried…
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Lower Hunter Shire Council Is unable to proceed with repairs or renewals to Kilfoyle’s bridge at Lamb’s Greek owing to lack of…
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When the Cessnock Express crashed Into the Newcastle Filer on the Cowan hill yesterday morning, the nerve-shattering…
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KURRI, Thursday.— Norman Bristow, of Adam-st., Heddon Greta, pleaded guilty at Kurri court to-day to a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hexham Bridge Approaches
Port Stephens Shire Council was asked by the Main Roads Department if the council would allow the work on the Hexham…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Escorted Youth Leapt From Train
Police are searching in the Murrurundi district for a youth. aged 17. who escaped from two Child Welfare Department…
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SYDNEY, Friday.âSoon after the body of a man had been found on the rallay hue between. -Tahmoor and Bargo, police (stopped…
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SINGLETON, Friday. — Bernard William Beckett, labourer, was charged at the Singleton Court yesterday, before Mr. J. B…
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MUSWELLBROOK, Friday.—Muswellbrook’s branch of the Railway Institute was opened by Mr. T. J. Hartigan, Commissioner for…
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Ac a meeting of the West Maitland sub-branch of the Australian Railways Union the following motion was carried:—…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday. — The supply of coal for the railways is Very short, the number of stoppages by coalminers during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Statistics for May
The following statistics were to-day issued from the railway for the month of May at Singleton: Tickets issued 3640;…
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Next Saturday will see a fine steel bridge opened by Mr. Toyer, Commissioner for Main Roads. The thermometer will not be at 100 degrees,…
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Apsley Shire Council, re the construction of a road linking Nowendoe to Giro. By doing this construction, not only will a very considerable…
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For having travelled between West Maitland and Broadmeadow on a limited train, Ernest C. Morse, of Howard Smith Chambers, Newcastle,…
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