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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

1,254 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 63

Motor Traffic Breaches

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 3

Ronald Cecil Gillis, of Vacy, was fined £2, with 8/ costs by Mr. W. C. Avery, S.M., at West Maitland court for having permitted an…

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Aerodrome Site

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 2

When Aid A. M. Porter asked at the meeting of Maitland City Council last night if anything further had been done in regard to the…

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Belmore Bridge Conference

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 3

No date has yet been fixed for the conference between the Department of Main Roads and Maitland City Council in regard to site for new…

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Squashed Grasshoppers Stopped Train From Running

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 3

The Barraba passenger train arrived at Tamworth three hours 20 minutes late yesterday morning as a result of…

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Ferodale Roads

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

Mr. S. T. Black, wrote to the Shire Council on the condition of the Ferodale roads. He referred to the traffic on the swamp road. Mr. Payten, he said, had promised…

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Access Road To Yango Creek

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

CESSNOCK: Following a preliminary investigation of the timber potentialities of the Yango Creek area, the department of…

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5 Dead; 44 Injured In Train Smash

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

MONTREAL, Jan. 15 Five persons were killed and 44 injured, four seriously, when a Candian National…

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Hopes of Tram Strike Settlement

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Hope of a settlement in the tramway dispute has been reached since the Federal Council of the…

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Yango Greek Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

Following a preliminary investigation of the timber potentialities of the Yango Creek area, the Department of Lands…

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Departure Time of Goods Train Altered

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 8

For the benefit of those who may not be aware that the time for the departure of the goods train from Merriwa on Tuesdays and Thursdays…

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N.S.W. Govt. Railways Summary of Annual Report for 1946-47

The Scone Advocate · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 4

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, C.M.G., has presented to the Minister for Transport his report on the…

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Railwaymen Resume in Victoria Government’s Strong Stand

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday—Normal brain services ran this morning following the ending of the transport hold up and frams are expected to run on Monday after a fornight’s…

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Killed in Motor Cycle Accident

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

SINGLETON.—The inquest into the death of Hugh. Clarence Paxton, of Newcastle who was killed when his motor cycle…

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Melbourne Tram Strike "Off" Government Attempting to Curb Communist Activities

Singleton Argus · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 4

Normal train services ran in Melbourne this morning following the ending of the "transport hold-up. and trams arc expected to run on Monday after a fortnight's tie-up. Employees at Newport powerhouse went back to work and…

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No New Train For Mill Workers

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 2

Representations were recently made by Mr. A. Howarth, MLA, on behalf of Burlington Mills employees, who live on the…

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Union Split Follows Melbourne Tram Strike

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday. — Dissatisfaction with the handling of the Melbourne tram strike, which ended yesterday, has widened the split between Communist and anti-Communist elements in the Tramway Employees’…

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Train Passenger Fined

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 3

Gordon Alexander Goodwin, of Bridge-street, Homeville, pleaded not guilty at West Maitland court to-day to having used offensive…

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Aerodrome Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 3

Mr. Audrey Wilkinson, who has taken the matter of the Pokolbin aerodrome road up with Mr. R. James, M.H.R., has…

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Pokolbin Aerodrome Road (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 1

Sir,—I enclose herewith' for publication a copy of a letter I have addressed to Mr. R. James, M.H.R.:—…

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Motor-cycle Smash Three Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 3

When two motor-cycles and a car collided on Neath hill last night, three young men were injured. The…

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