Flag Bridge Afternoon
M enjoyable afternoon was spent by many at the first of the second series of flag bridge afternoons run by the Maitland branch of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
1,254 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 63
Scott Street Residents to Get Road Relief Council to Put Street in Order Postman Unable To Deliver After Rain
At last night's meeting of Scone Municipal Council it was decided to give some relief to those residents living in Scott Street by having the street gravelled for its full length…
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Doctors at Brisbane and Mater Hospitals are fighting to save the lives of the victims of last night's tram and bus crash at Woollongabba. Three of…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday, — Eye-witness accounts of the collision between o tram end bus at Woolloongabba late yesterday, when both vehicles caught fire, reveal that the driver of the tram, C. W. Butler, become e blazing torch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Australian Motor Car
RATION-WIDE interest attaches to the early marketing an Australian motor car, and full details of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: An Australian Motor Car Important Conferences In London Vital Week in East-west Relations
LONDON, July 27.—A week vital in the East-West relations began yesterday with two important conferences at the Foreign Office between Anglo-American ambassadors and experts and leading Foreign Office and State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Traffic Disorganised
SYDNEY, Wednesday -“Derailment of an empty electric train at Hornsby to-day blbked the entrance to the shed…
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CESSNOCK, Wed. — Kearsley Shire Council at its meeting last night decided to purchase road making plant at cost of £7000…
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To alleviate the danger to traffic the junction of Regent and Lodsam streets with the main highway West of the Long-Bridge, Maitland…
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MUSWELLBROOK The Municipal Council decided to urge the Regional Development Committee to press for the duplication of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Deaths From Tram-bus Collision Three Women Died Yesterday
The death roll in the bus and tram smash a[?] Woolloongabba (Brisbane) on Monday is now four. In addition to…
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Mr. J. J. Clone advised the Shire Council of the [?] state of [?] road. He said the last repairs made a marked improvement but did not last. Now residents…
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TOKIO, July 29.—An Allied express, carrying Allied troops and other members of the occupation, was derailed south of Kure in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Karuah Road, Lavatories, etc
Karuah Progress Association wrote to the Shire Council at its last meeting stating that the footpath near the school requires gravel and grading About 3 loads of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—A 90-year-old man Stood in front of a moving electric train two months after he was fined £45 and ordered to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Passengers Have “Had” It (To the Editor)
Regular passengers by the 11.15 p.m. train from Newcastle to West Maitland have “had” It. For years the train has been…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Five people ware injured in a collision between two trams at the junction of Anzac Parade and Cleveland…
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The Commissioner for Railways has advised Cessnock Municipal Council that it was impracticable to run the 4 p.m. train from Cessnock earlier to…
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Kearsley Shire Council, at his meeting an Tuesday night, decided to purchase road-making plant at a cost of £7000…
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June issue of "Road Safety," the journal for the Junior Branch of the Road Safety Council, states: Among the many interesting reports…
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