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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

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Stainless Steel Railway Coaches New

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 6

Stainless steel railway coaches now being built in Britain will be added to the nation's export list if plans…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle TUESDAY, 20th JANUARY, 1948. Australian Railways Union. Muswellbrook Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook sub-branch of the Australian Railways Union was held on the 18th inst. and was well attended…

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Tram Loan for Strike Pay

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE: The Tramway Employees Association has mortgaged inscribed stock worth several thousand pounds to raise…

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Road Transport Of Motor Bodies

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 3

Large trailers engaged in the road transport of motor bodies from South Australia to Queensland have passed through Maitland…

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One For The Road

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 4

What kind of book would you like. Mrs Smith? Something light? It doesn’t matter. I have…

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Railway Trucks Reduced

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY Wed—One Immediate [?] [?] the Railways Commissioner, Mr Hartigan that…

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Competition Against the Railways

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE. — Alexander Marshall, of Durham-road, Lambton, was fined £5, with 8/ costs, and was ordered to pay £3/16/…

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Rosebrook Road W Be Repaired

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 4

Following a report by the Shire engineer (Mr. W. R Lindsey) Lower Hunter Shire Council decided that work on the Maitland vale…

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Railways at Work

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 1

The Railways has issued a very instruc[?] and interesting work on the operations of the railways, from the day of the first train up to the present time. The brochure…

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£3410 Allotted to Shire for Road Repairs Settlement for Damage of Shire Roads by Service Vehicles

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 8

A letter was before councillors of the Patrick Plains Shire at their monthly meeting yesterday, to the effect…

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Many Motorists Defying Petrol Rationing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 2

There is ample evidence that a large percentage of the motoring public does not subscribe to the national outlook on the latest…

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Stainless Steel Railway Coaches Now First Goes Into Service on Britain's Railways

Singleton Argus · Friday 23 January 1948 · page 2

Stainless steel railway carriages now being built in Britain will be added to the nation's export list if plans now…

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Proposed Forster Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1948 · page 3

At Monday's meeting of the Manning Shire Council, Cr. Machin brought up the matter of the proposed Forster-Tuncurry bridge. He…

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Train Post Office for North Coast

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1948 · page 3

After years of agitation, the North Coast, or at least that portion of it from South Grafton to Sydney, is to have a travelling Post Office on the…

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Cycle Through Bridge Rails

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 January 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday. — The rider of a motor cycle. Pat[?] Craddock, 20, of Bridge-street Waratah, was seriously Injured…

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British Train Detained by Russians

Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 January 1948 · page 3

BERLIN, Jan. 26. —Two coaches containing German passengers were detached from a British Military train that was detained at…

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Aerodrome Road. Inquiries Being Made

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 2

The closing of the aerodrome road, and the need for its replacement by another road of people in the…

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Man Falls Under Train

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Ambulance officers rolled newspapers into splints at Petersham railway station to treat a badly injured man who…

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No Hitch in Resumption Good Day's Proucttion. Coal for Railway and Gasworks

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 3

All mines in the State resumed work to-day after an idleness which began last Wednesday when the…

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Charged with Murder of Mother. Railway Employee Remanded. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 2

At the Central Court to-day George Paul Bechtold (21), railway employee, was remanded without bail until 4th February on a charge of having…

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