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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

1,254 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 63

Buses To Replace Tramways

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 September 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Wed — The commencement made by the Department of Road Transport and Tramways with elimination of…

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Building of Hillsborough Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 2 September 1948 · page 2

Lower Hunter Shire Council yesterday received a communication from Mr. S. G. Vile, president of the Hillsborough Progress…

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New Railway Chief

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 2 September 1948 · page 6

The rise to the position of Commissioner for Railways, by Mr. P. C. Garside, who will succeed the reliving Commissioners, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, on October 1, is a story…

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Petrol Tax and Roads

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 4

The following communication is to hand from Mr. R. B. Nott, M.L.A., in respect of the petrol tax. Dated 24th August, it is…

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Country Roads and Petrol Tax

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 3

Mr. R. B. Nott, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Hon. E. J. Ward, M.P. Member for Transport and External Territories:— "I desire to…

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Melville Wants High Level Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 5

The decision of Kearsley Shire Council and Lower Hunter Shire Council to rebuild a low level bridge at Melville and demolish the present…

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R.A.N. Air Station at Nowra , Carrier Groups to Train

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 8

The Royal Australian Navy air station at nowra, which will be one of the must [?] defence establishments in the Commonwealth was…

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15 Years Ago (From issues of "Argus" for period ended September 4. 1933). Special Football Train

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 3

The special train from Singleton to Muswellbrook for the shield matches at Muswellbrook carried 291 passengers to view…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 2

Painful, and probably serious, injuries were sustained by Reginald Norford when, riding a motor cycle, he collided with a cart in Palace Street,…

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Hartigan on Railways: 'Drift of Staff

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 6

Railwaymen recruited since the was lacked the sense of public duty of longer service employees, the retiring Railways…

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Another Smash on Highway Motor Cyclist Killed

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 1

About 5.30 o'clock this morning a young man, Theo Yates, of 6 Grosnevor Street, Bondi Junction, met with fatal injuries when a…

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Trams Versus Buses

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE: Reports reaching New Zealand and published in the Press of that Domin[?] have stirred up Interest in the…

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No Trams in Sydney Sunday Decision of Mass Meeting

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 1

No trams will run in Sydney on Sunday. This was decided by a mass meeting of tram men on Wednesday night after…

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The Personality of the Week a Varied Career in 84 Years of Life Mr. Ted Rowe Has Been Mailman, Jockey, Railway Worker Horse Breaker, Builder

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 2

Born at Broke on August 18, 1864, Mr. Ted, Rowe has led an interesting and varied life. In his boyhood he conducted the mail run from Broke to Singleton; he was a jockey at race meetings at Tamworth,…

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Nothing Definite over Proposed New Stock Route APPROACH To Be Made to Railway Department

Singleton Argus · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 7

Representatives of Denman-singleton Pastures Protection Board, Patrick Plains Shire Council and Singleton Municipal Council will confer with the Railway Department on the construction and allocation of cost of building the proposed…

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Train Details

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 6

For Sydney on Monday, Wednesday and Friday: Northern Tablelands Express, Kempsey Passenger, Brisbane Express…

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£6000 Loan for Roads

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 2

Wallarobba Shire council has received approval from the Minister tor Works and Local Government (Mr. Cahill) to the…

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Unique Remote-Control Railway Signal Installation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 6

Finishing touches are now being put by London Transport engineers to a unique remote-control signal installation on a section of the Metropolitan line at Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex. A master cabin in a tower above the station contains a row of 40…

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New Railway Chief Rose From the Bottom. at One Time He Served in the North

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 3

The rise to the position of Commis-sioner for Railways by Mr. F. C. Garside, who will succeed the retiring Commissioner, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, on…

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To Confer with Railway Dept. on New Stock Route

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 September 1948 · page 3

SINGLETON, Saturday—Singleton Municipal Council patrick [?] Shire Council and Denman Singleton Pastures protection Board are…

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