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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

1,254 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 63

Found Lying on Railway

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A city accountant, believed to have fallen from a train, Iay unconscious on the line near Petersham for…

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Motor Cycle Record Disputed

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 3

The cable report from New York of a “new world record of 150.855 miles per hour” being set by Roland Free, of…

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Motor Tour of British Soviet Boundary Soviet Action

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 September 1948 · page 9

The Soviet Commandant in Berlin (Major-General Kotikov), flanked by Russian tommy gunners, made a…

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Black Camp Road

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1948 · page 4

The Joint Coal Board has advised Wallarobba Shire Council that the road to the timber mill at Black Camp could not be…

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Stroud Shire Council (Report Continued) Forster Road Work

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1948 · page 4

From the Department of Local Government advising that the Department will raise no objection to the Council's proposal to take up the…

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Defective Motor Vehicles

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—The NRMA has been advised by the NSW Road Safety Council of a further serious increase in road accidents…

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Sydney Again Without Trams

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sat.—Sydney will be without trams again to-morrow for the 10th time in 11 weeks. State Cabinet will discuss the…

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State Motor Tax Move

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 September 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A. fear a move by the N.S.W. Government to increase the rate of taxation upon motor vehicles…

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Port Stephens Shire Roads

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 September 1948 · page 6

The engineer to Port Stephens Shire Council (Mr. R. G. Payten) reported that major works had been started or would be started…

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Motor Truck Collided With Tram Man Killed, 22 INJURED

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 September 1948 · page 2

One man was killed and 22 were injured when a motor truck collided with two trams in Falcon Street, North Sydney, on…

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Hawkesbury Bridge Traffic

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—During the year ended June 80, Peat’s Ferry bridge, Hawkesbury River, was used by £18,882 refuels…

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Allied Air Bridge To Berlin

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Sept. 21.—An American Sky master yesterday carried the one-millionth sack of coal over the Allied air bridge into…

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Bridge a Matter for the Councils

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 2

She following letter has been received by Mr, Arthur Howarth MLA, torn the Minister tor Local Government,-Mr, J, J. Cahill…

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Letter To The Editor Melville Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 2

Sir,—It is very interesting to see another writer taking up the gauntest regarding Melville Bridge we are supposed to be…

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Car Crashed Through Bridge Two Occupants Uninjured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 1

Two men had remarkable escapes from injury when the car in which they were travelling crashed through the railing of a…

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Temporary Accommodation for Railwaymen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 2

The montlly meeting of the Australian Railways Union was held in the Railway Institute on Sunday, 19th inst. Dealing with the housing…

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Petrol Cut Details Private Motorists Down 20 Per Cent

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 1

Details of reduced petrol and other fuel rations to come into force on October 1 were announced yesterday by…

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Railway Appointment

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 3

GLOUCESTER.—Mr. J. Corcoran, who has been relief stationmaster for some time at Gloucester, has been transferred…

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‘Flash’ Motor CycIist Fined At Cessnock

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—“There are far too many of, this flash type of motor cyclist,” said Sergeant Kennedy, at the Cessnock…

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Black Camp Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 22 September 1948 · page 4

Joint Coal Board's District Mining Engineer (Mr. S. Floweres) wrote regarding the state of the Black Camp road, which the Council had asked it…

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