Railway Finance Was Big Surplus for Year £111,585
A surplus of £111,585 was earned by the New South Wales Government Railways for the year ended June 30…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
1,254 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 63
Railway Bridge Dismantled
SYDNEY, Sat.—Another week and the spans of the old Hawkesbury railway bridge will have been completed. The seventh…
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ANKARA, Oct. 30.—One hundred persons were killed and 150 injured in a train crash near Ankara yesterday…
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NEWCASTLE: Bernard Johnson, 23, of Marks Point, was found lying near his motor-cycle on the Pacific Highway, South Belmont,…
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SINGLETON, Monday.—When a sedan car overturned on the Maitland-road, about four miles from Singleton, on Sunday…
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Stressing the seriousness pi[?]ed debris at Bowma[?] Crossing bridge. Cr. G. [?] Clydsdale told Patrick Plains…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Government should either repudiate the debit capital balance still outstanding on the tramway undertaking or…
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An enjoyable afternoon [?] spent by a large attendance of ladies at the flag bridge conducted by the Country Women’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.s.w. Government Railways. Summary of Annual Report
The Commissioner for Railways has presented to the Minister for Transport his report on the operations of the Department of Railways…
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The site far the new Belmore Bridge will be discussed at the next meeting of Maitland City Council. At last night’s meeting, Aid. A. S. McDonald thought council should deal with the matter. Month after month had…
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The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announced this week that arrangements have been made for the November issue of the usual monthly…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Robert Allan Burns, of Victoria-street, King’s Cross, reported to the police that be bad left £750 in a…
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Britain's railways are to put on better winter services this year than at any time since 1939. Train services will be…
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Maitland fire brigade last night extinguished a smouldering plank in the Hei[?] Bridge with a [?]peack pump. Firemen think the plank…
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LONDON, Nov, 4—If Britain’s political parties fail to bridge the gap In overseas trade, national bankruptcy would plunge…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Severe cuts in railway passenger and freight services, because of the coal shortage, were announced by the Railway Department to-day. Only essential goods will be accepted for carriage by…
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H. S. Mason will hold his next motor auction sale this Saturday, commencing at 10.30 a.m. As advertised in to-day’s “Mercury,” a…
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Severe cuts have been made in train services as the result of the coal strike, some of these being brought into effect to-day…
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As a result of the coal strike severe cuts in passenger train services have been announced by the Railway Department…
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