Sequel To Motor Collision
William Cowell, of Lawson-street, Balman, pleaded not guilty at East Maitland court to having failed to keen as near as…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
1,254 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 63
Leap To Death From Bridge
With three small parachutes attached to his back, a man leaped 265 feet to his death from the Golden Gate bridge…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Ian Young, about 30, of Oxford-street, Collingwood, Melbourne, was killed instantly when he fell…
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The monthly meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council was held on Monday last, when there were present: Crs. R. Clendinning (President), Jas…
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For having ridden a motor cycle which was causing undue noise in Vincent Street on November 9, Jack Astley was fined £2 with 8/- costs by…
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The Department of Railways announces, that a new regulation will come into force on March 1 whereby passengers joining a…
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CESSNOCK, Wed.—Cessnock Municipal Council was informed by the Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Drakeford) that…
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At the recent meeting of the Shire Council held on Monday night last the Engineer Mr. R. G. Payten reported for January: Pacific Highway: Maintenance work on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Amazing Scenes As Gandhi’s Funeral Train Passes
NEW DELHI, February 12.—Amazing scenes marked the progress to Allahabad of the funeral train which is carrying the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi to the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Jumna…
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The provision of a complete electric lighting scheme for the Pokolbin aerodrome was not…
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Two tenders for the construction of a new 30 ft. bridge, giving access to Gerald Park, were received by the Municipal Council and referred to the…
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MUSWELLBROOK: In Metier to Mr. D’Arcy Rose. M.L.A. the Minister for Works and Local Government stated-that the council’s…
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MUSWELLBROOK: The out in the shire council's petrol allowance, from 600 gallons to 450 gallons per month, provoked the…
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A limited experiment for control of meat ants with benzene. hexchloride was recently undertaken in the south-west…
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There were no sound grounds at present for making a survey for the electrification of the railway Irom Hornsby to…
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DUNGOG, Thursday.—The need for permanent improvements to roads was brought before a meeting of Wallsrobba Shire Council by Crs…
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During yesterday's meeting or delegates to Central Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union a…
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John William O'Neil (22), laborer, appeared at the Muswellbrook Police Court to-day charged with having at Muscle Creek on the 10th inst…
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Two popular young citizens of Aberdeen, Billy Peters and Ralph Whittingham, met with an accident near Quirindi on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Non-unionism Main Cause of Industrial Unrest” Railways Chief’s Claim In Court
SYDNEY, Friday.—The most fruitful source of industrial unrest wot the failure of employees to become member union recognised by the Industrial Commission or Arbitration Court, the chief staff superintendent of the Railway…
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