Finding in Aberdeen Road Fatality
Mr. W. T. Seaward, District Coroner, held an inquest touching [?] deaths of Norman James Carrington O'Brien and John Edmund Morrow, who died…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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End of Berlin Blockade on Thursday. Soviet Military Governor Issues Order. Train Services From West to Resume. Berlin
An official Soviet order signed by the Soviet Military Governor in Germany, Marshall Vassily Chuikov, last night confirmed that the Berlin…
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Ross Pannowitz, 4, of Maitland-road, Beresfield, died at 6.45 o’clock in Maitland Hospital this morning from injuries received when he was struck by a truck near Four Mile Creek, on Newcastle-road, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Radio on British Railways
For the first time, control of railway freight by radio was demonstrated recently at the Up marshalling yard White moor, Cambridgeshire, in the Eastern Region of British Railways Radiotelephony apparatus gave direct communication…
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CESSNOCK, Wed.—At a meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council last night the Shire Engineer (Mr. Gratton) emphasised the need for founds…
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CESSNOCK, Wed.—At Kearsley Shire Council meeting last night it was decided at the request of Cr. Butler, that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Board Grant of £1961 For Road
The Joint Coal Board wrote to to-day’s meeting of Lower Hunter Shire Council advising that a grant of £1961/10/ has been made to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Experts Say “Scrap Trams for Buses” Should Replace In Newcastle This Year, In Sydney By 1960
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—That trams should be replaced by buses in Newcastle this year and in Sydney by 1960 is the recommendation made by three British transport exerts to the N.S.W. Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Explosive for Rocket Motors Australian Discovery
The Commonwealth Defencfe Research Laboratories have produced a new explosive for use in rocket motors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →First Train Piped Out Celebrations In Berlin
LONDON, May 12.—Wild excitement marked the lifting of the blockade. Bagpipes of the Gordon Highlanders piped out the first train…
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NEWCASTLE: The recently introduced workers’ train from Newcastle to Wyong at 3.32 p.m. has become so popular that…
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SYDNEY: Victor Haffenden, 49, of the Hargrave Park housing settlement, died after he was struck by an electric train at…
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A railway guard who was found drank on a coal train on two successive nights was fined £5 and £8 by Mr. F. B. Wood. S.M., at…
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SINGLETON, Friday. — Mr. George Searl, secretary of the Central Hunter Primary Producers’ Union, told delegates that…
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In moving that the Central Council ask Patrick Plains Shire to repair Bridgeman Road, Mr. C. Pritchard of Mount Olive said…
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SINGLETON, Friday.—Central Hunter District Council of the P.P. Union decided at a meeting yesterday to approach the shire…
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When the Engineer (Mr. L. Grattan) Drew Kearsley Shire Council's attention to the necessity for. Droviding funds for the maintenance of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Rough Handling By Russians Cheering Germans Greet First Inter-Zone Train
BERLIN, May 13—Passengers on the first inter-zonal train to reach Berlin yesterday afternoon, following the lifting of the Berlin blockade, alleged rough handling by the Russian frontier guards at Marienborn…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—“Motorists sincerely hope the Government will accept the report of the British experts and scrap Sydney’s…
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DUNGOG, Saturday. — Wallarobba Shire Council decided to inform all persons complaining about the conditions of roads…
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