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Railways, roads & transport, 1949

1,284 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 65

Soviet Turns Down Berlin Offer Railway Strike Continues

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 1

BERLIN, June 1.—Berlin’s Soviet-controlled railway administration has turned down an offer from Berlin’s Lord Mayor, Mr. Ernest Reuter, to mediate in the city’s railway strike…

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Denman Settlers Reject Resolutions Shire Council and "C" Riding Road. Meeting Refuses to Seek Resignations of Council, President and Engineer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1

About 90 persons attended a meeting at the Denman Memorial Hall last night to consider matters arising out of a meeting of…

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Motor Cycle Rattles

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 5

At a meeting held on Monday night last, some 20 motor cyclists from the Muswellbrook and Aberdeen districts decided to form the…

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Railway Department Pays Up. But Under Protest

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 3

The Railway Deparment has agreed to pay the council's extra price for water, 6d per 1000 gallons from 1/- to 1/6, charged by…

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"Motor Cycle Rattles"

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 2

At a meeting held on Monday night last, some twenty motor cyclists from the Muswellbrook and Aberdeen districts, decided to…

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Strikes on Railways, Docks and Mines England Facing Serious Industrial Trouble

Maitland Mercury · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 1

LONDON, June 3.—A big wove of industrial unrest sweeping the country threatens Britons with their most troubled holiday week-end since the Labour Government came to power in 1945…

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Toll of the Road; Two Killed

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday During the week-end two parsons were killed In road accidents and 14 were injured…

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Trespassed on Railway

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 2

Arthur Brindley, of Beanmont- st., Hamilton, Cyril Douglas, of Tyrrell-st, Newcastle, Ronald Smith, of Cleary-st., Hamilton,…

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Three Women Killed by Motor Car

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 3

LONDON, June 6—Three women were killed last night when a car driven by a 23-years-old Cambridge undergraduate, Gerald Vane, younger son of Lord Barnard, of Darlington, struck them after mounting the pavement of…

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Additional North Coast Train Service

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. —At the annual conference of Affiliated Chambers of Commerce, held in Sydney on April 21, the…

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Road Deaths Too High for Australia

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 2

Our road-traffic death rate is too high. Fifteen years ago, America faced a traffic death problem which…

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Ratepayers' Meeting at Denman Complaints of Condition of Roads. Resolutions Asking Council to Resign Defeated

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 1

As reported briefly in last Friday's issue, about 90 residents of the Denman district end of the Muswellbrook Shire met in the Memorial Hall on…

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Railway Ambulance Corps. Presentation of Awards

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 1

Awards won by members of the Muswellbrook Railway Ambulance Corps during the year were presented by Mr. G. E. Spurway (District…

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Uniform Control of Railways

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—British Railway expert, (Mr. John Elliot) said today, that for efficient operation. Australia’s railway…

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Damages Claimed From Railways

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 3

A claim for compensation arising oat of a collision between two trains near Cowan on June 9 last year was heard at Maitland Circuit Court…

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Oakhampton Road Repairs

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.—One hundred cubic yards of gravel will be spread on the worst sections of Oakhampton road, This was…

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Condition of Baerami Creek Roads

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 4

DENMAN: About 90 persons attended a meeting at the Memorial Hall to consider matters arising out of a meeting of ratepayers,…

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Inquest On Death of Boy In Road Accident Tangle of Motor Vehicles

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 3

The Deputy-Coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) at Maitland Courthouse to-day opened an inquest into the death of Ross Allan Pannowitz, 4, of Maitland Road, Beresfield, which occurred on may 9…

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Injured in Railway Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 2

Evidence concluded at Maitland Circuit Court today in the in which Francis Pearson Burnett, of Glebe Road,…

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Claim Against The Railway

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 1

The hearing began in Maitland Circuit Court this afternoon of a case in which Robert Clendinning, of Newana, near…

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