Confidence Men "Sell" Aerodrome
In one of the biggest confidence tricks in British history a gang has tried to sell an R.A.F. aerodrome for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
1,284 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 39 of 65
Trucks Crash in Bridge Street
Two trucks crashed near the silent "cop" at the intersection of Brook and Bridge Streets early this morning. One of the trucks was the property of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Far Upper Hunter Settlers Want a Better Deal Bridge Urgently Needed Over Omadale Brook Letters of Protest to Shire Council. Main Roads Board Severely Criticised for Lack of Action
YESTERDAY'S SHIRE COUNCIL MEETING MET A FLOOD OF LETTERS, SIGNED BY UPPER HUNTER RESIDENTS, REPRESENTING HUNDREDS OF SETTLERS WHO ARE ASKING FOR A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Club News
The local club Is conducting a sports afternoon of T.T. racing on the home track on . Sunday afternoon at 1.30 p.m. Invitations have been sent out to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Train Services
Railway authorities this morning could give no information as to when the train service between East Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Limeburners' Creek Road
Department of Main Roads advised that the points raised in the application for proclamation of road connecting M.R. 301 at Clarence Town with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rutherford Train To Run
The early morning workmen’s train to Rutherford will run on Monday morning for the first time in nearly seven weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Food stuffs Still Brought By Road
SYDNEY, Sat. — Food supplies following the dislocation caused by the coal strike are not expected to return to normal for at least…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Recovery of Stolen Motors Local Losers Pleased
Acting on information, Sydney Police recovered nine electric motors. It will be remembered that six were stolen from Dungog district last week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News Milk Train Back Again
Singleton residents will be pleased to learn that the "milk train" which conveys passengers from Singleton daily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheel Testing at British Motor Industry Research Laboratory
Picture shows a motor vehicle road wheel being tested at the British Motor Industry Research Association’s Laboratory on the Great West Road at Brentford, Middlesex, England. In this universal testing machine the values of strains in various parts of the wheel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →S.M. Railways In Operation
CESSNOCK, Monday.—With the exception of the Cessnock Express trains on the old timetable on the South Maitland railways are all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flag Bridge Afternoon
Previously advertised to take place in June last and postponed on account of the flood, the flag bridge afternoon being conducted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dangerous Condition of Road
At the monthly meeting of Oakhampton P. and C. Association, and Association, it was decided to write to Mr. Arthur Howarth,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"SocidI Nuisance," Says Magistrate Reference to Noisy Motor Cycles I
"Noisy, motor-cycles have reached he proportions of asocial nuisance," said the magistrate (Mr. F.R. Wood,S.M.) at Cessnock court this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →S.m. Warns Motorists
In Tamworth Court of Petty Sessions yesterday, Mr J B. Hodgson, S.M., issued a warning that because of the prevalence of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Experience Of S.M helps Motorist
Unavailable experience of Stipendiary Magistrate F B. Wood, whose steering once locked when he on a journey, yesterday stood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways Institute Eisteddfod
SYDNEY: The Secretary for Railways (Mr. S. R. Nicholas) advises that the 21st annual Railways Institute Eisteddfod will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kearsley Roads Expenditure
CESSNOCK, Wed. — Expenditure on minor roads, streets and bridges in Kearsley Shire to July 29 was £5279, leaving a balance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Bd. Grant Road Road
The Joint Coal Board notified Lower Hunter Shire Council that it had given a grant of £4100 towards the reconstruction of the…
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