Hold-up on Site of Main Street Bridge Bushranger Paid With His Life
In February 1843, a convict named Patrick Bruen escaped from Wollombi, and, Caching Cessnock, made his…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
1,284 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 65
Railways As Cause of Drift to City Completion of Sandy-Hollow-Maryvale Line "Vital and Urgent"
A protest has been made in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. R. S. Vincent (C. P., Raleigh) against the paltry sum" of £20,000 being provided in the loan estimates for the unfinished Sandy Hollow-Maryvale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Estimates Cut Hits the Sandy Hollow-mar Yvale Line Bruxner's Question in Parliament SYDNEY
The Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway extension was to be considerably reduced in strength, the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said in the Legislative Assembly today…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To-day’s Leader: Sandy Hollow-Maryvole Railway Euthanasia Killings Could Occur Here
SYDNEY Friday—[?] would be [?] [?] that anything like the Nazi Euthanasia killing could occur…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EDITORIAL Sandy Hollow-Maryvale Railway
IN reply to a question from the leader of the Country Party (Mr. Bruxner), the Minister for Transport yesterday told the Legislative Assembly that work on the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway fine would be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lethargic Spirit In British Railway
LONDON, Oct. 29 (AAP).— An article [?] the official organ of the National Union of Railwaymen “Railway Review,”…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →3½d. Rise Did Not Produce More Petrol Garages Apply Limits To Sales To Motorists
SYDNEY, Monday.—A check of garages in the city and suburbs revealed that the increase of 3½d in the price of petrol did not result in any more petrol being made available to motorists to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Traffic Eases
Because of the shortage of petrol supplies, road traffic is at its lightest stage for many years. Hotel bookings are now at a low…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aluminium Funeral for British Railways’ Steamer
An interesting exhibit at the Engineering and Marine Exhibition at Olymp[?] London. was an aluminium alloy funnel, fabricated for the new British Railways’ streamlined Cross Channel steamer the T.S.S. Brighton. The weight saving of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Material Costly
Because of difficulty in obtaining transport for road materials, Maitland City Council is paying 17/ a ton for aggregate, It was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OVER 50 Dead in Plane Collision Fighter Pilot Hits Airliner Over Washington Aerodrome
WASHINGTON, November 2—At least 54 persons— possibly 55—were killed yesterday when an Eastern Airlines passenger plane and a Bolivian fighter plane collided in the air near Washington air port and hurtled 300 feet to earth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aluminium Funnel For British Railways' Steamer
An interesting exhibit at the Engineering and Marine Exhibition which opened recently at Olympia, London, was an aluminium alloy funnel. Made by William Denny and Brothers, of Dumbarton, it is on show for the first time. The funnel is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Progress with Hexham Bridge
NEWCASTLE, Thurs.—Messrs. James King and Son, contractors for the building of the Hexham road bridge, hoped to Boat the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jockey Club Applies for Special Train For Meeting To-Morrow Week
The Secretary of the Cessnock Jockey Club (Mr. A. E. "Watty" Forbes) said this morning that application had been made for a special train to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Engine and Coal Trucks Derailed. Train Crew Escapes Injury. Brakes Reported to Have Failed
Due, it is stated, to the brakes on the engine failing to hold the load, the engine and seven trucks of a coal train overturned on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor-cycling at 100 Hundred Miles Per Hour
British motor-cycles, without special fittings, have exceed speeds of one hundred miles per hour in trials which were held near Paris last month. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deteriorating Roads
Deterioration of roads throughout NSW was deplored by the NRMA president (Mr. C. R. Davidson) at the annual general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge for Rayon Works
First span of the Hexham road bridge will probably be floated into position on a high tide in three weeks' time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Court Challenge On Petrol Forecast Queensland Motor Trade Body To Seek Injunction
BRISBANE, Monday.—The Queensland Automobile Chamber of Commerce, which was responsible for the High Court Challenge last June, which resulted in petrol rationing being declared illegal again proposes to seek an injunction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Worker Crushed To Death
SYDNEY, Monday. — A railway worker was crushed to death between two trucks at Darling Harbour goods yard to-day…
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