Heavy Outfields Made Scoring Difficult Macmillan and Bridge In Good Doubles
Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 5
R. Macmillan, after saving competition leaders, Central, with a valuable 56 against Weston on Maitland Sports Ground, took four wickets for four runs from five overs. Left-hander C. Bridge also put up a fine all-round…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 3
For having travelling in a train between Newcastle and West Maitland on December 18 without having paid his fare, Peter Daley, of…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The driver of a petrol lorry and trailer, which crashed through an overhead railway bridge half a mile…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Foot Struck By, Passing Car. Motor-cyclist Injured
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 3
Athol Harrison, 10, shop assistant, of Adelaide-street, Paxton, had his right foot severely Injured on Saturday night foot found was later admitted to…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 4
ADELAIDE, Wed.—Two men were killed and two others injured when a locomotive and large motor lorry collided near…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 3
CESSNOCK, Wed.—Members of the South Maitland Railways Officers’ Association met this morning at Weston and decided…
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Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 3
The Royal Society for the Prevention of accidents is here shown instructing children in the use of road signals…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 1
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Eleven people were severely injured this morning when two trams collided head-on while crossing points at…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 5
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Union leaders will recommended a complete return to work on the South Maitland Railways at a meeting of…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 4
BRANXTON, Thurs. — Work has begun on the duplication of the northern railway line between Branxton and Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rabbits on Roads
The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 3
From the Merriwa Pastures Protection Board stating at a meeting held on 11th January, it was decided to draw the Upper Hunter Shire…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 5
SINGLETON, Friday. — The Department of Main Roads forwarded the maintenance and improvement programme for 1949 to Patrick…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 5
The. Minister for Conservation suggested to Kearsley Shi re,.Council e Tuesday, night that It Include the work of reconstructing the Cessnock-Quorro…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Reduces Road Accidents Restrictions on Parking
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 8
Roads accident in London have decreased by 22 percent since restrictions were placed on vehicle standing in the busiest streets of the capital…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier Settlers Getting A "Raw Deal" Shire Council Seeking Road Through Property
Singleton Argus · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 1
"Returned; soldier settlers on the Carrlngton Estate under War Service Land Settlement are getting a raw deal from Mr. R. S. G. White, who owns adjoining land," Cr. H. H. Hobden said at the Patrick Plains Shlrc Council meeting yesterday…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 5
Hall traffic on the 'South Maitland Railways is expected to resume to night if a recommendation to be made to a meeting of salaried officers at…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 5
A suggestion has been .made, by the Northern District Check Inspector (Mr. J. Barrett) that the railway line which passes over the Bellbird colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Manslaughter Charge. Motor Cyclist Committed for Trial. New England Highway Fatality Recalled
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 6
The District Coroner (Mr. R. Clendinning, J.P.) on Tuesday committed a young motor cyclist for trial on a charge of…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 4
SINGLETON, Friday. — William E. Stevens was fined 30/, with 7/ court costs, at the Singleton Court for driving a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Officers Claim Conciliatory Attitude Say Superintendent “Won’t Budge”
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 2
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Speakers at the meeting of the Salaried Officers’ Association at Weston yesterday afternoon claimed that while the association had shown a conciliatory spirit, the superintendent of South Maitland…
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