Train Wrecked During Storm
BUENOS AIRES: An express train, bound from Buenos Aires to Jujuy, In Western Argentins, was wrecked…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
1,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 49 of 53
Worst Passenger Train Service in State. Kearsley's Protest Against Train Cuts
For years the passenger service between Maitland and Cessnock had been the worst in the State and it was now proposed to make it worse still, Cr. A. Johnson, said at a meeting of Kearsley Shire Council on Tuesday night, when…
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The Department of Works and Housing has advised the Shire Council that '£2,300 has been made available, for…
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TOKYO: Chinese Commun[?]tront ists poured forward In wave[?] and used the bodies of fallen comrades to bridge barbed…
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The Shire Engineer, Mr. A. McIntyre, said yesterday that the basic arterial network of sealed road in the…
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The country would be paralised if heavy trucks were taken off the roads, Cr. Tulloch told the Shire Council…
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The Shire Council will seek compensation for damage to shire roatls by military vehicles from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wollombi People Want Temporary Bridge Position Serious, Says Assn
The Wollombi Progress Association asked Kearsley Shire Council at its meeting on Tuesday night to expedite…
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The Shire. Council yesterday decided to inform the Shires Association that in its view trend in main road…
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The Shire President, Or. A. F. Fankhurst, said yesterday that the Council's financial position had reached a serious crisis. The Council was discussing a recommendation from the Shire Engineer, Mr. A. McIntyre, that it should purchase a new mechanical…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Motor Cyclist's Success
Reg Corbett, riding the local "D.J. Special," was successful at two recent T.T. race meetings, held at Cessnock and Singleton…
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SYDNEY: Immediate and substential priority in the allocation of migrant labour to the N.S.W. railways was essential the Director of Transport and Highways (Mr. R. Winsor) said last night…
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The Railway cricket team to play Whittingham at Whittingham on Saturday is; J. Hatch, E. Emerson, W…
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Mr. Jack Bates (63), of High Street, cessnocK, suifared abrasions to his right leg and shock when his…
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At the general meeting of the Club on Thursday night, it was decided that the Xmas social would be held on…
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The first of seven four-car diesel trains on order for the N.S.W. Railways made its first trial run from Sydney to Grafton on Wednesday…
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LONDON: Britain’s biggest two motor manufacturing firms—Morris and Austin—announced they are to amalgamate the two companies, an official announcement reveals…
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ORCHARD (Idaho): Five railwaymen were killed yesterday when two goods trains crashed head-on In…
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SINGAPORE: In Malaya it is just another bend in the toad through the heavily-quiet jungle or the monotonous rubber—until gueritla crossfire shatters the windscreen. For a few dragging minutes, if they…
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Two New Australians, NijoIe Barydys, 18, and Jarko Ladyzynatsy, 25, were injured when the motor cycle…
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