Toll of the Road in 1946 Almost 12,000 Accidents
The Commissoner for Road Transport (Mr. Neale) announced that 508 people were killed and 8140 injured in road accidents in New South…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,253 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 63
Big Road Unit Coming to Singleton £2000 Purchase by Shire Council
Country dwellers, who are obliged to travel over shire roads that are in need of attention, will be pleased to learn that…
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During the recent heavy rain many complaints were heard in the street concerning the condition of roads in the shire. There was, however, only…
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On the application of the police, a remand to March 7 was granted in the case in which Raymond Jones is charged with stealing a motor-cycle valued at…
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Reginald Whatman pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a motor vehicle without a licence, and was fined £3, with 5/ costsi by Mr. Sargeaon, P.M…
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The Association commenced the mixed "A" grade competition last night. There were many players who had not played tennis for some time,…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday.âReginald Whatman pleaded guilty at Cessnock Police Court before Mr. Sargeson, PM, with having…
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When a motor cycle went over the safety barrier of a motordrome sideshow, then crashed back into the pit, at Newcastle…
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Arrangements were now being made for a survey regarding the proposed new bridge over the Hunter River, adjacent to the Belmore…
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BRUSSELS, February 27—Although one demonstrator was reported to have been killed in yesterday’s riot, the Ministry of the interior spokesman said there were no deaths. Earlier reports said an undetermined number was killed and…
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There was no possibility of councils in New South Wales being able to improve their roads, said the President of the Shires'…
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Mr. W. E. Sparke, president of the Maitland Show Council, and Mr. S. Parish, of Wallalong, also a member of the council and president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Singleton The Natural Outlet To Barrington Tops ONLY 14 Miles of Road Required Chance for Opening Up Rich Tourist Trade
Notwithstanding claims which have been advanced from other centres, Singleton is the natural outlet from the south to Barrington Tops, which one day might become one of,the most beautiful pleasure resorts of the State…
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The Cessnock Motor Cycle Club commenced this year's organised activity with a combined sports evening that Sunday on the Bellbird track…
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As the funeral cortage of Gordon Leake, 22 year old tram conductor left funeral parlors at Paddington, trams and buses in the metropolitan…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Motorists face the grimmest position in history because of rapidly increasing faring in spars parte,…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday—A two-year-old boy who wandered on to a railway line near the acot Park station in the Adelaide [?]…
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SYDNEY, Saturday .—Keen disappointment at the Federal Cabinet’s failure to respond to motorists representations for a…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — City-bound workers en the Hurstville railway station watched, horror-stricken as Bruce Dugald…
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Francis Silva, 37, of Eurimbla-street, Thornton, received an incised wound to the fingers and abrasions to the left hand when…
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