Week-end Toll of Death On Roads
When a motor cycle struck the rear of a sulky on New England Highway, near Aberdeen, on Saturday night, the rider, James…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
1,284 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 65
Motor Prams Barred In Britain
The British Transport Ministry has banned from the footpaths a one-horse-power pram built by Sheffield motor engineer…
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THE week-end crop of road accidents throughout the State, referred to in our issue of yesterday, serves again to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →C.W.A. Flag Bridge Afternoon
There was a large attendance of ladies at the second flag bridge afternoon of the series being conducted by the Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: Road Hazards Implementing Nth. Defence Treaty Speeding Up U.S. Military Aid Programme
WASHINGTON, March 29.— The United States military aid programme, backing up the North Atlantic defence pact, will be ready for submission to Congress at the same time as the Treaty of Alliance, probably in April…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railwaymen Stage Flower Show. Successful Effort. Help for Ambulance and Hospital
The Railway Institute's first flower show, held at the Institute on Friday last, was a striking success, most of the hall being…
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In the match played at Wybong on Sunday the visitors were unsuccessful in breaking the hoodoo which had followed them every time they have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aberdeen Resident Killed. Motor Cyclist and Sulky Collide. Muswellbrook Man Injured
Norman James Stanley O'Brien (23), of Aberdeen, an employee at Glenbawn Dam, received fatal injuries, when a motor cycle which…
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At the Port Stephens Shire Council meeting, Cr. Rodgers referred to Lemon Tree passage road as being about ten times worse than ever the Karuah road was…
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Cr. Richardson said the users of the wharf road at Nelson's plains had asked for gravel, to fill in pot hols. (Cr. Richardson raised this matter at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Buses May Stop Unless Roads Repaired. £45 For Springs in Forrnignt
Unless something was done to . repair the route to the Kurrl Kurrl Station,he was afraid the "buses would stop running, Cr. J. T. Butler told a…
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when the motor cycle he was riding come into [?] with a motor car in [?], last night.Ronald olive, 21 of sargeant-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Running for Premier Branch. Muswellbrook Railway Institute
Mr. L. Morrow, Chief Welfare Officer, N.S.W. Railway Department, stated on Wednesday that if the Muswellbrook branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Urges Greater Public Interest. Sandy Hollow-maryvale Railway
Following the reading of a report from the Gulgong Railway League, Ald. Thompson, stated at Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railwaymen Stage Flower Show
MUSWELLBROOK.—The Railway institute’s first flower show was a striking success, most of the hall being taken up…
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WYONG, Friday.—A 7-year-old boy was killed and his mother injured in a motor smash on the Pacific Highway last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Court Upholds Railway Officers’ Appeal Mr. Owen Cessnock Stationmaster
SYDNEY, Friday. — By a majority decision the Full Bench of the Industrial Commission has ordered the appointment of Mr. T. Owen as stationmaster at Cessnock. South Maitland Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peeps Into the Past Singleton 50, 25, And 15 Years Ago 50 Years Ago (From issues of " Argus" for period ended April 1, 1899). Railway Appointments
Mr. Harry Hewitt has been appointed station master at Minimbah. Mr. Hull, who for some time was on the staff at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will Not Drive Over Bad Roads
NEWCASTLE, Sat.—The Tram and Bus Employees' Union decided that It bus routes in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Link Forged in the History of Maitland the “West” Has Been Dropped From Maitland Mail, Train Services
New history in the long annals of events in Maitland place this week with the dropping by the Postal and Railway Departments of the “west” which has preceded the Maitland ever since the early days of settlement…
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