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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 70

Motor Car Driver Cannot Hold Licence Again

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sat.—In the Supreme Court Mr. Justice Matthews sentenced a man to 12 months’ gaol for dangerous…

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Tramway Strike May Extend

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sat,—The Federal secretary of the Tramway and Omnibus Employers’ Union, Mr. T. Junor, warned last night that…

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Member Moves Debris From Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 4

WINGHAM, Monday.—Quite recently the member for Oxley in the South Wales Parliament (Mr. L. Jordan) was visiting various…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON, Monday. — Rex Denenburg, of Violet-town, Belmont, was admitted to Singleton Dangar Cottage Hospital on…

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Tramless Melbourne May See Trains Stop

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.— Victoria’s transport holdup may be aggravated this week by a strike of suburban trains…

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Motor Cyclists—again

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 2

Motor cycles are nearly always in the news in Singleton. They are either getting involved in accidents or someone is trying…

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Youth Injured in Motor Cycle Crash

Singleton Argus · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 3

A 20-year-old, Belmont youth was seriously injured in Singleton yesterday when his motor vycle collided with a…

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Council Must Maintain Road

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK, Tuesday— in a letter to Muswellbrook Municipal Council, Muswellbrook Coal Co, Ltd. stated that It would…

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Sandy Hollow-maryvale Railway. (To the Editor)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 2

Sir.—I notice in your paper that the proposed, or, rather, I should say, the railway line is not being gone on with. Now, this is a great pity, for the…

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Request For Special Train

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1

CESSNOCK, Wed. — Cessnock Municipal Council will ask the district superintendent of railways to run a special train to…

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Cut in Main Roads Assistance Department’s Advice To City Council

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

The main road maintenance grant to Maitland [?] Council will be cut substantially this year. New grant [?] will total only £2117. The council was advised of this it [?] night…

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Dungog Railway Station Receives High Praise

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

Following a tour of North Coast railway stations by the Commissioner, Mr. Garside, and staff, congratulations have been extended…

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Special Motor For Speedway

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 3

Maitland Hunter’s speedway test rider, Keith Ryan, who had the misfortune to blow up his best motor here last meeting, has spent…

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Railway Station Lighting inadequate

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

Lighting at Maitland railway station is totally inadequate—it is dull and inefficient. the Railway department will be asked by…

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Railway Trucks For Queensland

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

An order for 1000 railway trucks for the Queensland railways has been placed with the Pressed Steel Co., England…

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Railway Renovations

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

A new ceiling in the booking office is included in the programme of renovations and improvements being undertaken at…

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Dangerous Rail Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. charges the Railway Department with indifference to the safety of motorists who use a railway-built road bridge…

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Road-Surfacing At Tomago Sandbeds

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

Hunter District Water Board has accepted the tender of G. Hawkins and Sons Pty. Ltd, for the supply and delivery of…

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Move to Deregister Tram Union

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Application for deregistering of the Tramway Employees’ Association was made in the Full Arbitration…

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Country Women’s Flag Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 4

By their decision to conduct further series of flag bridge afternoons during 1050, the members of Maitland branch of the…

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