Shire Council To Apply For Another Flood Grant President Says Roads Are Causing Grave Alarm
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 1
Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day instructed the engineer (Mr. Lindsay) to prepare estimates of damage housed by recent flooding of the Hunter River, after which council will make an application for a flood grant from the…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 3
Principles similar to those used in driving aircraft by jet engines are being applied to railway travel…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2
Two cars collided at the intersection of Pitt and Sussex Streets shortly after noon today. One was driven by Mr N…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 April 1950 · page 2
Mr Allen Edwards, aged 40, of Howe Street, Redbournberry, received abrasions and lacerations to the arms and legs when…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 5
Kensington road, in the vicinity of Botwarra, is to be opened for traffic by Lower Hunter Shire Council,…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 4
A depuration from Lov[?] Hunter Shire Council is to put the case to this Wain Roads Board for monetary assistance in carry…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 4
The assembly of the s[?] span of Hexham bridge wo[?] sin soon, the District En[?] of the Main Roads Depart[?]…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 5
SYDNEY. Friday.—A middle aged man was decapitated by an electric train near Waverton station early this morning…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 9
Last week was Children's Safety Week in Britain. One thousand towns united in a special effort to improve the safety…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 5
Sir,—After years of agitation and numerous deputations, we are to have a good road to the Lake. When this job will be done, goodness only…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 5
(By a Special Correspondent). Once again, as announced by the Minister for the Navy (the Hon. Jos. Francis) recently,…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 4
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Tramwaymen at a turbulent mass meeting in West Melbourne Stadium decided to resume work on…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 3
Here is some advice from the NRMA and RACA [?] planning holiday motor tours. Be sure to carry essential…
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Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 2
SINGLETON, Saturday Singleton branch of the Country Women’s Association has forwarded three motions to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: Second Thoughts Of Press Ban Dungog Man Killed In Motor Cycle-Van Smash
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 1
James Porter, 30, of Dowling-st., Dungog, was fatally injured last night when his motor-cycle crashed into a light panel van on the Paterson-Maitland road, 300 yards from Dunn’s Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scott's Flat May Get Bitumen Road Residents to Consider Local Rate
Singleton Argus · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 2
For some time past residents of the Scott's Plat area have discussed the advisability of getting a bitumen road to their…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 1
CESSNOCK, Monday.—At a meeting of the committee of the Cessnock Agricultural Association it was decided to refer the…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 4
NEW YORK, April 17 (A.A.P.). The first all British motor show in the United States was opened with three million dollars…
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Singleton Argus · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 2
The Transport Commissioner, Mr. R. Winsor, said that 250 new trams now on order would be fitted with noise-reducing,…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 2
High tides covered about half mile of the Marsh-road, Telllgherry Creek, near Bob’s Farm, the secretary of the New Road…
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