The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, 18Th April, 1950. Many Calls For Road Repairs Muswellbrook Shire Council. Monthly Meeting
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3
The monthly meeting of the Shire Council was held yesterday, when there were present:— Crs. R. Clendinning (president), Jas. Lonergan,…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2
CESSNOCK, Wednesday— A bridge on the Congewai Road, which collapsed recently, is to be repaired by Kearsley Shire…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 3
Even if the whole of the Australian petrol tax was used on road works in New South Wales it would be entirely inadequate…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 3
The Glen Innes Mail was held up for about two hours early this morning as the result of a truck attached to a goods train leaving…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2
When he felt from a moving train near Kaltnga Junction late yesterday afternoon, a young Homeville engine fireman…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2
A young Englishman was thrown from his motor cycle late yesterday when he collided with a car at the…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 3
A Thornton man escaped uninjured to-day when the engine of the Morpeth train hit and completely wrecked his [?]ck at the level crossing into Bowthorne Co-op. Butter Factory Ltd…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 2
SINGLETON, Wed.—The Railways ways Department wrote to the Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board following recent…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 3
SINGLETON, Wed.—An Englishman, Thomas Heath, who was journeying to Queensland on motor cycles with three…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 5
Doctors at Maitland Hospital believe they may have to amputate the left foot of a railway timekeeper who was struck by…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 3
The ground, due to heavy rain on the Thursday, and showery rain on the Friday, was very boggy. These conditions inconvenienced a lot of…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 1
The many friends of the late Mr. Edwin James Keith Porter, 31, of Dowling Street, Dungog, were shocked to learn of his untimely death in a…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 1
CHICAGO, April 20.—The big-best rall tie-up for years was threatened yesterday when the locomotive and firemen’s union…
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Singleton Argus · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4
Rail and tram accident victims will be able to sue for unlimited damages under amendments to the…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 1
Maitland Hospital reported [?]is afternoon that there was a slight improvement in the condition of William Jackson, who was run…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 1
The opinion that overloading had been the cause of the collapse of the platform bridge on the Paxton Congewal Road on…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 6
Even if the whole of the Australian petrol tax was used on road works in New South Wales it would be entirely…
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Singleton Argus · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 1
Boundary road work will not be undertaken under present arrangements with the Patrick Plain Shire. It was stated…
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Singleton Argus · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 4
An approach will be made to the Patrick Plains Shire by ratepayers of the Scott's Flat area to have three miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →15 Years Ago (Taken from the "Argus" files for the week ending Friday, April 26, 1935) Returned Soldiers' Special Train
Singleton Argus · Friday 21 April 1950 · page 2
A special train arranged to convey Singleton returned soldiers to Sydney for Anzac celebrations was made up at…
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