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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 70

Cessnock Man Awarded £3,000 [?] Was Victim of Road Smash

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 7

Vincent Turnball, 40, former minister of North-[?] Cessnock was [?] st [?]…

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Dusky Travellers on the Singleton Road The Turban, Beard and Bundle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 7

Among the many unsung heroes of early Australian pioneering is one regarding whom appreciation is overdue. Old…

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Cessnock Man Gooled For Six Months Illegally Used Motor Car

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 7

Kenneth George Bainbridge, 21, electrician's assistant, was sentenced to six moths' imprisonment by judge Ni[?] at the…

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The Subway. Railway Protective Screens Erected

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 5

The suggestion of Ald. R. Cousins, moved at a Municipal Council meeting some months back, that a letter be forwarded to the Railway…

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MOTORISTS Pay 20 Per Cent. More To Register

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 3

The cost of motor vehicle registration is to be increased by 25 percent. under proposed legislation authorised by State Cabinet this week…

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Two Killed in Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON, Friday.—A verdict of accidental death was returned yesterday by the acting district coroner (Mr. J. Letts)…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 August 1950 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Charles Barclay, 28, of Newcastle-road, Wallsend, a miner, employed at Rosewood Borehole colliery,…

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Soundings Completed for Wallamba Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 2

The Main Roads Department surveyors, who have been taking soundings for the proposed bridge over the Wallamba at Nablac crossing, have…

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Beer Thefts From Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 5 August 1950 · page 3

Of a consignment to the Hotel Macquarie, of 48 dozen of bottled beer, no less than 3 dozen and eight bottles were stolen from the railway…

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Express Train Breaks Down

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. — Passengers on the Moss Vale Express had to continue to Sydney by electric train when air brakes…

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The Mitchell's Flat School Road

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 3

A Mitchell's Flat resident signing himself "Son-of-aGun" has penned the following lines, headed "In charge of the…

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Letters To The Editor Bolwarra Road

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 2

Sir,—I was astonished to read the remarks of Councillor Monkley, having regard to those people whom he presumes are not telling the truth,…

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The Letter Bag Mitchell's Flat Road (To the Editor)

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 1

In June last I reported to the Patrick Plains Shire Council the bad condition of the Shire road leading from the Mitchell's…

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Railway Employees’ Mistake

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 August 1950 · page 4

NEW YORK, August 7 (A.A.P.) .— Fifty people were hurt, three seriously, when a Long Island steam train crashed into a goods train in…

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New Bridge at Nabiac

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 2

The Main Roads Department surveyors, who have been taking soundings for the proposed bridge over the Wallamba at Nabiac,…

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Cessnock Train Service May Resume To-morrow

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 1

The Superintendent of the South Maitland Railways (Mr. J. M. Proctor) said this morning that the passenger train services to Cessnock…

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Maryvale-Sandy Hallow Railway Line Organisation Stresses National, Economic and Defence Aspects

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 1

Last meeting of the executive committee of the Maryvale-Gulgong-Sandy Hollow Co-ordination Railway League in Gulgong decided to seek the co-operation of the Minister for National Development (Hon. R. G. Casey, M.H.R.) in a move for the completion of the line…

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Chamber Of Commerce To Protest On Railway Damages Will Seek Statewide Support

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 1

The council of management of the Muswellbrook and District Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night decided to circularise all Chambers of Commerce in N.S.W., requesting them to ask their Members of Parliament to bring to the notice of the Minister for Transport the…

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Motor Cycle Notes

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 8 August 1950 · page 4

As the wot weather recently put a stop to all spoiling activities, the social side of the club came to life. A dance was held in the Railway…

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Money for Appalling Roads

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1950 · page 2

HUNTER VALLEY farmers at a meeting in Maitland last night described the condition of roads over which their goods must be carried to markets and their families must travel to reach shopping centres and…

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