Motor Cycle Overturns
A pigeon or a magpie is believed to have been responsible for a road accident on the New England Highway recently…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 70
Duplication of Railway
The statement was made some time ago that it would be necessary to duplicate the Northern line bewen Branxton and Muswellbrook, as soon as the…
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THE motor drivers in Victoria have taken the honours for holiday caution. On the other hand, New South Wales drivers go to the bottom of the class. Such is the position indicated by comparison of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Fatality Man Killed; Another Seriously Injured. Riding on Carriage Roof
When the 1 a.m. passenger train en route to Sydney passed through Stroud Road railway station this Friday morning, two men were seen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: The Holiday Road Toll No Decision Yet by President on Hydrogen Bomb America Must Build Weapons In Grasp of Potential Enemy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—President Truman has not yet made a decision regarding the production of a super atomic bomb. Answering questions at his weekly press conference…
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INVERELL, Saturday. — Gordon Brown, 21, died from injuries received when his motor cycle and a truck collided…
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Maitland railway station was busy with week-end traffic this morning, Trains passing through were…
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NEW DELHI, January 80.— Death roll in the East Punjab rain crash yesterday rose to 82…
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ONSLOW, Iowa, Jan. 31 (AAP).— A goods train which took two hours to travel two miles near here was found to have stopped several times…
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TAREE, Tuesday.—A girl aged 41 years fell from en express train at midnight and was located near the track not seriously injured…
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James George Lyon, .23, of Ellenborough, was killed when his car and a truck collided at Yarras, on the…
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[?]mers at the Royal Hotel, Port Macquarie, have paid for a road to the local surfing beach by placing two[?] from their change in a box…
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A request by Rothbury Progress Association for attention to the Rothbury-Allandale road was referred by Kearsley Shire…
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CESSNOCK, Wed. — The Department of Local Government advised Kearsley Shire Council that at a recent inspection of the…
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President of Hillsborough-Gosford Progress Association (Mr. S. G. Vile) wrote to to-day’s meeting of Lower Hunter Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guard's Miraculous Escape in Gloucester's Biggest Train Smash
Norman McNair, train guard, of Adamstown, is probably the luckiest man on the Railways to be alive to-day, says the Gloucester "Advocate."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Accident Victim Identified Came From Aborigine Camp at Kempsey
The two half-castle aborogines who were struck by a bridge whilst they were riding on the roof of a train carriage last Friday, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Deaths Reach Appalling Figures Commissioner Calls Special Meeting To Discuss Safety
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Traffic officials say that the Government and the people must co-operate in a vigorous campaign to reduce the appalling road casualty rate in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Berlin Railway War Ravages Being Repaired
BONN, Feb. 2.—World War II, destroyed about £200 million sterling worth of railway tracks, switches, tunnels and bridges in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road and Amenity Works in Kearsley Shire Completion of Works Overdue, Says. Board
Council had been unfortunate in receiving very few tenders for works, and when it did get them in having them rejected by the Coal Beard, it was stated at a meeting of Kearsley Shire Council on Tuesday night…
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