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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 54 of 70

Condition of Coal-field Roads Coal Board Assistance Wanted

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 29 September 1950 · page 1

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Mines (Mr. Arthur) whether, owing to flood damage, there was only one road…

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Bailey Bridge Is on World Market For Civilian Use

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 September 1950 · page 1

World rights to manufacture and sell Bailey bridges—the wartime invention which completely nullified the systematic…

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Aeroplane’s Role in Agriculture

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1950 · page 3

A Bristol Freighter aircraft has Just dropped 40 tons of fertiliser over the heart of mountainous Wales. The object is to…

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Evading Road Haulage Tax

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1950 · page 1

DUBBO, Sat,—Road haulage contractors alleged to-day that large scale smuggling” of goods was taking place every day…

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Show Society Decides on Another Motor Parade

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1950 · page 3

Speaking at Tuesdays meeting of the Dungog Show Society, Mr. Ted Lean stated that the motor parade at this year's Show was an…

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Motor Cyclists Injured In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1950 · page 1

Two young motor cyclists were injured last night when the motor cycle they were riding collided with a car at the intersection of…

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Motorists and Bush Fires

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1950 · page 4

An appeal to motorists to display extra care to prevent the starting of bushfires is made by the NRMA and RACA…

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Secret Motor on Show

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 30 September 1950 · page 3

The new and secret rocket motor which uses hydrogen peroxide as fuel was shown for the first time at the Farnborough…

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Flag Bridge Afternoon

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 2

A large number of players attended the flag bridge-afternoon arranged by the Maitland branch of the Country Women’s…

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Death On The Roads

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 2

IT IS a sorry commentary on our holiday spirit that already during this holiday week-end five people have been killed and ten seriously injured in accidents along our roads…

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Bailey Bridge World Rights

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 6

World rights to manufacture and sell Bailey bridges, the British wartime inventions which completely minified the…

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Goods Train Derailed Near Oakhampton

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 2

Several trucks of a goods train were derailed last night when the ballast supporting the railway line collapsed near Oakhampton…

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Big Shire Roads Programme £15,611 Expenditure

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 2

At Thursday's meeting of the Patrick Plains Shire Council it was recommended for Council's consideration that…

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Five Killed in Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 2

DUNGOG, Monday. — Allan Ray Taylor, 20, of Brown-st., Dungog, was killed yesterday when a motor cycle he was…

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Rowley Brothers Lead Cycle Road Race

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Rowley brothers, of Victoria, passed through St Mary’s early this afternoon at the head of the…

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State Help Wanted For Road Repairs

Singleton Argus · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 2

The damage done to roads by heavy-load traffic was referred to in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Davis Hughes (C.P.,…

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To-day’s Leader: Death On The Roads Jehovah’s Witnesses in Trouble

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 1

BERLIN, Oct. 2.—Soviet zone authorities introduced drastic measures to prevent Jehovah’s Witnesses leaving the zone to…

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Motor Accident

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 1

Rider of a motor cycle involved in a collision with a car at the corner of Banks and Newcastle streets, East Maitland, on Friday…

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Commercial Motor Show in London

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 3

Visitors from more than 55 overseas countries are coming to Britain this month for the commercial motor show to be held…

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Ribs Broken In Fall from Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 2 October 1950 · page 2

A 20-years-old man suffered probable complicated, fractures of the lower ribs when he fell from a motor cycle near Raworth…

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