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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

1,382 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 67 of 70

Motor Cycle Speeds

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 9 December 1950 · page 6

Governing of motor cycles engines to prevent high speed would not, in the NRMA opinion, make any worth-while contribution to…

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Letter To The Editor Overcrowded Train

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 December 1950 · page 2

Sir,—Action should be taken by the Railway Department to cope with the overcrowding of the 9.45 a.m. train from Maitland to…

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Surveyors Pegging Site For New Belmore Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 December 1950 · page 2

A surveyor from the Department of Main Roads to-day started pegging out for the site of the proposed new bridge over the…

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Motor Cyclist Taken To Hospital

Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 December 1950 · page 3

A motor cyclist was admitted to Maitland Hospital yesterday after his machine and a car collided in High-street, near the…

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Council's New Road Policy. Engineer to Confer with Councillors in Each Riding

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 4

Yesterday's meeting of the nswly elected Shire Council adopted the important principle of promoting a closer liaison between…

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Motor Cycle Club Dance

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 2

Members of the Maitland Motor Cycle Club will hold their Christmas dance and supper party in the Maitland Town Hall supper…

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Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 12 December 1950 · page 3

Driver and passenger in a car which collided with the back of a semi-trailer on Newcastle-road, East Maitland, last night, were…

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To-day’s Leader An Unending War Fireman Dies In Train Mishap

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed—A young railway fireman was crushed to death and a driver seriously Injured when a coal train Jumped…

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Muswellbrook Man Builds Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1950 · page 2

MUSWELLBROOK, Tuesday,— The Jennison family has been associated with all forms of transport ever since Its forebears came…

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Motor Firm’s Big Output

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1950 · page 7

Austin Motors Ltd. has announced that the quarter-million[?] motor car of the A-40 type had just polled off the assembly…

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Motor Traders Attend Dinner

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1950 · page 6

Motor traders from all the territory from Gosford to Murrurundi attended the annual dinner of Associated Motor Traders…

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Railway Crossing Improvement

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 13 December 1950 · page 5

The Premier (Mr. McGirr) has advised the N.R.M.A. of an important change of policy regarding elimination of railway level…

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Hexham Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 8

Following a P.P.U. request that work be speeded up on the bridge over the Hunter River at Hexham, the Department of Main…

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Engineer’s Report on Road Works

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 6

SINGLETON, Thursday.—The engineer (Mr. A. W. McIntyre), presenting report on the work carried out In the Patrick Plains…

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Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. — Geoffrey Mcllvenie, 21, of Curry-street, Wallsend, was fatally injured when a motor cycle he was…

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Kearsley Roads (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 1

Sir,—Kindly permit me to comment on the state of the roads in the Kearsley Shire, and I 'suggest a method for improving same…

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In Towns Around New Bridge Survey In Maitland

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 6

Department of Main Roads has pegged out the site of a proposed new bridge over the Hunter River in the vicinity of Belmore Bridge at Maitland. First survey work was carried out the other day at the…

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No Sunday Train For Scone Transport Minister's Decision

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 2

The following letter, forwarded by Mr. R. B. Nott. M.L.A., in reply to his representations to have the Sunday afternoon train to…

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1950 Road Works a Near Record Shire Engineer's Annual Report

Singleton Argus · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 5

ALTHOUGH adverse weather arid waterlogged ground reduced the effective working…

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Railway Strikes in U.s

Maitland Mercury · Friday 15 December 1950 · page 1

CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—“Wildcat” strikes by railway guards and shunters crippled or slowed down rail services in four major cities…

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