Resident Claims Jerry's Plains Forgotten Area High-level Bridge Position "Insufferable"; Urges Singleton To. Wake Up
Singleton Argus · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 6
Claiming that Jerry's Plains farmers are taking renewed interest in a milk factory for Muswellbrook and that residents are considering transferring their business to Muswellbrook, a Jerry's Plains…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Board and New Open Cut Route. Grant Withdrawn If Road Not Maintained by Council
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1
The District Engineer, Joint Coal Boarl, advised the Municipal Council on Wednesday that unless council undertook to maintain the proposed new…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Abermain Youth Killed Fell From Motorcycle
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 7
An?Abermain youth was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident near Abermain police station on Wednesday…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1
Same v. Hugh D. Munro, who pleaded guilty to an information laid under the Motor Traffic Act. Sergt. Bedingfeld, in outlining…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Theft of Wire From Railway Provisions of Section 556a Extended Defendant
The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1
Police v. Leslie Cowley, railway employee, charged with stealing a quantity of wire, the property of the Commissioner of Railways, of…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2
WINGHAM, Friday.—Wingham needs a new railway station, but it will not get it—just yet. Mr. F. C. Garside,…
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Singleton Argus · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 4
The Lower Hunter Shire Council has taken up the matter of speeding motor cyclists on the New England Highway…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1
The Association also drew, attention to the very bad state of the cross road from Salisbury to Eccleston. This is the only cross road linking…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Knight of Road Seeks Retirement
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 4
In C.T.A. (Commercial Travellers' Association) parlance, their members are known as "Knights of the Road," and Wally Thompson is one of them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Commissioner Says Engineers Considering Daylight Express for North Coast
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 2
The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. P. C. Garside, last Friday morning informed a deputation from Taree Municipal Council that railway…
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Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 2
Pour motor cyclists, who appeared in Maitland court yesterday before Mr. E. I. Cocks. S.M., were fined for various offences…
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Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 1
SYDNEY, Sat—Police and ambulance officers equipped with flashlights and lanterns to-day recovered the badly mutilated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horse Caused Motor Vehicles to Collide
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 3
A straying horse was the direct cause of extensive damage to two motor vehicles last night. Travelling in his panel van…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Warkworth Carpet Bridge To Be Replaced Soon Low-level Bridge in Two Months
Singleton Argus · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1
The Divisional Engineer of the Department of Main Roads said to-day that the "carpet bridge" across the Cockfighter Creek would be replaced this week if weather conditions permit…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 2
SINGLETON, Monday.—Jerry’s Plains residents who were cut off from Singleton and Muswellbrook for a period after the June flood,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire In Railway Station
Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 2
GUNNEDAH. Monday.—A fire which broke out at Gunnedah railway station, about 6 o’clock last night extensively damaged…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 2
Asking a young man his age, and receiving the reply that he was 18, Mr. E. I. Cocks, stipendiary magistrate, said in Maitland court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tourist Roads To Barrington Tops
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2
MUSWELLBROOK, Tuesday.— Muswellbrook municipal council supported the idea of providing roads on the eastern and western…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Driver On Manslaughter Charge
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 3
NEW YORK, Feb 21.—An electric train diver, Jacob Kiefer, has been remanded on 10,000 dollars ball until March 6 on a charge of second…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Hits Car, Six Injured MELBOURNE
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4
Six persons were injured, one critically, when an electric train struck their car at the Diamond Creek level crossing at 5.45 p.m…
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