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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

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Many Road Accidents Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 1

Grea[?], rain socked surfaces, with carried the harvest New [?] Eve [?] in years [?] many accidents debt night, and…

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Record Number of Road Deaths Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 3

There were [?]27 deaths on the roads in New South Wales during 1950. This is the highest [?] in the…

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Tail Lights on Motors

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 4

Many motor vehicles are being operated without effective tails lights and in some cases they have caused accidents when…

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Road Toll Mounting Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 4

Three people who had been injured in road accidents on Monday died yesterday. They were Dr. Leo Francis…

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£19,307 For Shire's 1951 Road Plan Big Departmental Contribution

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 2

PATRICK Plains Shire Clerk (Mr. H. Troman said today that official approval had been given for a programme of…

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Heavy Fines For Motorist SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 January 1951 · page 5

In Balmain court a motorist, Victor William Hustle, 84, of Balmain, was fined £30 on teach of two charges of having driven…

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Trams Collide on Bridge Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 1

Three tramway employees were injured when a tram crashed into the rear of another tram on Sydney Harbour Bridge early…

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Air-Conditioned Train In North ARMIDALE

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 2

The first trial run of an air-conditioned train between Sydney and Armidale will be made on January 10…

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Road Tax Is Reduced Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 2

From Monday next the road tax for lorries operating between Victoria and the Newcastle, Wollongong and Sydney districts will…

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Letter To The Editor Belmore Road

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 2

Sir,—I wish to nominate Belmore Road as one of the worst pot-holed main roads In any country town in New South Wales…

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Third Death In Wagga Road Smash WAGGA

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 2

Miss Mignon, Mower, who was badly injured when a car overturned at The Rock on Monday. died in Wagga Bans Hospital…

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Giant Motor Cargo Ship Hits Rock BRISBANE

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 1

The 11,000-ton British freighter Palana struck a rock off Pine Peak Island, 60 miles from Mackey, late last night and is in…

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Train Smash Near Brisbane

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

Eleven persons were injured, one seriously, when the Gympie Express crashed into the rear of a crowded suburban train at Eagle…

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Road Transport Of Beef

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 2

The first load of carcase beef has reached Sydney from the Maitland abattoir in the new, refrigerated road vehicle, and the…

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Korean Retreat Goes on Frozen Road South

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Friday.—The United Nations forces defending Inchon—strategic supply port west of Seoul, the abandoned South…

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Carriage Telescoped Eleven Injured When Express Hits Train Brisbane

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 5

Eleven persons were injured when the Gympie express train crashed into a suburban train at Eagle Junction, four miles from the city, at 6 o’clock last night. Two carriages on the. suburban train were telescoped,…

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Motor Smash at Subway. Electric Light Pole Snapped Off At Base

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 1

An electric light pole wan probably responsible for Having a man's life when ho crashed into the pole at the Subway on…

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Motor Traffic Case Adjourned

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 3

At the request of the defendant, a case against a motorist who was, charged in East Maitland court this morning was…

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Motorist Ordered To Abstain From Intoxicating Liquor SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 3

Robert Francis Vitnell, plumber, pleaded guilty In Singleton court yesterday to a charge of having under the influence of…

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Railway Revenue Up On 1949

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 January 1951 · page 5

There was a decided decrease in the number of livestock shifted from Singleton by the Railway Department during…

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