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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

1,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 53

Football Gloucester Defeats Taree Railway Club

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 3

At Chatham on Sunday, Gloucester outplayed the Taree Railway team to win a hard and at times rugged, game Gloucester backs played very well,…

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Wheelers’ Protest On Dusty Road

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 1

CESSNOCK: The only idle mine on the south Maitland coal field to-days’ Maitland Main. The wheelers came home [?]…

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Bridge to Be Rebuilt

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 4

GLOUCESTER: Gloucester Shire Council decided to rebuild the washed-out Gloucester River bridge at its present site…

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Accidents to Children on Roads

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

“The number of serious road accidents involving school children is casual the authorities much concern “Ald. Arkell,…

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Uniform For Railway Workers

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 3

CESSNOCK : The adjourned Searing of an application an by the wakes [?] or South Maitland Railway Employee Association…

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Train Disaster

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 2

YOKOHAMA.—Ninety Japanese and seven American soldiers were burned to death yesterday when they were…

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Avalanche Wrecks Train

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 3

GENEVA: A 40-yards wide avalanche yesterday swept the first three coaches of the [?] Zurich express on the lines near…

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Lack of Seats on New Train Causes Concern

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 2

Crowing concern at the meagre allotment of seats on the Tablelands Express, is shortly expected to be brought to the attention of the Railway Department…

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Railway Moves

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 2

Singleton Stationmaster, Mr. J. Matthews, accompanied by Miss Matthews, is spending his annual holiday motoring…

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Avalanche Hit Main Train

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 4

GENEVA: An avalanche swept the first three coaches of the Milan-Zurich express off the line near the St. Gotthard tunnel…

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Bus on the Marsh Road

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

Cr. Randall at the recent Shire meeting said bus drivers maintain that the Marsh road to Anna Bay is unsafe for the bus…

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No Extra Work on Putty Road

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 4

The Shire Council will not do extra maintenance on the Putty road when the Forestry Commission begin…

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19,000 Gallons of Ool Lost. Fire in Railway Yards. Goulburn

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 1

At least £3000 worth of damage was caused at the South Goulburn loco yards early this morning when thousands of gallons of oil in railway…

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Railway Fire at Goulburn £30,000 Damage

Singleton Argus · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 4

GOULBURN, Friday.—At least £30.000 worth of damage was caused at the South Goulburn loco yards early this morning…

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Raising of Low-level Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 2

SINGLETON: Patrick Plains Shire Council received a letter from the Jerry’s Plains Progress Association asking for…

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British-made Vespas on the Road

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 6

A British firm is manufacturing the 125 c.c. Ve[?]pa Motor runabout, which is claimed to be the nearer approach to a two-wheel car yet designed. The machine cruises at 40-45 m.p.h on a consumption of more than 100 miles…

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Boy Trampled to Death

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 4

MANNARGUDI (Madras): An elephant here trampled to death a young boy who tried to play a noax on him…

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Railway Uniforms Satisfactory

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Whist he found that uniforms supplied by South Maitland Railways to employees were of a satisfactory nature and…

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N.Z. Bridge Sabotaged Auckland

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 3

Saboteurs dynamited a railway bridge on the Waika-Go coalfield last night…

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Boy Injured In Motor Collision

Maitland Mercury · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Stanley Merriman, 16, of Christie-st., Glebe, was injured today when he was thrown from a panel ran under…

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