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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

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Fell From Bridge Under Train NEWCASTLE

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

Kevin House. 23, a Painter, of Queen-street, Tighe’s Hill, was killed when he fell from Wickham overhead bridge, and was…

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Withdrawal From Key Railway Centre Communists Make Night Attack In Snowstorm(A.A.P.-Reuter) TOKYO

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

United Nations troops were pulling out of Wanju— key rail and highway centre—in street-by-street fighting to-day as the enemy closed on the doomed town. Bitter fighting for Wonju, from which a road and rail…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

A youth who was [?] last Tuesday for three traffic br[?] on his motor cycle was killed on the same cycle last night…

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Car Collides With Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

When a [?] cycle collided with a car near the tarro pumping station, the rider of the cycle, Harold Spencer, 35 of [?]76…

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Appalling State of The Roads INVERELL

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 4

“During the recent conference of this Federation the appalling condition of the State’s roads and their lack of maintenance and…

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Cats Used to Train Dogs Melbourne

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 2

Cats In the suburb of [?] are being trapped and disabled, presumably for greyhound training…

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Grant For Salisbury Road DUNGOO

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 1

The Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. J. Cahill) is prepared to make available to Wallarobba Shire Council an additional [?]…

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Boy's Fall From Bridge Drowns in Lake

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 2

A seven-year-old boy fell from a ridge and drowned in the lake at Narrabeen to-day. The boy, who has not yet been identified, was playing on…

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Road Accidents Worrying New Zealanders WELLINGTON, N.Z.

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 5

Traffic authorities say that drunkenness at the wheel is now assuming such proportions that the time has passed when the…

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Department of Railways, New South Wales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 3

Quotations enclosed in sealed en velopes which must be endorsed Quotation No......addressed to the Comptroller of Stores, Railway…

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Drunk Tried to Start Motor Cycle Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 5

Murray Lestle Henderson [?] labourer 52 Rangers Avennue Cremorne pleaded guilty to a charge of having attempted to start his…

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Car Hit Bridge Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 2

Mr. E. O’Bryan, [?], a miner from Edward-Street, Kurri Kurri, received a lacerated wound under the right eye and braised ribs…

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Greater Safety On Approch To Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 4

Wallarobba Shire Council will recommend to the Department of Main Roads that the corner on the northern approach to…

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Another Bid to Lift Train Ban

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 3

Further efforts are to be made by Maitland City Council to induce the Railway Department to permit Maitland passengers to join the afternoon Armidale-Sydney train…

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To-day’s Lender: THe Train Services Early Peace Treaty with Japan British Premiers Agree On Necessity LONDON

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 1

The Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ conference has agreed on the importance of the early peace treaty with Japan. The Ministers have further agreed that bill last war…

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Our Tram Services

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 2

ALDERMAN J. V. KENNEDY, at last night’s meeting of Maitland City Council, reiterated his previous contention that an injustice has been done to some travellers form this city by the decision of the railway…

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Motorists’ Fines Total £90 SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 3

A motorist was fined £90 on four bharges arising sout of Christmas celebrations in North Sydney police court to-day…

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Arm Severed ln Road Accident ORANGE

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 5

Gordon Sam[?] of pen[?] street, Row[?] Sydney had his left arm [?] above the elbow in a car accident…

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New Train Here

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 4

It is not often that members of the Railway staff are amazed to see a train pull into a station. It is certainly an…

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Dungog £5,020 Roads Grant

Singleton Argus · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 3

The Department of Main Roads has approved proposals put up by the Wallarobba Shire Council for the…

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