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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

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High Road Toll, in Victoria

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 5

MELBOURNE: In -five years peace, the road , toll in Victoria was almost half as big as State's casualties in six years…

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Move To Make Bitumen Highway Of Singleton – Windsor Road

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 5

Quirindi Municipal Council wants to improve the Singleton-Windsor road as an alternate route to the main…

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Railway Revenue

The Scone Advocate · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 3

The obliging staff at the Aberdeen Railway Station certainly handle their share in an effort to reduce the deficiency shown…

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Railway Returns

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 2

Financial returns for passenger traffic at Singleton Railway Station for the month of April was £1.863/12/8, as against the…

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Hexham Bridge Finish May Be Delayed

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 4

RAYMOND TERRACE: Cr. Rodgers, president of Port Stephens Shire Council, in his report to council this week, stated that as steel was no tavailable it may be possible that the Hexham bridge would not be completed within the time…

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Driving Hints for Motorists

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 6

The NRMA offers motorists come practical driving hints. Allow plenty of room between yon and the car ahead. A good…

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Motor Cycle Rid[?] Injured

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 4

A motor cycle rider and his pillion passenger were [?] when the machine [?] after a tyre blew out and…

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"Slow" Signs Wanted For Pinch Bridge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 8

Kearsley Shire Council decided on Tuesday night to ask the Transport Department to erect "Slow" signs at the…

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Inferior Coal for Railway

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 4

The Commissioner for Hallways (Mr. P. C. Garside) said that his department. had refused some coal because it-was of Interior…

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Motorcyclists Fined For Traffic Breaches

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 May 1951 · page 5

Three motorcyclists were each fined £12/10/- for traffic breaches at the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. They are Clifford Ernest Andrews, Wallace Littlejohns and Raymond O'Neil, all of Singleton…

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Menace on the Road

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 1

Convicting a miner on charges of driving a vehicle whilst under the influence of liquor and of having no head lamps burning,…

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LETTERBAG. Dogs On Road Dear Editor

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 4

I see where "Consider the Dog" read with regret my Viewpoint on stray dog's, and I suppose that person laughed…

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Train Held Up

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY; A derailment at Flemington today held up the River Express for at minutes. According to a railway…

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Warning on Noisy Motorcycles Suspension of Licences

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 3

Motorcycles with inefficients silencers caused a terrific amount of noise which was a thorough nuisance and…

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Motorcyclist's Death After Crash Kurri Coroner's Recommendation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

As there had been a number of fatalities in the vicinity of Chinaman's Hollow, Weston, he would recommend…

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Erosion at Dunolly Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 3

SINGLETON: Aid. C. H. Dunlop said at a meeting of Singleton Municipal Council that, despite efforts of the Hunter Valley…

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Fined for Noisy Motor Cycles

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 5

Mervyn Tangon and Richard Joa[?]z were each fined at Cessnock court £2/3/, with 7/ costs, for having inefficient silencers on…

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Police Hold Motorcycle

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 2

Singleton Police have taken into custody a Royal Enfield motorcycle which has been found abandoned on the New…

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Marsh Road Bus

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 2

At the Port Stephens Shire Council meeting. Cr. Randall moved that the Transport Department be requested to grant a new franchise for a bus…

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Road Toll Heavier Than Polio

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 May 1951 · page 4

A Health Department survey had revealed than the death rate from road accidents was more than 25 times greater…

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