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Railways, roads & transport, 1951

1,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 53

Motorcycle Racing on

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 5

Cessnock Motorcycle Club will hold a meeting on the Cessnock Jubilee Circuit on I Sunday afternoon…

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Bridge Needed at McRAE'S HOLLOW

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 2

The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. J. J. Cahill) is to be approached with a view to having a bridge erected at McRae's Hollow…

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Communist Youth Delegates Taken Off Train

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 1

VIENNA.—American authorities in Austria have turned back over 1000 British and French people heading for the World…

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Letter to the Editor Belmore Road

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1951 · page 3

Sir,—The most valuable argument in favour of the establishment of a petrol tilling station at has been overlooked, and…

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Campaign for Better Roads

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 6

An appeal to all sections of the community to support the campaign for better roads in made by the president of the—N.R.M.A…

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Train Smash Deathroll Increases

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 2

LONDON: The death roll in yesterday’s train smash at Arandel (Su[?]er), when a bomber of coaches was teleshopped, [?] to…

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Steering Fails; Car Crashes Into Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 6 August 1951 · page 2

When l[?]s st[?]ering failed, a car crashed into the bridge over Kalndah Creek on the New England Highway at Rutherford…

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Kurri Beer by Road From Sydney

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 1

Arrangements have been made with Tooheys Ltd. to have all Kurri and Coalfields' beer brought direct by road…

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Australia a Bridge Between West and Asiatic Civilisation

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 3

Australia had potentially the greatest future of any nation in the world, the Indian High Commissioner (Mr. Duleepsinhji) told Maitland High School children to-day. “I have thought again and…

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Head Injured in Fall From Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 2

A 26-years-old motor cyclist Injured his head in a fall from his machine at the corner of Steam and Regent-streets,…

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Heavy Motor Traffic

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 4

Answering an attack on the heavy ha[?]lags industry by the NSW Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) for damaging the…

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Road Safety

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 August 1951 · page 2

The peril to our children on the roads today, and the failure of many drivers to use proper hand signals, were…

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Large Committee Needed For Road Safety

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 August 1951 · page 1

A committee of 45 responsible members drawn from all sections of the community is essential if the Singleton branch of the Road Safety Council is to become an integral part of the town, and provide…

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The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1951. Motor Traffic Breaches Cases at Muswellbrook Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 3

A long list of charges for breaches of the traffic regulations was dealt with at the Police Court on Wednesday…

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Illegal Use of Motor Cycles

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 2

SINGLETON : At Singleton Court Donald Lance Brooker was given a suspended [?]ence of two [?]’ imprisonment, by…

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Verdict on Railway Crossing Fatality

Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 3

Following the enquiry into the deaths of George Edward Plum-ridge, 43, of Young-street, Lambton, and his wife, Joyce…

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Two Charges Against Motorist

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 5

For permitting an unlicensed driver to drive a motor lorry at Abermain on March 31, Geff Sherry, 21, of Neath-street,…

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Steering Fails; Car Crashes Into Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 1

When its steering failed, a car crashed into the bridge over Kaludah Creek on the New England Highway at Rutherford on Sunday…

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Fourteen Die In Head-On Train Crash

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 1

BATON ROUGE (Louisiana) : Fourteen persons were killed In a head-on crash yesterday, between a passenger train and a troop train kept Simmesport. United States Marinas who had scrawled “Korea of bust” on the…

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King’s Visit Here Likely to Into Health Cruise Troops From Household Bridge May Accompany Members of Royal Family

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1951 · page 1

LONDON: According to the Daily Mail’s gossip columnist, the King’s trip to Australia next year with the Queen and Princess Margaret, will be turned into a health cruise for him. The plan, which the director-general of the Australian tour, General F. H…

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