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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

1,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 42 of 53

Sorry Story Of Road Deaths

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 October 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: The huge weekend road toll of 11 dead and 30 injured was a “sorry story,” police traffic…

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Eight Injured in Week-end Road Accidents

Singleton Argus · Monday 8 October 1951 · page 2

Gunner John Maxwell (24) a member of the permanent staff at the Singleton Army Camp,…

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Investigating Mail Robbery From Train

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Detectives Investigating mall robbery from the Brisbane Express are convinced that the bags were…

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Accidents. Motor Cyclist Injured

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 October 1951 · page 1

When Athol John Hoole, of Mitchell Lane, endeavoured to pass a stationary vehicle about three miles north of…

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Two Trams Collide in Tunnel

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: Nine people were Injured when a tram crashed into the rest of another tram in Wynyard tunnel this…

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Struck by Motorcycle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 9 October 1951 · page 3

Struck by a motorcycle on Sunday, Peter Wyborn, 12, of Kearsley, was treated by Cessnock Ambulance for abrasions…

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Slippery Bridge Surfaces

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 October 1951 · page 3

Wallarobba Shire Council decided yesterday to gravel and tar the surface of the Myall Creek bridge when…

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Torryburn Bridge Nearing Completion

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 October 1951 · page 4

Work on the Torryburn bridge should be completed during October, Wallarobba Shire Council engineer (Mr…

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Miller’s Forest Roads ‘Mud Tracks’

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 October 1951 · page 5

Cr. L. F. Moakley to-day described four roads in Miller’s Forest as “mad tracks.” The roads are Edithvale…

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Sealing Singletonwindsor Road Too Costly

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 October 1951 · page 3

MUSWELLBROOK — The provision of a bituminous surface on the SingletonWindsor road would involve…

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Deviation On Road At Pelton

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 October 1951 · page 4

The Department of Main Road will he asked by Kearsley Shire Council to make a deviation to remove [?]fle…

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Motor Cyclist Badly Hurt in Fall

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 10 October 1951 · page 4

A 23-years-old motor cyclist was seriously injured when he fell after Ws machine struck Lindesday-street, East Maitland, early last…

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Bores On Belmore Bridge Site

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 4

Test bores are being sunk in the Hunter River above the present Belmore Bridge at Maitland…

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Electrification of Northern Railway Conference Will Seek Improved Transport

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 4

Electrification of the Newcastle-Maitland railway will immediately follow the electrification of the main line from Hornsby to Broadmeadow and the link-up from Broadmeadow to Newcastle…

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Motor Cyclist Hurt in Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 11 October 1951 · page 4

A 28-years-old motor cyclist received minor injuring when his machine and a car collided at the corner of Lawes…

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Road Layer Injured

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 3

A road layer at Aberdare Extended Colliery suffered an injury to his right hand when he was jammed by a skip on…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Maitland Mercury · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 3

A motor cyclist whose matching struck a car on the cannot of Newcastle-road and Melbourne-street, East Maitland,…

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Charge Against Motorist Dismissed

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 12 October 1951 · page 5

At the conclusion of evidence for the prosecution in the case in which Eric Leslie Williams, of Mathieson-street. Bellbird…

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Drainage Scheme For Aerodrome

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1951 · page 2

RAYMOND TERRACE: The Minister for Air Informed the Port Stephens Shire Council that a report of the…

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Fishery Creek Bridge Replacement Necessary

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 13 October 1951 · page 4

At a meeting of the Hunter District Water Board in Newcastle, authority was given to the Chief Engineer, to replace Fishery Creek…

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