Melbourne Has Tram Stoppage Melbourne
A sudden 24-hour stopping by a number of tramway employee disorganised most of Melbourne’s trams to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1951
1,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 53
Bowman's Bridge
Patricks Plains Shire Council has advised the Muswellbrook Shfre Council that it has decided to draw up plans for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →20 Hurt in Train Crash
Twenty people were taken to hospital following a head-on collision between a goods train and stationary passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →50 Years In Railway Service MR. V. Yates Entertained on Retirement
Over 60 members of the Traffic and Loco Brandies of the Muswellbrook Railway Staff entertained Mr. Vic. Yates at the Railway Institute Hall on Sunday night. Mr. Yates recently retired from the Railway Department, after 50 years' service…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Milk Transported by Detour Roads
For the past three days milk from the Dungog Butter Factory has been transported in nine lorries over Lime-burners Creek Road and Stockton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Dead In Spanish Train Smash MADRID
Seventeen people, including four children, were killed and 27 were injured, 10 seriously, when the Valencia-Barcelona mail train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£1,184,000 Grant for Rural Roads Shires' Big Share
The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Cahill) has allotted £1,184,000 for expenditure on rural…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All-weather Coal Road to Be Pushed Cessnock
Cessnock Municipal Council decided last night to arrange a deputation with representatives of Kearsley Shire Council to appoint a deputation to place before the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Cahill) the need for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →River Bank Erosion Is Still Threat to Bridge Singleton Landholders' Comments on Losses
AS THE swirling waters of the swiftly-flowing Hunter River continue to undermine the banks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Booral Brevities Motor Tours
During the Christmas holidays, Mr. Ron Nicholas, accompanied by Max Single and Nev. Dew, of Booral, and Mervyn Grey and Bill Renwick, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Claims Rejected Melbourne
Main claims by the A.R.U. and A.F.U.L.E. tor passive time abolition and overtime after eight hours were today rejected by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road to East Maitland Trafficable
Maitland police announced to-day that the highway between East Maitland and Maitland was now trafficable to all veachile…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Jump In Motor Car Output
Nearly 800.000 vehicles were produced in 1950 by Britain’s “Big Six”—Austin. Ford. Nuffield’s Standard, Rootes and Vauxhall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warning to Motorists Crossing Water
Motorists stranded In attempting to travel through water would have to fend for. themselves the NRMA representative…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Freak Bridge Hands
A million to one chance came up yesterday when four bridge players at the Francis Drake Bowling Club,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Patrick Plains Shire Roads Singleton
Patrick Plains Shire Council, at Its meeting yesterday, received a number of letters asking for attention to roads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Merriwa News:MUCH Needed Town Improvement. Road to Railway to Be Tar-surfaced
In response to a request made at the December meeting of the Shire Council, the clerk submitted a report and estimate for tar-surfacing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Progress on Bridge Site Survey Singleton
Mr. W. F. Sheahan (Minister for Transport) advised Patrick Plains Shire Council that it was impossible for him to visit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£1,184,000 Grant for Rural Roads. Shires' Big Share
The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. Cahill) has allotted £1,184,000 for expenditure on rural roads, apart from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Plan for Modern Roads a Counterpart In The United States
An 85-mile network of modern highways of the expressway type arc planned for Sydney and outlying districts,…
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