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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

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Road Signs Are Danger Signs

Maitland Mercury · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 2

Recognition of road signs and lines is not only a legal requirement but is also an indication that the road…

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Body Flown to New Zealand. Victim of Motor Cycle Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 1

The body of David Alexander Givea (20), of Waikato (N.Z.), was flown to New Zealand at the week-end…

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40 Killed When Tram Jumped Tracks

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 18 December 1951 · page 1

RIO DE JANEIRO: Forty parsons were killed and many injured when a train jumped the tracks in Ceara State…

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New Surface on Belmore Road, Lorn

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 5

Lron’s Christmas box, the spreading of premix on Belmore-road, from the bridge to Short-street, is…

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Drivers to Blame for Many Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 2

Whatever [?] be the [?]of motorists themselves, the slaughter and ma[?] laking place on our…

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Motor Cyclist, Killed, Wife Hurt In Collision

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 19 December 1951 · page 3

NEWCASTLE; The rider of motor cycle was killed today and his wife-seriously Injured when their machine…

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Hints to Motorists

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 5

Some N.R.M.A hints to motoring “handymen”:— Battery Slier plug ventilating holes should be kept…

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Motor Cycle Accident In Bridge Street

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 1

A motor cyclist collided with a woman in Bridge Street late on Wednesday afternoon. The woman, Miss Flanagan, of…

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Train Derailed Youth Charged

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 1

TAMWORTH — Police arrested a 17-year-old youth and charged him with having placed an iron dog spike on…

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Egyptians Claim to Have Blown Up Bridge

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 1

CARIO, Friday.— British troops in the Suez Canal Zone have been ordered by their commander General Sir…

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Competed with Railways. Lorry Driver Fined

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 3

At the Police Court on Wednesday, Alec Linstock Noble pleaded guilty to a charge of having competed…

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Motor Ship Abandoned After Fire

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 1

ASTORIA (Oregon): Eleven persons are missing after the fire that swept the 8785-ton [?]anish motor ship Erria while…

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Registration Of New Motor Cars

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 2

CANBERRA: A total of 17,[?] now motor care was reported in Australia last month, the [?]…

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Fire Hose Cut by Train

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: A lire hose being used to fight a blaze at the Hydro Majestic Hotel at Mellow Bath was cut in helves…

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Fall From Train

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: A 13-years-old schoolboy suffered severe head injuries when he fell from a fast-moving train at…

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Foot Severed by Train

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 2

A Newcastle man, Reginald Joyce, 61, of 170 Darby-street, Newcastle, had a foot severed when he fell between a fram…

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Heavy Toll in Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY.— Road accidents in New South Wales between midnight on Friday and last night have killed night people…

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Another Appeal To Motorists

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY: After referring to the number of road fatalities during the Christmas period, traffic…

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Tunnel Blocked By Train: Breakdown

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 1

[?] Thousands of [?] to be transported [?] has this morning [?]…

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Motor Cyclist's Skull Fractured

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 29 December 1951 · page 2

Cleave Dever, 24, of 87 High-street, East Maitland/ employed at the Commonwealth Steel, W[?]atab, was in[?]red late…

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