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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1951

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Port Stephen’s Shire Roads Programme

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 4

Part Stephens Shire Council has been advised by the Department of Main Roads that a grant of £10,060 towards council’s works…

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Childbirth After Road Accident. Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 1

A young women gave birth to a baby in a car which skidded off the road and crashed through a fence at a house at Webroonga…

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Motor Collision At Singleton SINGLETON

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 3

Mrs H. Degden, Bathusrst street singleton received slight abrasone to the forehead brulsesand shock when she car…

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Car and Tram Collide City Sydney

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 February 1951 · page 1

Three people were Injured when a car collided with a tram, overturned and akidded along on the roof in Ansae Parade, Moore…

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Passengers and Crew Quarantined. Influenza on B.O.A.C. Aircraft. Precautions at Aerodrome. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 2

Thirty-nine persons in a B.O.A.C. Constellation from London were taken to North Head Quarantine Station, following the discovery of two cases…

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Drinking Motorists Keep Licences. SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 1

Four motorists, [?] found guilty of dri[?] nder the influence,” convictions lifted by Judge [?]…

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Motor Cyclist Fined for Speeding

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 5

For exceeding the speed [?] between the High-street over brings and Willa Creek, Maitland a motor cyclist was feed…

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Hints for New Motorists

Maitland Mercury · Friday 16 February 1951 · page 3

Some sound advice to new motorists on the subject of gear changing is given by the chief engineer of the NRMA, Mr. C. H…

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Timber Firms Proposal for Glen William Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 1

A Maitland Timber Firm, P. J. Farrell & Company, advised a meeting of Wallarobba Shire on Tuesday that they were considerably…

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Complaint Over Slippery Road Dairyman's Truck in Trouble

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 4

A Wallaringa dairyfarmer complained to Tuesday's meeting of Wallarobba Shire about a short length of this road being very…

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Tramline Potholes

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1951 · page 2

Sydney motorists are angry at the Transport of the Department of Road Transport to overtake repairs of the roadway between and adjoining tramlines in Sydney…

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Stranded In Snowbound Train LONDON

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 1

Thirty people were still attend last night in a snowboard train in the northern escorts counter at [?]…

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South Maitland Railway Dispute CESSNOCK

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 3

A dispute has developed between the South Maitland Railway Officers’ Association and South Maitland Railways Ltd.,…

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Three Changes Against Young Motor Cyclist

Maitland Mercury · Monday 19 February 1951 · page 2

After hearing evidence on three charges preferred against short land motor cyclist Mr. M.J. Me Cluey S.M sail in Maitland…

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Bad Year On Roads SYDNEY

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 1

Ninety-nine more people were killed in read accidents in NSW during 1950 than in 194[?] figures released by the Road Transport…

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Rescue Train Bogged In Drifts

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 5

The train which was trapped in deep snowdrifts on Rannoch Moor, near Pass Glanpoa, for more than 80 hours, was freed…

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Lorry Overturns On Maitland Cessnock Road

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

One man was injured when a motor lorry skidded and overturned on the Maitland-Cessnock road this morning…

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Australian News. Actu Meeting Postponed—inferior Meat in Food Parcels—higher Road Toll in 1950

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY.—To-day's meeting between the ACTU Emergency Committee and the Miners' Federation has been postponed until to-morrow…

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Thefts Of Motor Vehicles

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 2

Failure of the N.S.W. Government to get at grips with the problem of the stolen motor vehicle is criticised by the…

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Trains And Tram Reduced MELBOURNE

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 20 February 1951 · page 3

More than [?]0 daily suburban trains have been cancelled, train services cut in half and country trains curtailed by one third…

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