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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

1,139 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 57

Train Made Fast Time

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 4

BRISBANE: A diesel electric train matte a record time in a trial trip from Sydney to Brisbane yesterday…

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Maitland Road Safety Exhibition

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 2

Special provisions will be made for school children in the road safety exhibition being organised by the Maitland…

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Bengalla Soldier Settlement Development and Road Construction Settlers To Pay Extra £1800

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 1

Cr. R. G. Bray (President) reported to yesterday's meeting of the Shire Council that he and interviewed officers of the…

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Bond For Stealing Motor Car

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 4

A Sydney detective journeyed to Maitland yesterday to give evidence oh behalf of a man charged at the Quarter…

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Bus Conductor Fined £15 Theft from Rover Motors

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 3

Pleading "Gullty" to a charge of having, on June 11 at Cessnock, stolen £2/16/6 in money, the property of Rover…

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Dunolly Bridge Protection

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 4

SINGLETON: Singleton Municipal Council will advise the Hunter Valley Conservation Trust that it is willing…

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Diesel Train Engine Repair

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 1

It will be some weeks yet before engine repairs are effected to enable the restoration of the diesel train to the…

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Road Safety Marks Ignored

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 2

SINGLETON: Aid. J. Britt-lifts said at last night’s meeting of Singleton Municipal Council that the public [?]…

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Express Train "Collects" Cow Wallarobba Farmer's Loss

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 1

The daylight express train running down the north, coast in place of the glamour diesel on Saturday afternoon at…

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Bridge Span In Danger Of Filing Into Hunter River

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: A spon of the new bridge being built across the Hunter River at Hexham is in danger of falling into the stream. The span is being held by a weakened structure,…

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Motorist Gaoled For Breach of Bond

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 4

Judge Berne, in Sydney Quarter Sessions Appeal Court, gaoled a motorist for six months after describing…

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They Started New Motoring Service

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 2

LONDON.—Some girls seeking adventure in London find it in a novel motoring service…

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Coal Board Grants £4555 For Road Work

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 4

The joint Cool Board had approved a great of £ for [?] and reading the east Maitland Mulbring road from Maitland boundary to the Louth park road junction, Lower Hunter shire council was advised yesterday…

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Road Safety Quest

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 5

The Motor-cycle Committee of the Road Safety Quest will hold a social run to the Boolaroo T.T. Hill climb on…

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Payment for Bridge Work Refused

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 4

SINGL[?]TON Patrick P[?]aics Shire Council [?] not prepaered to contribute the £100 asked for by the Hunter Valley Conper[?]ttion…

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Shire Has No Funds For Dunnolly Bridge

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 2

Patrick Plains Shire Council yesterday refused to contribute to the cost of river bank improvement work at Dunolly Bridge on the grounds that its funds were inadequate for works it was specifically delegated to carry…

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Mayor To Open Road Safety Exhibition

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 2

The Mayor of Singleton, Aid. A.J. Dorsman will officially open the Road Safety Exhibition at 8 p.m. on…

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Will Contribute to Cost of Bridge at Payne's Crossing

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 2

The Patrick Plains Shire Council yesterday decided to pay its share of the cost of repairing the bridge at…

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"Not Suitable As Main Road." Main Road Board's View of Bell Street. Council to Seek Co-operation of Joint Coal Board

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

In a letter to the Municipal Council on Wednesday the Main Roads Board stated that it considered Bell Street was not suitable for proclamation as a main road…

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Work O[?] Cessnock-t[?] Road Board [?]erned at In [?] Progress

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 5

The Joint Coal Board, in a letter to Kearsley Shire Council [?] Tuesday night, express[?] [?]ern at the lack of…

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