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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

1,139 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 57

Rebuilding Hillsborough Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 4

Lower Hunter Shire Council decided yesterday to approach Kearsley Shire Council and ask it for a reply to a plan…

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Road Safety Week

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 5

Mr. W. Plate, Held officer of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, referring to Road Safety Week being held…

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Belmore Bridge Decking

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 5

Workmen have replaced a little more than half the Belmore Bridge decking. They began tarring and…

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Three Road Deaths A Day

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: Road deaths during April in N.S.W. totalled 82—really three a day, secretary of the Road Safety…

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Stanhope Residents Reject Road Tarring Proposal

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 3

A public meeting at Stanhope on Wednesday night rejected a proposal to tar the Stanhope Road which would have involved a rate increase of 3¼d on the unimproved, capital value of land in the area…

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Road Deaths Nearly Three A Day SYDNEY Fri

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 5

The road deaths in N.S.W. totalled 82—nearly three a day—the Secretary of the Road Safety Council, Mr. H…

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Children Could Not Attend High School Complaint on Wollombi Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 5

Children were being deprived of the opportunity Of attending High School because the bus service…

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Missing Link In The Back Road To Sydney To Be Joined

Singleton Argus · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 2

The Director of Transport and Highways, Mr. R. Winsor, believes that the road from Sydney to Branxton and Singleton via Calga, Bucketty and Wollombi will become more…

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Road Safety Week Was Successful Offices Hopeful Of Great Support In Its Aims

Maitland Mercury · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 4

More than 10,000 Maitland School children and adults sow the road safety exhibition arranged during Road Safety Week by the Maitland branch of the Road Safety Council…

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Railway Institute

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 7

Muswellbrook branch of the Railways' Institute will hold its annual dinner on Tuesday, 22nd inst. Visitors will include Mr. D…

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Railway News (By "Tell Me.")

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 6

Of recent date, Railway League players pitted their ability against a strong local team, losing 8 to 3. A different story will…

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Ramp Wanted at Railway Merriwa

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 5

For Home time past the need has been felt for the erection of a loading and unloading ramp for stock at…

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aberdeen Jottings Motor Cycling Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 4 July 1952 · page 2

"Poppy" Roughan has won the double, and thus takes the lead in points score. A very successful meeting of…

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Garratt Locomotives For N.S.W. Railways

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1952 · page 1

The first two of fifty Garratt locomotives ordered from England have arrived, states the Secretary for Railways, Mr. W. A. Anderson. This is a new type of…

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Complaint On Wollombi Road

Singleton Argus · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 1

Children were being deprived of the opportunity of attending High School because the bus service had…

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Bad State of Road at Wollombi

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 3

CESSNOCK: At the request of citizens of Wollombi and district, the Cessnock Chamber of Commerce…

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Injured in Motor Cycle Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 2

Three people received injuries as the remit of motor cycle accidents near Maitland…

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Motor Cycling Grand Prix

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 1

FRANCORCHAMPS (Belgium): British world motor cycling champion, Geoff Dume, yesterday won the…

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Letters To The Editor New Railway Booking Office

Maitland Mercury · Monday 7 July 1952 · page 2

Sir,—In Thursday’s “Mercury” news and comments I read that the aldermen of Maitland Council will take up…

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Road Construction

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 2

Several hundred miles of rubberised roads were laid in various parts of the world last year and a commercial…

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