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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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Dunolly Bridge

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 5

Sir, I would like to recall the time when the water works pumping station was…

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Civil Aerodrome Wanted Pokolbin Would Meet Needs

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 5

The strips at pokolbin should be retained as a civil aerodrome, Ald. G. Fa[?]igh said at a meeting…

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Train Breakdown In Tunnel

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: Thousands of workers were late for their jobs this morning following the breakdown of…

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Traffic Now Able to Cross Bridge at Bulga

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 6

Repairs to the Bulga Bridge reached a stage on Wednesday night when the first lorry was able to cross…

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Bad Roads And Weather Did Not Mar C. of E.Ball

Singleton Argus · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 2

Heavy roads and wet weather did not stop people who were determined to attend the festivities…

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Deputation of Ladies Ask Shire for Attention to Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 4

A deputation, comprising two ladies—Mesdames S. E. Edwards and G. McRae—waited on the Merriwa Shire Council at its…

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Sheahan Is Adamant on Road Tax Mr. Nott Asks Questions in the House

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 1

The Minister for Transport, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, said in the Legislative Assembly, on Thursday, that he had no intention of requesting the Government to repeal the tax imposed on goods hauled by road…

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Motor Traffic Breaches

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 1

Francis Maple, represented by Mr. S. C. White, pleaded guilty at the Police Court on Wednesday on a negligent driving…

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Power Lines Disappear From Railway Line Three Men Charged with Thefts of Copper Wire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 1

Three men appeared at the Muswellbrook Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last to answer charges of theft of copper wire from the railway construction works on the Sandy…

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Motor Cycle And Car Collided

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 2

Tom Killien, 20 of George street, Telarah was injured when the motor cycle he was riding colllded with a [?]…

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Tram And Bus Dismissals

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: The Minister for-Transport (Sir. Sheahan) said to–day that no breadwinner would be dismissed from the…

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Railway Work at Kempsey's Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1952 · page 4

Railway employees worked for some time on Saturday to remove a 102 feet long, 11 feet girth, gum tree, which…

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Items Of Interest in Pre-train Days

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1952 · page 4

A native of Ward's River, Mr. Edwin Davey, 77, died in Newcastle recently. He was a son of the late William and…

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Minister's Assurance On Road Hauliers Sympathetic review of all applications

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 23 August 1952 · page 1

Speaking in the Legislative Assembly the Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) said that the Government did not have any blanket proposals to put hauliers off the road, and every…

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Repairing Flood Damaged Roads

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1952 · page 2

In the legislative Assembly Mr. Arthur Howrah M.L.A asked the premier (Mr. J. [?] and the minister for…

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British Leave Road In Canal Zone

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1952 · page 1

CAIRO: A British [?] platoon was withdrawn the strategic Suax Canal stone road and the railway bridge of El Firdan yesterday, after a ceremony with full military honours…

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53,363,000 Motor Vehicles In U.S.

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1952 · page 6

WASHINGTON BY the and of this year there will be 63,363,000 motor vehicle in the united states…

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Dicmissals From Railway

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: The Railways Department to-day will begin sacking 1000 men from the Eastern Suburbs railway…

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Motorists Fined For Speeding

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 August 1952 · page 1

A man who travelled at miles an .hour on the New England Highway at Lochinvar was fined £4 with 12/…

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