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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

1,139 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 57

Penalty For Stealing Motor Cars

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 2

Motorists demand stronger Government action to remove the curse of the car thief from the community, said Mr. H. E…

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Week Of Four Days For Motor Employees

Maitland Mercury · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 1

LONDON: Many employees of the Nuffield organisations at the Morris motor car factory in Oxfordabire start a…

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British Train Blew Up

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 1

CAIRO: Mines laid on railway track near Kantara, between pores said and ismalla yesterday blew up a…

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Child Killed By Express Train

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY: A two–years–old girl was killed when she was struck by a Melbourne Express at Goulburn to–day…

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British Train Blown Up. Egyptian Unrest. Cairo

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 2

Mines laid on the railway track near Kantara, between Port Said and Ismalia, yesterday blew up a British army train. Four…

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Police Control of Motorists

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 4

A small action of motor late is objecting to the pro[?] for the appointment of more [?]…

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Machine Not Suitable For Roads

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

A roadmaking machines at the Williamstown [?] was unsuitable for shire council for normal road work, the…

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Light Plan for Bridge Abandoned

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY: State director of the Royal Visit (Mr. P. H. Roper) said that neon signs Will not be erected an the…

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Passengers Lose Luggage in Train Van Blaze

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

Damage estimated between £8,000 and £10,000 was done when the combined luggage and power…

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Tragic Road Toll In Valler Mars National Holiday Weekend

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 1

The Australia Day holiday week-end was marred by road accidents which resulted in the deaths of four people and injury to others. AT SINGLETION a hat blown by the wind from the head…

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Women Help In Railway Maintenance

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 6

LONDON: For the first time since the last war women are tackling maintenance work on Britain’s railways…

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Fines for Railway Offences

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

A man who it was alleged, refused to hand to a ticket at the Maitland railway station, jumped over three sets of…

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Local And General on Burning Train

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

Miss Mary Noble of Glennie's Creek, and Miss Joan Patterson, of Wagga,. had an eventful trip from Sydney on…

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Merriwa Shire Council. Rubbish Deposited on Public Roads

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 8

It was reported at the last meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council that rubbish was being deposited on public roads in the…

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Northern Tablelands Express Train Afire For Five Miles

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 5

Neither crew nor passengers on the north-bound Northern Tablelands Express on Wednesday knew that, for…

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Railway Tennis Club

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 6

Maitland Railway Tennis Club won one district title and was represented in the finals and semi–finals of several…

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New Railway Commissioner

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Mr. Keith Aird Fraser, new chief civil engineer of the Railways Department, to–day was…

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Motor Oil Dearer In Victoria

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE: The Prices Branch has approved am increase of [?] a quart and [?] a gallon in the price of…

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Motor Fees Rise In Queensland

Maitland Mercury · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 4

BRISBANE: Queensland Cabinet decided to increase motor registration fees 50 per cent from March 1…

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Railway Team

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

Railway to play Albion at Albion:— L. Wind, L. Harris, A. Freestone, J. Hatch, K. Nowlan, E. Emerson, L…

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