Holiday Road Safety Call to Motorists
An appeal to motorists to drive safely during the Christ mas and New Year holidays, was made by the District…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1952
1,139 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 57
Big Traffic Load for New Bridge
The new Hexham road bridge opened on Wednesday, will carry an average of 1200 vehicles a day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Survives Fall From Bridge Doctors Amazed
Doctors at Sydney Hospital on Sunday expressed amazement that Alfred Galvin, 35, of Rozelle, is stili alive after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Traffic Crosses Hexham Bridge Official Opening By Acting Transport Minister
The opening of the newly constructed bridge at Hexham will be welcomed by all who have to cross the Hunter River on either short or long journeys. The ceremony was performed on Wednesday by the Acting Minister for Transport (Mr Weir). A stream of traffic flowed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways Prepare For Holidays Record Passenger Lift Expected
While thousands of people in New South Wales are eagerly looking forward to their Christ mas and New Year holidays, many Railway employees are preparing for the colossal task of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Christmas Road Safety Drive
The N.R.M.A. has strongly killed itself with the Christmas champion by the police and the Road Safety Council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Injured
Allan Bush, 22, of Wallsco-street Maitland injured his right leg near the ankle with probable fracture, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall On Railway Station
When she fell down steps Thornton railway station yesterday afternoon Mrs. Marcia Garbett, 81 of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Evictions From Camp on Railway
SINGLETON: Eight families—including one of twelve Children—Will be eviated from the railway camp at Gowrie…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Karuah River Bridge
Next structure across a river that has been promised is the bridging of the Karuah. It was intended to commence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parking Blitz Hits Train
Motorists in Sydney are always under fire when it conies to parking but at Pascomes, Missouri a passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cylinders for Bridge at Warkworth
SINGLETON: A workman at Warkworth bridge site said to-day that there was a possibility that pressure would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.K. Concrete System In New U.S. Bridge
A British method of prestressing concrete is to be used in the U.S. for the first time in the construction of…
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The police and the Road Safety Council last night made a joint appeal to people attending Christmas parties…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Assaulted in Railway Carriage
A man who remonstrated with a number of naval ratings who were using bad language in a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Pleased With Road Conduct
No fatalities occurred [?] roads in the Maitland police district during the Christmas holiday per[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Tax Killing Industry
BRISBANE; Mr. C. [?] Nixon, British motor magnate, is prepared to spend £1,000,000 on a heavy vehicle factory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Toll Shocks Police
SYDNEY: The lose of life in road accidents was appalling, the chief of the Police Traffic Branch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Work On New Bridge At Warkworth
SINGLETON: The new Warkworth bridge will be finished some time in 1953, according to an offices of…
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