Miniature Road Racing
The exciting sport of miniature road racing, originated on a model track in London, is fast becoming…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
1,022 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 52
Train Crew in Lucky Escape
SYDNEY: A locomotive crew had a lucky escape from injury to-day when the engine crashed into the rear of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Road Accidents During Holiday Period
Only two road accidents were reported to police durin the holiday period. Both occurred in the Mt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Killed By Train
SYDNEY: Mrs. Ruth Mortimer 42 of The Meadows Glen Davis Died Instantly when she fell under a moving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Editor Letter to Overcrowded Train
Sir,—Yesterday morning’s 9.45 train from Maitland to Newcastle was so overcrowded after It had passed East…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youths Given Three Years’ Bond For Taking Motor Cycle
Two, youths who took a motor cycle from in front the Town Hall, Maitland, on Saturday night and later were involved in on accident in Devonshire street, were sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cyclists Injured
Two youths who were injured in a motor cycle accident on Saturday night were Charged at Maitland Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Drive to Save Scrap "Don't Waste Waste" Is Motto
SYDNEY.— Railway employees have been directed to do their utmost to save scrap and other materials used in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Toll on Roads Overseas
LONDON: About 15 people are killed and 600 Injured every day on British roads, the Ministry of Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Killed Truck Hit by Train Doing 60 M.P.H.
MELBOURNE: The driver of a truck and three young children died instantly in a collision between the truck and a train near Colac, 90 miles from Melbourne, early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Priority for Bridge Sought by Council Department Has Not Stood To Its Promises
Maitland City Council will seek from the Deportment of Main Roads a statement an the priority of the new Belmore bridge in the deportment’s bridge building programme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Successful Test Of Atom Submarine Motor
PITTSBURGH: An electric motor to be used in the first atomic submarine engine has been operating for 18 months without a breakdown. A Westinghouse Electric…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Recovered
SINGLETON: A Motor cycle, stolen in Singleton on Monday, was recovered by police at Hexham…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Changes To Diesels
OTTAWA: The Canadian Pacific Railway yesterday told the Federal Board of Transport Commissioners that it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.k. Trains Carry More People Than U.s. Railways
LONDON.—The following items are taken from a booklet entitled " Facts and Figures about British…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Revenue
With the returns from the Goods Yard not yet complete, the total gross revenue of the Booking Office at Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Earnings on Railway
The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. R. Wil[?] has presented to the Acting Minister for Transport (Mr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quay Railway “A Tragedy”
SYDNEY: The Circular Quay overhead railway was a tragedy. Processor Gordon Stephenson, a world authority…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dumped Rubbish On Road
Lower Hunter Shire Council was taking a serious view of the practice of dumping rubbish on the sides of roads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extra Train To Newcastle On Sundays
The Department of Railways has decided to run an extra morning train on Sundays from Maitland to…
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