Wanton Killing by Motorists
Some motorists were wantonly indifferent to other people's lives, the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Delaney) said this week…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
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Farmers Will Not Use Railway To Take Stock To Sydney Show
SINGLETON: Royal Show exhibitors from the Singleton district, in almost every instance will truck their own cattle to Sydney this year. [?] breader, A.S.R…
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Alderman Fred Tulloch wants a full time automobile mechanic to be appointed to the Municipal…
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Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, MLA, has received the following reply from Mr. C. E. Martin, the recently appointed…
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CANBERRA.—Of £26,497,000 collected by the Commonwealth in petrol taxes in 1051-52, £15,247,000 had been…
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SCONE: Malcolm Murdoch McKenzie, 20, of Pue[?] Buen Stud, Scone, was found dead on Bunnan road,,…
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NEWCASTLE: Malcolm Murdock McKenzie, 20, of Puen Buen Stud, Scone, was found dead on Bungan…
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Law [?] [?] that the N.S.W. Government action to [?] and the rent of the community…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Hit Truck
A motor cyclist who collided with a truck on the incorrect side of the New England Highway, r,…
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The casual meeting of two strangers aboard a passenger train, an every-day occurrence, draws deep shades of dread…
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Workmen on the Warkworth bridge project expect the last of the cylinders to be in place within a month…
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NEWCASTLE: Two man were injured this morning when a motor cycle skidded to the [?] road in Main-road,…
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SINGLETON: A passing motorist helped save the life of a two-years-old boy yesterday…
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At the Shire meeting Mr. A. Cook reported that the Driver's Union and Messrs. Foggs' Ltd. had asked that…
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Eleven Miller’s Forest residents applied to Lower Hunter Shire Council have aroad formed from…
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SINGLETON: The Jerry’s Plains Progress Association will be asked if 99 positioners in its area would pay a…
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At the meeting of the Shire Council yesterday, Cr. A. F. Pankhurst urged Council to increase by…
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Patrick Plains Shire Council will again ask the Main Roads Department to look into the matter of raising the…
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The Shire Council yesterday considered a letter from the Glenridding Agricultural Bureau asking that Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Traffic Lanes at Pelton Bridge Estimated To Cost £3,580
Plans had been prepared for the reconstruction of the roadway under, the Pelton railway viaduct to…
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