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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

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Sunday Train Discontinued

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 5

The 5.35 am . train from Maitland to Newcastle Sundays has been discontinued. The morning…

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Startling Tram Losses

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 1

Special train and bus services run by the Transport Department during the Royal Show showed a loss of…

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Bomb Burst Near President Peron Several Of Crowd Trampled In Panic

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 1

BUENOS AIMS: Two bombs exploded last night near, Where President Peron was addressing vast crowed from the balcony of Government House President Peron escaped both blasts but the…

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P.P.U. move on money for roads

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 4

The well worn argument with the controlling powers of the allocation of petrol and road transport taxes was again reviewed at the annual meeting of the Central Executive of the…

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Nelson’s Plains Seeks New Road

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 2

Residents of lower Nelson’s Plains petitioned Port Stephens Shire Council for a new road along Noble’s road…

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Railway Man Scalded

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 6

Mr. Ron Lynn, 21, of Second Street, Lambton, a signalman employed by New South Wales Railways,…

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Road Transport In Victoria

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE [?] operators would he[?] building [?] if railway serviced proed [?]…

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Well-known Camberwell man killed on road

Singleton Argus · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 2

The well-known secretary of the district miners' lodge, Mr. Warwick Vincent Puxty, of Camberwell, was…

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Sentenced to Nine Months Took and Used Motor-cycle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 3

A sentence of nine months' imprisonment was imposed on Richard George Amos Whiting, 27, of…

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Utility and Motor Cycle Collide

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 1

None was injured when a motor cycle, driven by Thomas Keith Scott, of Sydney Street, collided with a utility truck,…

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Stoppage Threatened On Railway

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: Mr. Justice Richards, of the industrial Commission, the advised yesterday of a proposal by…

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Railway Ticket Office Hours

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 1

Lack of notices advising what times the Maitland railway station ticket office was open was a great…

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Road Safety Talks

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 2

Two Policewomen and two Policemen who are attached to the Newcastle Lecturing Squad visited Singleton…

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Train Crash Is Being Probed

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 1

DILLON (South Carolina): The railway company whleh owns the north-bound Atlantic Coast Express, in the crash…

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Queen's Maids of Honour Will Bear Royal Train at the Coronation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 1

Following the precedent set at the Coronation of Queen Victoria, six Maids of Honour will take the place of pages…

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Railway Instructor Injured

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 4

A fireman Instructor on the railways, Olive W. Crolt, 32, of Broadmeadow-road, Broadmeadow, yesterday…

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Suports move for railway improvements

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 2

The Municipal Council last night decided to support representations by the Muswellbrook Municipal…

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Seaham-glen Oak Road

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 23 April 1953 · page 8

The Department of Main Roads wrote the Port Stephens Shire Council at its last meeting, regarding the…

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Motor Cyclist’s Long Chase

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 April 1953 · page 5

SINGLETON: Singleton motor cyclists, after an go miles ah boar chase last night caught and handed over…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 1

A motor cyclist was killed instantly when he ran into the back of a parked motor truck on the Pacific Highway, near…

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