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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

1,022 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 52

Road Toll of Holiday Period

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE: The chairman of the Australian Road Safety Council (Mr. T. G. Paterson) said that during…

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Ald. Adams Retires From Railway Dept. Forty Years' Service

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

Mr. G. S. E. Adams, assistant stationmaster at Muswellbrook for the past 25 years, retired from the…

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Railways Record Earnings. Annual Report for the Year 1951-52

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 4

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. R. Winsor, has presented to the Acting Minister for Transport, the Hon. G…

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S.M. Suspends Motor Licences

Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 3

Mr. F. P. Halpin, S.M., in the East Maitland court to-day suspended the licences of five men—three motor-cyclists…

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Extend the Main Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 6

Mr. C. E. Bennett said that the road had been proclaimed as a main road from the point where it leaves the new…

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Ford Plans to Train Future Executives

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 1

Potential future executives are sought by Ford Motor Company in a big new trainee scheme announced this…

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Train Record

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

ADELAIDE: Two 12-car express trains carried a record total of 908 passengers, including many NSW visitors,…

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Campaign On Road Discourtesy

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE: The Victorian Cabinet would soon authorise a campaign to improve the road manners of…

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Muswellbrook's Mayor Retires From Railway Department

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

Mr. G. S. E. Adams, assistant stationmaster at Muswellbrook for the past 25 years, retired from the…

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Northern Railway Duplication Details Of Work Given In Commissioner's Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

Details of the work of duplicating the northern lino from Branxton to Muswellbrook were given in the…

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Fell From Motor Cycle

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 3

When he fell from a motorcycle, Alan Graham, 19, of Foster St., Cessnock, suffered lacerations to his back and scalp…

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Davidson and Browning's New Motor Units

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 2

Messrs Davidson and Browning, of the Subway Garage, announce that the new Austin 4-40 Somerset saloon, and the…

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Aerodrome Site At Hexham

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE: The Department of Civial Aviation has asked the Department of the Interior to investigate…

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Hexham Road Area Trap To Motorists

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

Mnitland Road between Mayfield and Hexham, could be a misleading area for motorists, Mr. F. P. Halpin,…

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Repairing Flood Damage To Roads

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

RAYMOND TERRACE : The Minister for Works (Mr. Renshaw) advised Port Stephens Shires Council that…

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Maintenance Of Kearsley Shire Roads

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

CESSNOCK : The Main Roads Department has approved a main roads maintenance programme for…

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Railway Department's Annual Report Passenger Journeys Showed Decrease in 1952

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

Passenger journeys on the N.S.W. Railways last year which totalled 268,167,596, showed a decrease of 399,487 on the record number for the previous year…

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Fall From Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON: Elton Lindsay, 22, of Baerkley-Street, Mayfield, received severe lacerations above his left eye…

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Western Railway Work Resumed

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: After a break of four months works on the electrification of the railway line between Parramatta…

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Motorcyclist Fined For Traffic Offences

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

An 18-yar-old cyclist was fined a total of £7/4/-, with costs, at Singleton Petty Sessions on Monday on…

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