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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

1,022 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 52

Road to Show Pavilion

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 5

Patrick Plains Shire Council will favourably consider tar sealing McMullen’s road from Kearsley Shire boundary to…

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Railway Platform Tickets

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 2

The price railway platform [?]ckets has been increased by in to-day. The Commissioner for…

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Hints to Motorists

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 4

Here are some hints to motoring handymen from the N.R.M.A.: Should the hydraulic foot…

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Motor Race Over 24 Hours

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 6

Britain has 15 entries In the Le Mans 24 hours motor race to be staged on June 13 and 14. This is more than…

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1953 Shires' Conference Roads Are Problem No. 1

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 2

The Annual Conference of the Shires' Association will be held in Sydney for three days from June 10th—12th…

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Government Should Meet Full Cost Of Narrowgut Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 3

Councillors of Lower Hunter Shire agreed this morning that the Department of Public Works should meet the full cost of a bridge at Narrowgut. It had been the intention of the department,…

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Sandbar Near Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 2

CESSNOCK : The next moderate flood in the Hunter River might shift a sandbar, at present upstream from…

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Bridge to Be Re-opened

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 1

SINGLETON: The low-level bridge at Warkworth will be open for traffic on Monday for the first time for the past two…

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Races on the Road at Fern Bay

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 2

Stockton Cycling Club applied to the Port Stephens Shire Council for permission to hold cycle races on Satuday afternoons at approximately 2…

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Civilian Road Wardens

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Now South Wales Government may appoint 60 civilians road wardens soon to help police reduce the…

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Train Slices Car in Half

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 1

CHICAGO: Four women and three children were killed and another woman and child seriously injured yesterday when…

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Warkworth Bridge-from p.1 Octogenerian Speaks

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 5

An octogenerian. Mrs. Emmie Elizabeth Killen, expressed the feellings of all the old people out there when…

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Finance Sought For Raising Of Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 1

Following a report by Cr. T. Fell on a meeting at East Greta which discussed the question of the raising of the…

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Bridge Fiasco May Force Shake-up Traders face big loss of income from farmers

Singleton Argus · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 1

Callous and high-handed disregard for the protests of the people of Jerry's Plains at the deplorable conditions on the Cockfigher at Warkworth, may force the State…

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Railway Duplication Resume

Maitland Mercury · Friday 5 June 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON: The Department of Railways will issue instructions for the completion of the [?] duplication work…

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Thousands on Trams and Taxis

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY: A strike by bus mechanics to-day forced thousands of city-bound workers on to trams and…

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Motorist on Two Charges

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 3

A motorist who crossed the yellow centre line when his vision was restricted to less than 500 feet was lined…

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Fall From Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 2

Ronald Pilgrim, 19, of George-street North, East Maitland, suffered an injury to his right foot and abrasions…

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Bridge Is Open Again

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON The low level bridge between Singleton and Jerry’s Plauns was opened for traffic yesterday for the first…

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Car Crashes on Railway Line

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 4

Trains, including the Wallangarra-Sydney express, were held up on Sunday morning, when a car crashed on to the railway…

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