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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

1,022 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 52

Correspondence (To The Editor.) Support for Road

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 3

Sir,— Being a landholder served by the "Wambo" road, permit me space to write a few words in suport of…

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N.r.m.a. Want Road Safety Tempo Increased

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 8

The N.R.M.A. has appealed to thc Government to capitalise on the improvement in the road accident…

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Motor-cycle and Sulky Collide

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 5

Ray Endean, 19, of Abernethy, suffered lacerations to his face and forehead when the motorcycle he was tiding came…

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Motor Traffic Breaches Heavy Fines Imposed at Police Court

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 June 1953 · page 6

Clyde Allan Walker, represented by Mr. S. C. White, pleaded guilty at Wednesday's Police Court to charges of…

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Daring Railway Robbery

Maitland Mercury · Monday 22 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY : Thieves unc[?] 27 [?]from a moving goods [?] between Parkes and [?] Gate In a daring…

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Flood Free Road Link Kurri Businessmen's Support

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 3

Members of Kurri Kurri Business Men's Club last night decided to support a project to have the road…

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Railway Under Fire Aldermen Dissatisfied With Answers From Commissioner

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 2

Letters from Railway Department officials came under fire at last night’s meeting of Maitland City Council. Aldermen described as unsatisfactory answers to two letters m reply to representations for explanations regarding withdrawal of seats for Maitland…

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Motoring Hints to Handymen

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 4

Here are some hints to motoring handymen from N.R.M.A. engineers:— Misdeing, which can prove…

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Motor launch still missing SYDNEY, Wednesday (A.U

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 2

The 36ft. cabin cruiser which has been missing for four days has not yet been located…

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New Giant Road Train

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 2

CANBERRA: A giant road train the largest and been [?] built in [?] for export will be shipped to…

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Pensioner Struck By Train

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 5

An invalid pensioner had all when the fingers of his right hand severed and his head injured when he ws struck by a coal…

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Council Decision On Road

Maitland Mercury · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 2

SINGLETON: Patrick Plains Shire Council yesterday decided to make an immediate move to have an all…

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Says groynes not needed at bridge

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 3

A local Engineer said this week that he did not think groynes would prove satisfactory at Dunolly bridge unless the cause of the river bank erosion in that area was eliminated…

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Support For Flood-Free Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 5

Cessnock Council on Wednesday night decided to be represented at a conference to be called by the…

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Approval for erection of road signs

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 6

The Shire Council yesterday gave approval to R. H. Burgess & Co. Pty. Ltd. to erect informative signs…

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Correspondence (To the Editor) Wambo Road

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 4

Sir,— Would you be kind enough (in the public interests) to let the Shire Councillors know how vital the…

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Report on road work in Shire

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 4

Road work carried out in the Patrick Plains Shire was the subject of the Shire Engineer's report…

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Council undecided about road to Jerry's Plains

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 1

As the matter is still before the Patrick Plains Shire Council no action can yet be taken with regard to open…

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Wants Branxton to Doyalson road made secondary highway

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 7

Cessnock Municipal Council will support a move to have the road from Branxton to Doyalson declared a…

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All-weather road wanted to Bulga via Wambo

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 1

Patrick Plains Shire Council yesterday decided to ask the Member for Upper Hunter (Mr. D'Arcy Rose) to make representations to the State Premier's Department for assistance…

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