Railway Closure Due to Little Use Morpeth People Minds To Use Buses
Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 2
The fact that little use was being made of the Morpeth railway by the district was the initial cause of its proposed closure, the chief traffic officer of the Railways Department (Mr Howse) told a deputation…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 4
Federal Cabinet way decide at its forthcoming Budget discussions to authorise construction of…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 1
SYDNEY : Two railway fettlers were killed early today when struck by a train between Bunwood and…
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Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 3
A Sydney watersider, who had been on loan to Newcastle, has been riding a motor cycle for which he had no…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 3
GRAFTON: Triclinium Dan Lewis’ good sprinter, was injured in his box on the train shortly after…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 4
SINGLETON: The N.S.W. Mining-Company has decided to reduce its road haul of coal from Newdeil to…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 1
The Cessnock Motorcycle Club conducted a moat successful time trial last Sunday over a course which…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 3
Ronald Burrell, 26, of Neath St., Pelaw Main, died in the Kurri Kurri Hospital this morning from injuries received…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 3
TOKYO: The National Railway Corporation will begin research work this summer on construction of a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old Hail Tracks Found at Dunolly Bridge
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 2
A possibility that remedial work may have been carried out many years ago at Dunolly bridge was…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 4
SINGLETON: Police last night set up a road block at Dunolly Bridge, following a hit and run accident near the…
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Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 5
At the July Shire Council meeting, the Engineer, (Mr. A. Cook) reported EXTENSION OF GOVT. ROAD…
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Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 6
At the Council meeting on Tuesday, Cr. Adam said he thought that the main traffic route to…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 1
Mr. Philby, of Barraba, has been appointed to the parcels office of Maitland Railway Station and is expected…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 6
NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways, biggest employers of labour in the country, are cerebrating their centenary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Decision on Wambo Road next week Project Favoured
Singleton Argus · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 1
Patrick Plains Shire Councillors at their meeting next week will decide whether a road will be built connecting Jerrys Plains and Warkworth to Bulga through Wambo…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 1
Because of the bad state of two crossings, it was practically impossible to me the public road to gain access to two Upper Hunter properties, the Shire…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 6
At the last meeting of the Scone and District Chamber of Commerce, it was decided to make representations to Mr. R. B, Nott,…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 5
Troops were called in yesterday to maintain order in Calcutta following widespread disturbances last night in…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1953 · page 1
Seven cars piled up in a "concertina' smash on the Pacific highway about four miles north of Southport on…
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