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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

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Road Tax Lifted on Lime Shipments

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 30 September 1953 · page 1

Issue of road permits for the carriage of lime and dolomite to country districts for agricultural use will in future…

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Items Of Interest Stroud Road Furniture Sale

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 30 September 1953 · page 5

Next Saturday, October 3, at 10.30 a.m. at Stroud Road, Bruce Green, Auctioneer, will sell a quantity of furniture…

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Dungog-Gresford Road Link Would Bring Great Benefit

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 30 September 1953 · page 1

A road linking the Williams and Allyn valleys and the towns of Dungog and Gresford is well worth agitating for. Pressure must be maintained until the objective is achieved…

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Criticism of Policy of Railways

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 September 1953 · page 4

The Commissioner for Railways is not prepared to incur expense to provide additional weather protection at the booking office of Maitland railway station. This decision was placed before last night’s…

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Road Permits for Lime

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 October 1953 · page 7

Issue of road permits for the carriage of lime and dolomite to country districts for agricultural use…

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Two Dead In Train-Lorry Collision

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 October 1953 · page 2

A truck driver was killed instantly when a passenger train struck his lorry at the Abermain level crossing about…

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Motor Fell on Hand

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 1 October 1953 · page 6

SINGLETON: An employee at Liddell colliery, Mr. A. D. Allen, of Carrington-street, Singleton, suffered a severely…

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£19,000 schedule for main roads

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 1

Patrick Plains Shire Council estimates that it will spend about £19,299 on its trunk and ordinary main roads programme for 1954. The work will be done…

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Coalfields Train Services (To the Editor)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 4

Sir,—While going through Maitland on September 20 in the Coalfields-Newcastle "luxury" train I was surprised to…

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Department’s Big Loss On Tram Deal

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Government’s decision to reduce from 250 to 100 the number of new trams to be built under…

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New type motor mower demonstrated here

Singleton Argus · Friday 2 October 1953 · page 7

A new mowing machine which, it is claimed, can cut lawn fine even the most heavily weed…

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Life-blood Road at Bulahdelah

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1953 · page 1

Markwell Road, claimed as the life-blood of Bulahdelah, is to undergo temporary repairs pending further funds…

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Stroud Road Bus May Stop

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1953 · page 1

White and Leary have sought approval from Stroud Shire to discontinue the bus service between Stroud and…

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Send Fish by Road to Sydney

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1953 · page 1

A spokesman for the Evans Head Fishing Co-operative in Lismore said that investigations were made into a scheme…

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Motorist Hits Tree

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1953 · page 1

A Port Macquarie man was injured when his car struck a tree on the Pacific Highway north of Newcastle last…

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Labor's Railway Policy "Killing Country Towns"

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1953 · page 6

The Labor Government's railway policy of passing on costs to users would kill many country towns and rural…

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Two motorcyclists crash at Loder's Creek bridge

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 2

Three hours after a motor – cyclist travelling north was brought into Singleton on Saturday…

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Council To Spend £19,200 On Roads

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 2

A sum of £19,299 will be spent by Patrick plans Shire Council an its truck and ordinary main road, programme for…

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Fewer Road Deaths In Australia

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 2

CANBERRA: The Minister for Shipping and Transport (Senator McLeay) said that there were 196 fewer deaths…

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C.M.F. Engineering Unit Repairing Road

Maitland Mercury · Monday 5 October 1953 · page 2

“Looking for something to do” as a training exercise, Singleton C.M.F. engineering unit has done a job that…

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