Motorship Drifting Helplessly
ROTTERDAM: The 764-ton German motorship, Berna Neubel, has lost her crew in the North Atlantic and is…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1953
1,022 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 41 of 52
Vehicles Collide on Bridge
Two cars collided whilst crossing the Sandy Creek bridge, north of Muswellbrook, at 4.5 p.m. yesterday. The driver of the…
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SINGLETON: Gregory Piggett, 23, c/o. Commercial Bank, Sydney, and Roger Compton, of Garfield-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OVER 2,000 at Motor-cycle Races Police Boys' Club To Benefit
Over 2,000 spectators attended the Motor Cycle Rafting at the Jubilee Circuit, Cessnock, on Sunday, and…
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When he fell from his motor cycle on his way to work yesterday morning, Kevin Stothard 17, of Prince Street, Bellblrd…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Gatekeeper Not for Trial Attorney-general Decides Not to Prosecute
Messrs E. W. Doust and Curtis, solicitors for Stanley Conway, who was committed for trial recently from the Court of Petty…
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SINGLETON: Two motor cyclist crashed within three hours of each other at Loder’s Creek bridge, Mount Thorley…
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NEW YORK: A woman and six young children were among 12 persons killed in two motor accidents yesterday…
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The Minister for Works (Mr. Renshaw) advised Kearsley Shire Council that he would consider the council’s…
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A double diesel unit train passed through Singleton early this morning. It was the first time this class of…
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The monthly meeting of the Gouldsville Agricultural Bureau on Monday night decided to take action on…
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SYDNEY: The Premier (Mr. J. J. Cahill) said last night that Cabinet approved a bill to authorise the…
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The Maitland deputy coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) yesterday described the action of a motor cyclist who was kilted when overtaking a furniture waggon as the act of a person without any sense of…
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A coroner's enquiry into the death of the late Frererick Stowe was held by the Coroner, Mr. W. L. Priddle, J. P., at the Court…
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The Minister for Transport (Mr. Wetherell) sail in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Proposed Pedestrian Bridge at Weston. Residents Dissatisfied With Progress
Cr. T. Fell told a meeting of Kearsley Shire Council on Tuesday night that residents of Weston were dissatisfied with the progress on the proposed new pedestrian overhead bridge at the Weston Station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our Letter Box Merriwa- Gungal Road (To the Editor)
Sir.—I ask your kind permission for space in your paper to express my views concerning the Merriwa-Gungal road, generally…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock Man's Death Accidental Motorcycle Collided With Truck
The Maitland District Coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) returned a verdict of accidental death when he held…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Policy Is Killing Country Towns Country Party Leader's View
The Labor Government's railway, policy of passing on costs to users would kill many country towns and rural industries, said the Leader of the Country Party (Lt.Col. M. F. Bruxner) in the Legislative Assembly…
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The date of the headlight test for Singleton motorists, which is being arranged by, the Road, Safety Council…
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