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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1953

1,022 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 52

New Motor Registrations

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 2

CANBERRA: Registration of new motor vehicles in October was the highest for any mouth since April. 1951…

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Tamworth to Build Aerodrome

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 1

TAMWORTH: Tamworth City Council last night accepted the tender of TheissBrook Muswellbrook, to make…

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Most Freight by Roads

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE Three quarters of Australia’s freight in 1851-52 was carried by road. the…

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Bridge Toll To Be Abolished

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY: The toll on Past Ferry bridge would be abolished early nest year the Minister for Transport (Mr. .Wether…

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Big Road lift To Snowy River

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 4

CANBERRA: Transport of the first generating equipment to be used fa the Snowy Mountains Scheme will…

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Railwayman Hurt

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 November 1953 · page 2

A railway employee injured his left foot when he was struck by a falling piece of railway line at Nundah…

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£4000 a Week Loss Railway Refreshment Rooms Under Government Mismanagement

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 1

The Railway Refreshment rooms were losing £4000 a week, the leader of the Country Party…

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Fell From Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 2

Lyndon Turner, 38, of Neville-street, Rutherford was knocked unconscious yesterday when he fell from his…

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Road safety campaign for holidays

Singleton Argus · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 4

Singleton branch of the Road Safety Council plans to conduct a campaign for greater road safety in the town and district during the forthcoming Christmas holidays…

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Motor Reliability Trial Merriwa Fixture Outstanding Success

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 4

The motor reliability trial, conducted on Saturday last in connection with the motor sports at the Settlement ground,…

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Motor Spirit and Fuel Oil

Maitland Mercury · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 5

CANBERRA: The greater part of Australia’s requirements in motor spirit, kerosene and fuel oils should be…

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Protest to Railway Department

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1953 · page 1

Dungog Municipal Council decided on the motion of Ald. W. T. Arnold to strongly protest to the Railway…

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Man fatally injured in road accident

Singleton Argus · Monday 23 November 1953 · page 2

A Belmont miner who came to Singleton district to fulfil a lifetime ambition to work on a farm was…

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Motor Cycle Arid Lorry Collided

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 November 1953 · page 2

Bernard Rannigtar, [?]8, of High-street, Largs, yesterday received a contused wound to the left arm and a lacerated…

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Motoring in Heatwaves

Maitland Mercury · Monday 23 November 1953 · page 2

Recent heat waves temporally held up many hundreds of motor vehicles throughout N.S.W. through vapour lock…

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Car Left Road

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 3

Four people were involved in an accident when a car left the Mattland-road, near Chinaman's Hollow bridge, at…

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Appeal For Greater Road Safety

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 2

A campaign for greater road safety in the town and district during the forthcoming Christmas holidays is being planned…

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Designing an Aeroplane

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 25 November 1953 · page 8

"An eye for form and line is, of course, a very good thing. You see, if a thing looks right, it very probably…

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Fears That Train Line May Stay

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 25 November 1953 · page 2

The Mayor (Ald. M. J. Clyde) said at last night’s meeting of Maitland City council that he feared the East Maitland Morpeth railway line, from which trains have been withdrawn from service might in future be used at a shunting line and that council should regard the matter very carefully…

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New Methodist Hall at Stroud Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 25 November 1953 · page 4

Rev. R. Grayson, a past chairman of the Maitland District Synod, will officially open the new Methodist Hall at…

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