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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

1,221 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 62

Smart Arrest by Local Police Goods Taken From Train Recovered

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 2

Muswellbrook police figured in a smart arrest last night. Two young men were arrested at the picture theatre and…

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"In Sad State of Repair" Condition of Limestone Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 1

McCully's Gap Parents and Cieizens' Association complained to yesterday's meeting of the Shire Council that Limestone…

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Motor Vehicles Registration Office Open for Three Days Weekly

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 1

Previously open on five days in each week, the Muswellbrook Motor Vehicles Registration Office will be open on Wednesdays,…

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Motor Cruiser Struck Bombora

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 16 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: A prominent Sydney eye specialist and his sister-in-law twice narrowly escaped death when their…

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Tourist Road Inspected

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 1

Representatives of district! bodies inspected Barrington Tops Road on Sunday. The inspection was arranged…

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Ratepayers Petition Council to Repair Gresford Roads

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1954 · page 1

Fifteen graziers and farmers of the Carrabolla district, near Gresford, last Tuesday petitioned Wallarobba Shire Council to construct a number of developmental works in their area…

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Road Matters

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 2

At the March meeting of the Port Stephens Shire Council, the Engineer, (Mr. Cook)…

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Killed by Train

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: A young man was. killed Instantly to-day when he fell from an electric train near Stammer Bill…

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Collapsed At Railway Camp

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 2

SINGLETON: At an [?] quest concerning the [?] of Raymond Martin Hus[?] aged 45, who collapsed [?]…

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Road Safety Council Complaint

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 3

A complaint from the Road Safety Council of the dangerous condition of some of the roads and streets of the…

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Four Killed in Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: Four people have been idled and seven injured in road accidents over the past 24 hours. This is the highest…

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Road Safety President appeals on speeding

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

Again in 1953 excessive speed was the greatest single cause of road accident deaths, causing 131…

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Conference on Scone Gloucester Road Surveys

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 3

A suggestion that the Shire Engineers of Upper Hunter and Gloucester confer on surveys of the proposed Scone-Gloucester road will be made by the Gloucester Council to the Upper Hunter Shire Council…

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Local & General News Ran Off Road

Singleton Argus · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 4

Mr. Aubrey Jordan, 42, of Glendonbrook suffered head injuries and shock when his car ran off the road and…

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Roads Toll Four Killed; Seven Injured in 24 Hours Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

Four people were killed and seven injured in road accidents over the past 24 hours. This was the highest single…

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Two Men Sentenced to Imprisonment Convicted of Stealing from Train

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 7

At the Muswellbrook Police Court on Wednesday last, before Mr. McDonald, S.M., Thomas Buckland and Robert Johnston were charged with stealing from the Brisbane Mail at Muswellbrook…

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Tuesday Afternoon's Road Fatality Victim Died of Heart Failure

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 9

A post mortem examination following the death of Edward Frederick Herman Mittendorf, of Warner's Bay, in the roadside accident at Durham on Tuesday last disclosed that death was due to heart…

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Cessnock Motor Cycle Gossip

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 7

Owing to "In[?] being most [?] in held testing a new [?]tion this [?] been taken over…

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Stroud Road Man Hurt

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 1

Cecil Ingram, of Stroud Road, was working on a bridge near Pitlochrey when he tell from the scaffolding to…

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Conscientious Objector to Train As Non-combatant

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 1

James Westley, of Gloucester River, applied to Gloucester Court for exemption from military training as a…

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