Line Would Be Sound Addition to State Railway System
Representations were recently made by Mr. Leo. M. Nott, M.L.A., regarding completion of the Sandy Hollow-Gulgong-Mary…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
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Danish Railways “Personal Touch”
COPENHAGEN: Mr. L. G. V. Humle, Danish railways chief in the North Jutland area, decided on his retirement…
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The Main Roads Department has advised Kearsley Shire Council that it has Increased its grant for the restoration of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck on Fire on Passing Goods Train
A little after 7 a.m. on Sunday, Jack Kerr, an employee at Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory, noticed a truck on a…
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Peter John Henderson, 17, of Park-avenue. Kotara, suffered head injuries, a compound fracture of the left leg…
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CANBERRA: More new motor vehicles were registered March than in any month since 1951,…
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Lover Hunter Shire Council was advised that the Department of Public Works could not go ahead with the…
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The Minister for Public Works (Mr. Renshaw) has rejected the building of a bridge over the Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cycling Club’s Road Race
The cycling events on Cessnock track on Monday were the last track races of the season. The road season is now…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ease Means Test; More for Housing and Roads Liberal Party's Policy
Taxation concessions were foreshadowed by Mr. Menzies in her policy speech, given at Canterbury on Tuesday night…
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On the suggestion, of Cr. A, Shire Kearsley Shire Council will approach the Main Roads Department…
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Club member Norm Bristow gave an excellent demonstration of side-car riding at the Showground on May Day that…
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Of recent months a lot of talk of "big programmes" has appeared in the press and from other sources, to be put…
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He made reference, also, to the proposed 33,000 volt line from Stroud Road to Dingadee and said this would improve…
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SINGLETON: Road works throughout Patrick Plains Shire are being kept to schedule, and some jobs are being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago MAY 10. 1904. Motor Cycle Causes Smash
Whilst driving down Elgin street yesterday morning in a spring van, Mr. A- R. Fountain, of Bolwarra, met with a Very…
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A motor cyclist, Robert Hellyert, 19, of Rous-street, East Maitland, received injuries to his bead and right knee when…
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HOCKENHEIM (9th West Germany) Australian Ken Kevangh, riding a new type single cylinder Moto-Gazzi,…
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SYDNEY: A deputation from southern N.S.W. organisations Interviewed the Transport Minister (Mr…
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Before the war, the Road Safety Council received from "A Country Parson" a "Prayer for Motorists." The author…
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