Utility Through Railway Fence
Two people were slightly injured when a utility crashed through a fence and ran on the railway line near…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
1,221 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 62
Noisy Motor Cycles
Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., repeated in Maitland Court this morning a warning that riders of motor cycles who made an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Move To Reduce Road Accidents
SYDNEY: Police Commissioner Delaney has called an emergency conference of five ton road transport officials…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycle Club Gossip
At the committee meeting, held at the track on Sunday, it was decided to publish the amount of money won by each…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →May Indicate Significant Move Inspections of Route of Cross-country Railway Line
Some interesting developments can possibly be expected as the result of visits made by engineers of the Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leader Britons And Their Money Appeal to Motorists for Care
SYDNEY: Traffic Superintendent Snowden to-day appealed to motorists to end “needless tragedy and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Confer on Road Deaths
SYDNEY, Wednesday. The Police Commissioner (Mr. Delaney) has called a conference of senior police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Biggest Mail Train Robbery Dummy Mail Bag May Have Been Substituted
SYDNEY: C.I.B. detectives are investigating the robbery of £30,000 from a mail bog consigned to the Commonwealth Bank- in Sydney by Katoomba post office…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council Supports Move For River Bank Work Strengthening Needed Near Belmore Bridge
Maitland City Council lost night supported the approach by the Hunter Valley Conservation. Trust to the Public Works Department concerning work of strengthening the river bank upstream of the Belmore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago May 26, 1904, Increase In Railway Traffic
With the steady development of the South Maitland collieries, there has been a corresponding growth in the-coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Atomic power for railway engines of the future
Will atomic power be used for locomotives in this generation? This question is prompted by research in the United States. Already the steam locomotive is doomed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dangerous Road Stretch
One of the most dangerous stretches of road from Maitland to Cessnock is that part known as Chinaman's Hollow,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Developmental Road Works
Excerpt from Engineer's report at last sitting of Murrurundi Shire Council: Sargent's Gap (Ellerston…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shire Council split likely over Glendon bridge move
A move to build a bridge over the Hunter River at Glendon is likely to meet stiff opposition at next Monday's Shire Council meeting. The last meeting of the Council asked its engineer,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Club Notes
Now the big meeting is over, members will be settling down to club activities and they can expect a club trial in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£300 Profit for Motor-cycle Races
The latest figures from the motor cycle race meeting held last Sunday week were presented to the Cessnock Lions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Vehicle Number Plates
Police have begun a campaign against dirty, obscure and ill-lit motor vehicle number plates In an effort to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stroud Road C. of E. Flower Show
The annual Church of England Flower Show and Bazaar was held in St. Paul's Church of England, Mission Hall, Stroud Road, on May 8th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Changes in Train Traction Will the Atomic Loco. Come?
Will atomic power be used for Locomotives in this generation ? This question is prompted by research in the United States. Already the steam locomotive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder of Scientist in Train
SYDNEY: Ronald Vincent Hall had admitted shooting and robbing a C.S.I.R.O. scientist on the South-West Mail on…
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