Campaign on Road Safety
In contrast t the previous week-end when nine people were killed in road accidents, there were no fatal road…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
1,221 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 24 of 62
Steam Locomotive Making Way For Diesel Electric Traction (By a Railway Correspondent)
“Will atomic power be used for locomotives In the generation” is a question prompted by research in the United States. Already the steam locomotive is doomed after…
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Fire destroyed a motor cycle valued at £200 in Greta last night. It was the properly of Ross Anderson, a member of…
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NEWCASTLE.— A man whose body was found between railway lines near Islington Junction on…
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SYDNEY: Thousands of people were late for work this morning because of a wandering bullock…
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New brake linings, now on the American market, can be clamped in the shoe instead of rivetted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extracts From “Mercury” Files 50 Years Ago June 1,1904. Local Railway Improvements
It is gratifying to know that the Railway Commissioners have again directed attention to the scheme of railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Won £40,000 in Motor Race
INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana) s Racing motorist. Bill Vukovitch is estimated lo have received about £40,000 when he…
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Residents of Dalwood met Kearsley Shire Council last night and asked support in asking the Government…
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The chief traffic manager of the Railways Department (Mr. Howse) advised Cessnock Municipal…
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The N.R.M.A. .issues an. appeal to road building authorities, and to public utilities and persons permitted to cut…
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Glendon C.W.A. branch has asked the Shire Council to give urgent attention to the bridge over First Creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Council to build bridge across Hunter £20,000 Will Be Raised by Long Term Loan
With only one dissenting vote, Patrick Plains Shire Council on Monday decided to build a high level suspension bridge over the Hunter River at Glendon which would cost about £20,000. The bridge would be built to a design prepared by the Shire…
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SINGLETON: Mr. Colin Edward Fisher, aged 29, who was fatally injured in a motor cycle accident at…
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The shire engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsoy), informed Lover Hunter Shire Council yesterday that the surrey of…
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SINGLETON: Patrick Plains Shire Council has decided to build a high-level suspension bridge over the…
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The Joint Coal Board has approved as application by Lower Hunter Shire Council for surplus funds available on…
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Lower Hunter Shire Council has been notified by the Department of Main Roads that part of the land…
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Lower Hunter Shire health Inspector (Mr. T. C. Atkinson), reported yesterday, that a heifer had been killed on…
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The health inspector (Mr. T. C. Atkinson) reported to Lower Hunter Shire Council that a person had been seen…
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