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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

1,221 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 62

Shire to Apply for Road Dedication

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 1

An application will he made to the Land's Department to have portion of the road dedicated from Black Camp School to the point where a dairy was recently erected on Raglan Estate…

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Aerodrome For Quirindi

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

QUIRINDI: The-Department of Civil Aviation, has submitted to Tama tang Shire Council developmental plans…

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Motor Cycle Hits Kerb

Maitland Mercury · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 4

Joseph Rewille, 17, of Parry street Harwinton reacted probable internal injures with severe shock when the…

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Railways Aid for the Country (By the Minister for Transport. Ern Wetherell)

Singleton Argus · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

Recently I mentioned that a great boon had been conferred on rail travellers in this Staate by the introduction of the air-conditioned express trains now running to various parts of…

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Accident at Sandy Creek Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

Two cars were extensively damaged when they collided on Sandy Creek bridge, on the New England Highway, on…

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Car Ran Off Road

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 2

Percy Amos, 63, of Princes-street, Morpeth, was admitted to hospital last night with a fractured left collarbone, and…

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Train Wreckage Cut To Free Woman

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.): A 13-carriage train with en 85 ton electric locomotive, ran into a protective concrete…

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Dumping of Rubbish on Shire Roads Blitz on Offenders

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

At Monday's meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council, Cr. McCalman brought to Council's attention the habit of people…

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Motor Cycle Club News

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

At the general meeting of the Cessnock Motorcycle Club, on Sunday night, the matter of the new constitution was stood…

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Rode Motor-cycle While Disqualified

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 3

A fine of £9/8/ with 12/ costs in default 20 days' imprisonment was imposed on Joseph Arnold Townshend at…

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Railway Ambulance Dinner Presentations and Awards to Members

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 2

The annual dinner of the N.S. Wales Ambulance Corps was held at the Railway Institute on Sunday night. The…

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Railway Guide On Royal Tour

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: An attractive New South Wales Royal tour guide souvenir has been produced by the NSW…

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Motor Tanker Struck Mine

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON: Denmark’s largest and newest merchant ship, the motor tanker Brigit Maersk (19,000 tons), struck…

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Motors Are U.S. Greatest Mass Killer

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK: Silencing of the guns in Korea may have brought an uneasy peace for fighting men, but on the…

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Rosenthal Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 5

The Editor, Sir,—The short par in your issue of the 13th January re the Rosentha[?] Bridge needs a…

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Royal Train Not To Stop At Goaford

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Royal train would not stop at Gosford on its way to Newcastle on February 9, a Premiers’s…

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All roads open to Newcastle on day of Royal Visit

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Country people will not be hindered in travelling by car to Newcastle to attend the Royal visit of Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to the city on February 9 it was learned yesterday. It was thought that roads leading into Newcastle would be closed…

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Man Dies After Shocking Injuries Run Over by Train

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

A 60-years-old man who fell out of the southbound Brisbane Express at 4.15 a.m. this Tuesday, died 20 minutes later in Dungog Hospital…

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Indians Return P.W. TO U.N. COMMAND Thousands Parch Down “Freedom Road”

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK: Indian guards to-day swung open the gates of the compound holding anti-Communist prisoners of war in Panmunjom and, thousands strong, the prisoners marched out in orderly singing ranks…

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2,000 Expected at Railway Picnic

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 4

Special trains from Dungog and Kempsey and a bus fleet will convey railwaymen to Old Bar next Monday for the…

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