District Need for Aerodrome Muswellbrook and Scone Urged to Co-operate
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 1
Mr. Coombes, of the Commonwealth Department of Civil Aviation, told the Scone Chamber of Commerce that Scone and Muswellbrook should co-operate in the matter of establishing an aerodrome to serve the Upper Hunter, If two…
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Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 2
MUSWELLBROOK: The driver of a passenger train and his fireman appeared before Mr. J. R. Hodgaon, S.M. at…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 2
Ken Farnham, 24, of Bridge Street, a porter comployed by South Maitiand Railways, suffered a probable fracture of…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 1
MUSWELLBROOK-The driver of a passenger train was sentenced to one month's gaol and his…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 2
The Hunter District Water Board plans to spend £1400 during the 1954-55 financial year on maintenance works on…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 1
In the hope that others will follow the lead a well-known Singleton business house has offered to contribute £10 to a fund to bring the Youth Centre total from £SCO to £1000, if nine others will do the same. The Mayor of Singleton…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 4
Popular Station Master, Bert Ramm has been notified of a transfer to Wauchope. Bert has been at Dungog…
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Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 7 July 1954 · page 3
The monthly tennis tournament, conducted by the Railway Tennis Club, drew a large attendance…
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Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 2
Enthusiasts would fly £2000 worth of model aeroplanes In the Hunter Valley championships In Maitland at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spain Train Crashes
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 1
LONDON: Two train crews —two drivers and two guards —were among six persons ported killed when an electric…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leaving Tram On Wrong Side
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 2
SYDNEY: The City Coroner (Mr. F. L. McNamara) said yesterday that Sydney authorities should take stricter…
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Maitland Mercury · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 1
BRISBANE: A young couple to-day survived a level-crossing smash between their truck and a train at Dalby…
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Singleton Argus · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 7
The Main Roads Department has accepted a tender for the substructure and erection of steelwork…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cycle Collides with Car Near Scone Dutchman Killed In Road Smash
The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 1
WHEN A YOUNG DUTCHMAN RIDING A MOTOR CYCLE COLLIDED WITH A CAR ON THE NEW ENGLAND HIGHWAY JUST SOUTH OF SCONE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT HE WAS KILLED…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 1
Rudolf Schumaher (26), of Aberdeen, was killed on Tuesday night when a motor lorry, driven by Mr.' R. J. Prazer, of…
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 8
The club's trial on Sunday was a great success. Jock George's win was not unexpected. Robin Wilkle was…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 2
Owing to the cold weather experienced on Tuesday night last, the party organised to entertain the members of the railway staff…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 1
Mr. C. Searl, secretary of the Upper Hunter Regional Development Committee, in a letter to Mr. T. Amies, secretary, Maryvale-Sandy Hollow Railway League, Gulgong, states that the…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 1
BEFORE MR. J. B. HODGSON, S.M., YESTERDAY, A YOUNG MAN WAS CHARGED ON A PROVISIONAL WARRANT FOR THE ALLEGED STEALING OF A MOTOR CYCLE AND A LEATHER…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 1
The Chief Engineer submitted a report to Hunter District Water Board that there is considerable need for…
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