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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

1,221 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 62

Motor Cycle And Gar Collided

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

Weill Cliff. 21, of Church-street Maitland, was injured last night when his motorcycle and a car coiled in…

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Motor Cyclist Hurt

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 2

Seventeen-year-old Lindsay Dennis of Argyll Street suffered a fractured right shoulder-blade when he fell…

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Road Tenders

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 6

Tenders for Karuah road were received, (at the last Council)) meeting from: Messrs. Garden at £660; Beavis and Kennedy £714…

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Man Falls From Train Dies From Injuries

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 5

A man fell from the southbound Brisbane express near Dungog on Tuesday morning and…

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Railway Home Guard Formed In Norway (A.A.P.- Reuter)

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 8

OSLO: Norwegian railwaymen are getting their first military training to prepare them to defend railway tracks and trains in an emergency. It has been a tradition in the Norwegian State…

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Gaol for Illegal Use of Motor

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 9

SYDNEY: Mr. A. R. Raschke, S.M., in Newtown court, sentenced Bruce Neville Richardson, 26, railway employee, to…

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Abuse of Motor Vehicles

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 7

The N.R.M.A. engineer here that come of the common forms of abuse of motor vehicles…

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Express Crashed Into Blazing Oil Train Injured Passengers Incinerated In Cars

Maitland Mercury · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

KARACHI: About 60 people are believed to have died when the crack Pakistan Express turned into a blazing inferno after plunging into a petrol waggon near Karachi yesterday…

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Motor Cycle Club News

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 9

At its meeting on Monday night, the Cessnock Motorcycle Club committee decided to disassociate itslf from the motor…

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Railways Aid for the Country

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 9

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

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Road Roller Flattens Milk Stand

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 1

Wallarobba Shire's 4-ton road roller came adrift from the blitz waggon near Trevallyn Post Office on…

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Driver Killed When Car Hit Bridge

Maitland Mercury · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 5

TAMWORTH: Michael Koran, 39, of Kootingal, near Tamworth, was killed yesterday when the car he was…

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Motorcyclist Hurt

Singleton Argus · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 2

A motorcyclist of the CMF riding in convoy to Singleton Military Camp on Saturday was severely injured…

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Fatally Injured By Train

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

A 30-years-old railway fettler died in Dungog Cottage Hospital early this morning from injuries received…

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Motor Cycle Club News

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 4

Executives of the Cessnock Motor Cycle Club and the Cessnock Lions Club met last week and decided on May 16 as the…

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Willow Tree Railway Crossing

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

QUIRINDI: President of Murrurundi Shire Council (Cr. V. G. Heyman) reported to a meeting of the council…

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Test For Motor Headlights

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 2

SINGLETON: Singleton branch of the Road Safety Council, with the co-operation of local police, will conduct a…

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Railway Bridges Need Repairs

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 1

The Telarah-Rutherford branch of the Australian Labour Party decided to make a request to Maitland…

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Fewer Registrations Of Motors

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 5

CANBERRA: A report issued by the acting Commonwealth statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver) showed that…

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Fifth Death From Train Smash

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

Mrs. Elizabeth Crawley, 74, of Etela-street, Belmore, who was injured in the train smash at Sydenham on…

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