Five Injured In Road Accidents
Five people were injured in motor accidents in the Maitland district over the weekend. Three were injured when…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
1,221 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 62
Lucerne Road Tax May Be Lifted
The Minister for Transport (Mr. Wetherell) will consider allowing wire-tied lucerne to be carried free…
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Motorists are strange people. Last year 314 of them went rushing madly along our roads looking for trouble—and found it. They are now statistics…
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GLOUCESTER: Work has commenced on the Mograni deviation. Gloucester Shire Council has resumed a por[?]lon…
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The Shire Engineer (Mr. G. S. Bailey) reported to yesterday's meeting of the Muswellbrook Shire Council that bridge work at Baerami Creek, near Jones, should be completed this week, and the bridge over Martindale Creek, near the…
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A first offender who drove a truck weighing nearly 10 tons across the four-ton limit of Denman bridge was fined £25 and…
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Almost 50 entries have been received so far for the motor-cycle race meeting to be held on the Jubilee circuit…
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The Mayor (Ald. G. S. E. Adams) and Aid. Westcott last night attended the first meeting of the newly-formed Hunter…
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NEW YORK: A speeding express train and a motor lorry collided at a crossing at Mattoon Illinois, yesterday,…
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CESSNOCK: Colin Hutchinson, Aberdare - road, Cessnock, was fined £30 at the Cessnock Court this…
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The State Government has made a grant of £16,370 to Patrick Plains Shire Council for road work…
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A man was dragged for 160 yards beneath a car after he had been run over last night. He had been lying on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local motorist can win £35
Some lucky motorist is going to win a £35 trophy for having a good day's enjoyment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge at Dalwood
The decision to seek a high-level bridge at Dalwood, reached at a conference of Dalwood farmers and Lower…
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Paterson Red Cross holds a flag bridge afternoon at the School of Arts on the first Saturday in each month…
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The matter of the re-location of the road from the Highway to Clarencetown through the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago September 23, 1904. Dangerous Condition of Bridge
Attention has been directed, to the dangerous condition, of the approaches to the Telarah Bridge. Close up to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aberdeen Bridge Stock Wing Main Roads Board Not Responsible
The Main Roads Board has informed the Upper Hunter Shire Council that the stock wing on the road bridge over the Hunter River at Aberdeen is not the Board's responsibility…
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Patrick Plains Shire Council will tell the Whittingham Agricultural Bureau that it can see no reason why it should change its decision to build a bridge over the Hunter River…
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After the strenuous riding in the tour of the Hunter 214 miles two day race last weekend, members of Maitland…
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