65 m.p.h. on Motor Cycle “Ridiculous”
Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., said in East Maitland Court today that 65 m.p.h. was a ridiculous speed at which…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
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Railway official to discuss express seat allocations
District Railway Superintendent (Mr. Fraser) will visit Singleton in the near future to look into the question of added seating accomodation on the Tablelands Express for local travellers. The Mayor (Ald. C. M…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Skidding Car Hit Trees on Both Sides of Road
A man had a miraculous escape on Friday morning last week when a car he was driving was badly smashed on…
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A move has started in the Nambucca district to seek another road link between the Mid-North Coast and the New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Water Supply Extension For Sawyer's Gully Road
At the last meeting of the Hunter District Water Board a recommendation by the Secretary that, as the estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Opening of New Bridge at Martindale Valley Residents Witness Ceremony
Tributes to the Muswellbrook Shire Council were paid by speakers at the bridge opening ceremony at Martindale last Saturday, Mr. Wm. Morrissey presided over a gathering of Martindale Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inquest Into Segenhoe Fatality Death of Schoolboy Coroner Issues Warning to Users of Roads
At the Scone Coroner's Court yesterday afternoon, Mr. D'Arcy Cluff held an inquest into the death of Thomas Leo Roper, schoolboy, who met his death at Segenhoe on 22nd September last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor-cyclist Badly Injured
When he came into collision with an empty coal train at Greta Main level crossing while returning from work on a…
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W. J. Bergin, a representative of Prestige Ltd., had a remarkable escape from serious injury when his car veered off the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Upper Hunter to Have Only One Rabbit Inspector Property Inspections by Motor And Horse
At Monday's meeting of the Upper Hunter Pastures Protection Board, it was decided to purchase a Landrover for the Rabbit Inspector, Mr. C. Rossington, so that inspections may be carried out…
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BRISBANE: A railway bridge worker was cut to pieces and another injured when trapped by a train on…
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BRISBANE: A 38-years-old mother of three children was savagely attacked and outraged in train last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ALMOST £700,000 for Roads Out West (This is the final of three articles on the Western Division by Jack Bridges)
Announcement by the Minister for Transport, Mr. Wetherell, of the increased allocation by the Department of Main Roads for main roads expenditure in the Western Division for the…
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Maitland City Council has appointed Ald. A. M. Porter C. L. Robinson and Neville to attend a conference called by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Maitland Railway Station
Maitland City Council has decided to co-operate with the East Maitland Businessmen’s Club in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aust. Motorists Have Big Debt
CANBERRA, "Wednesday. Buyers of motor vehicles in Australia owe finance companies more than £24…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Long Last Windeyer's Creek Flood Free Bridge Opened
After years of agitation the bridge and raised roadway, to overcome the flooding of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police To Intensify Campaign For Road Safety Observance
Police have been directed to intensify their campaign in an effort to bring about c better observance of road safety, Superintendent of Traffic (Mr. Snowden) said in Maitland to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →China’s Railways
HONGKONG: From 1949, when the present Peking Government was established until the end of the 1953, more than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Accidents Increase
Ten people were killed in road accidents in Kearsley Shire and two persons in Cessnock Municipality during the year ended…
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