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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

1,221 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 62

Roads "Inadequate " for Heavy Traffic Fqrd Chief Gives Fourpoint Programme to Reduce Toll

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 1

The big increase in motor vehicles and population without a corresponding improvement in our roads was one of…

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Cessnock Motor-cycle Club Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 5

The Sydney two-day trial proved, in the opinion of some of the contestants, more hazardous than the Redex trail. Out…

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Gulgong Will Be Represented Saturday's Railway Conference

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 1

Two of Gulgong's leading citizens, Messrs B. B. Lonergan and T. Amies, have been appointed by Maryvale-Sandy Hollow…

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Motor Cycle Racing At Aberdeen

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 6

The reconditioning of the motor cycle track at Aberdeen is nearing completion, and should be in first-class…

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New Presses for Ford Motor Plant

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 3

Nine new presses, valued at £250,000, are being installed at the Ford manufacturing plant at…

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Request For Main Road Refused

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 2

GOSFORD: Cr. G. Dowones said at the meeting of Gosford Shire Council that the road distance from Sydney to…

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Roads Inadequate for Heavy Traffic Flow Ford Chief Gives Four-point Program to Reduce Toll

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 3

The big increase in motor vehicles and population without a corresponding improvement in our roads was one of…

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Army Motor Transport Unit Visits Dungog

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 1

The 112th Army Motor Transport Unit from Ashfield (Sydney) visited Dungog on Monday and Tuesday…

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Unsolved Motoring Problems

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 5

Failure of the N.S.W. Government to take action in several matters of great moment to motorists was…

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Collision With Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 27 October 1954 · page 3

Two children escaped injury when the bicycle they were riding collided with a motor cycle in Rose-street,…

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Clergymen in Road Accident

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 1

The Rev. N. A. Puffin, Rector of Cessnock, in company with Rev. H. Grayston, also of…

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Department will not raise railway bridge proposal

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 1

The departments concerned have no intention of re-opening the question of building an overhead rail crossing in John Street, according to the Transport Minister. Replying to representations…

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Turks Train In Western Europe

Maitland Mercury · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 4

GENEVA: Sixty Turkish foremen are being placed tor training in Western European industry by the International…

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Local & General News Road Maintenance

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 4

The Shire Clerk (Mr. H. Troman) reported to yesterday's Council meeting that £13.738 was spent on the…

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Many requests for road repairs

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 3

Patrick Plains Shire Council yesterday considered a number of requests from ratepayers for road repairs…

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More seats on train may be available

Singleton Argus · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 1

Patrick Plains Shire President, Cr. Marshall, has high hopes that more seats will be made available to…

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Shire’s Road Programme

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 2

Patrick Plains Shire Council will carry over more than £40,000 worth of work from this year’s programme to next…

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Two Motor Cyclists Killed

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 2

Leslie James Smith, 19. of Mine Camp, Catherine Hill Bay, was fatally injured when his machine struck a guide…

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Motor Cyclists Leg Fractured

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: A motor cyclist was injured in Belford-street, Broadmeadow when he collided with a motor cycle…

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17 Killed In Tram Smash

Maitland Mercury · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 3

BELGRADE: Seventeen people were killed and 35 injured yesterday in a tramway accident in the Croatian…

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