Road Little Better Than ‘Bridle Track’
A rural organisation has referred to a road in Lower Hunter Shire as little more than a “bridle track.”…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
1,221 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 62
Most Growers To Use Road Transport For marketing Potatoes
Most Maitland potato growers would send their potatoes to Sydney by road this year, an agent said to-day. This step would be taken on account of the rail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Kerbside Pumps On Main Roads
After 31st January, 1955, no permits will be issued for petrol pumps on kerbs on main roads. This was stated in a letter from the Main Roads Board, read at Wednesday's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lake Road Complaint (To the Editor)
Sir,—It is some months since we, the users of the Lake Road, read in the Press that, in response to a request…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Faster Goods Service Needed To Compete With Road Transport
Maitland businessmen and vegetable growers said to-day the Railways Department should introduce more express goods trains between the city and country areas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Injured In Motor-cycle Accident
Two men were injured when the motor-cycle they were riding went off the road on the Lake road, Kearsley, late last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Motorised Rickshaw
A new British-designed four-seater rickshaw, "The Pelican," which will have a wide appeal in all Asian countries, has gone into production in Britain. The designer is Mr. W. R. Pashley (director of Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycle Crashes
When a motor cycle crashed late last night at the top end of Guernsey Street, near the New…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Cuts Foot at Stroud Road
Mr. Erick Hicks, of Stroud Road, suffered severe lacerations to his foot, severing an artery when cutting timber…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The 1954 Commercial Motor Show Over 400 Vehicles Exhibited
At the 1954 Commercial Motor Show which is being held at Earls Court, London, over 400 vehicles are on show to the public. Among them are mobile shops, office trailers, ambulances, diesel-englned taxis, huge petrol tankers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Level Bridge At Dalwood
Lack of funds will prevent the construction of a high level bridge at Dalwood the Meitner for Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Killed In Motor Crash
A Maitland man was killed near Melbourne yesterday when a semi-trailer he w; driving left the road at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Bridge Across Rhine
LONDON : The West German Chancellor (Dr. Konrad Adenauer) will open a new bridge across the Rhine at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Millionth Road Victim by 1956
Australia's millionth road casualty since Federation will occur in 1956, or before, the Queens'and Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago December 7, 1904 Maitland Tramway
While in Sydney yesterday, Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., again interviewed the Minister of Works respecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commercial Motor Show
One of the exhibits of the 1954 Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court, London. A Guy Motors eight-wheeled Goliath, of 22 tons, loaded with her “sisters,” a 19-ton six-wheeled lorry and a 12-ton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Train at Taree
Taree Centenary Celebrations Committee has asked the Railway Department to co-operate in the enactment of the arrival of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Pumps On Main Roads
Maitland City Council last night agreed with the Department of Main Roads that no new kerbside petrol pumps…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No money for Bridge at Dalwood
Lack of funds will prevent the construction of a high level bridge at Dalwood. the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Just Escapes Death Under Train
A ticket collector last night rescued a nine-years-old boy who fell between a slowly moving train and the platform of Maitland railway station. The boy, Barry Shaw of Mount Pleasant-street…
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