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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

1,221 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 62

Baerami Creek bridge work to go on

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 2

Mr. G. S. Bailey. Muswellbrook Shire Engineer, reporting on Baerami Creek bridge, near Kirk's said the fencing…

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Top dressing theft causes road danger

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 4

The Shire Council will take action to stop people from taking soil from the roadside at Dight's…

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Road Development Lagging in N.s.w

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 6

New South Wales was lagging in road development, the Leader of the State Country Party (Lt…

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Shire may get help to repair road

Singleton Argus · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 1

Patrick Plains Shire President. Cr. Marshall told yesterday's Council meeting that he had interviewed…

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Shire Road Works Estimated to Cost £85,406

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 7

An estimate of £85,406/18/6 for works to be c[?] out from the Commonwealth Aid Roads Grant and…

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Road Safety Council Criticised Achieved Very Little. Says Ald. Neate

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 2

The Road Safety Council might have worthy ideas, but when it came to activity it seemed tied hand and foot, Ald. H. Neate said at a meeting of the Finance Committee of Cessnock Municipal…

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Motor Cycle Club Notes

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 10

The annual social last Saturday night was an outstanding success. Representatives from…

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The Silenced Motor Horn in Paris

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 9

With the forbidding of the sounding of motor horns, Paris has become slightly less noisy. Motorists complain…

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Be Kind to the Foreign Motorist

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 9

Be kind to the foreign motorist is the motto of Lyons, Limoges and other cities in France. If the foreign…

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Safety First at Railway Crossings

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 2

Each year a staggering toll of fire is taken by railway level crossing smashes. Unfortunately railway level…

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Wild Police Chase After Motor Cyclist

Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: A Police motor cyclist lost night arrested , a man t gunpoint after a wild two-miles [?] at high speed…

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Old Tram Ousted

Maitland Mercury · Monday 20 December 1954 · page 1

SCRANTON (Pennsylvania) : The first electric tram service in the United States shut down yesterday…

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Additional Train Services

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 1

The Minister for Transport (Mr. E. Wetherell) has informed Mr. J. W. Crook, M.L.A., that during the…

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Toy Train Used At Banquet

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 1

NEW DELHI: A toy electrictrain will serve food to the Yugoslav dfetator (Marshal Tito) at a banquet with the…

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Six Killed in Train Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 1

LONDON: Railway accidents in three countries—Germany, Italy and Japan—yesterday killed six people and injured…

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Reporting Of Road Accidents

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 2

Unexpected troubles experienced by motorists in law court through statements made in all good faith to…

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Road Deaths Nearing Record

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY: The secretary of the Road Safety Council (Mr. J. P. Reld) said that already 717 people had been killed in…

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Road Work Programme For Shire

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 4

CESSNOCK: Kearsley Shire Council engineer (Mr. L. Grattan), has presented to the council a list of works and…

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Motor Driver Hit Railway Gates

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 4

GLOUCESTER.— William Victor Orme, of Port Macquarie, was fined £9/8/ and 12 court costs at Gloucester…

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Of Interest to Motorists Motoring Made Safer with Tubeless Tyre

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 6

The new tubeless tyre, which is standard equipment on most American 1955 model cars, is the biggest news in the rubber…

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