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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

1,221 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 62

Motor Cylcist’s Licence Suspended

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 5

QUIRINDI: A motor cyclist, hesldes being fined. had his licence suspended for is months at the Quirindl Court…

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Fall From Motor Cycle

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 21 December 1954 · page 2

SINGLETON: A man was severely injured when he fell from his motor cycle near the Roman Catholic cemetery…

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Goodwill On The Roads

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 2

ALL DECENT MOTORISTS will give wholehearted support to the Christmas holiday campaign for safety on the roods, as initiated by the Police Commissioner…

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Big Year for Main Roads

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 1

Down the years the record of achievements standing to the credit of the Department of Main Roads has maintained that State instrumentality on the highest Diane in public esteem. Its…

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Plans For Deviation On Maitland-Kurri Road

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 2

Maitland City Council last night directed its engineer (Mr. R. Brown), to prepare plans; for the construction and surfacing of a deviation on the Maitland-Kurri Road…

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Morpeth Railway Line Crossing

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 2

Elimination of the bumps on the Morpeth and Cumberland roads where they crossed the disused Morpeth railway line…

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Motor Firm To Open Modern Showroom

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 4

A Newcastle firm will open a £20,000 garage and showroom in Maitland in the New Year because it “has confidence in Maitland’s future. A representative of the firm…

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No Change in Points at Railway Crossing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 1

The Department of Railways has told Singleton Municipal Council that any re-arrangement of the points at Singleton station is not possible…

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Local search for old railway records

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 December 1954 · page 4

The Mayor, Ald, Bourke, and the Town Clerk, Mr H. Deans, are trying to find photographic, pictorial or…

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Financing Bridge Repairs

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 4

A far greater part of the N. S. W. general public funds should be used to build and repair main…

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Shire Road Matters

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 6

The Shire Engineer, (Mr. A. Cook) reported to the Shire Council regarding works progress…

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Extra Train for Coast

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY: An additional train will leave Newcastle tomorrow at 7.10 p.m. for holiday-makers travelling from…

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Deputation On Kulnura Road

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 3

SINGLETON: Aldermen McGrogan and Burgess have been appointed Singleton delegates to the…

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Railway History Of Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 23 December 1954 · page 5

SINGLETON: The Mayor of Singleton (Aid. C. Bourke) and the town clerk (Mr. H. Deans) are searching for…

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Replacing Motor Cycles in Police Patrols

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1954 · page 1

Stroud Shire Council will make application to the Police Department for Police at Stroud, Bulahdelah and Tea…

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One Road Death During Holidays

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1954 · page 2

A Hunter District Water Beard employee died in Maitland Hospital yesterday fallowing a collision on Christmas Eve. He was Joseph Hemsworth,…

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Milk Truck Ran Off Road Into Gulley

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1954 · page 3

A diesel [?] track and trailer[?] off the road and down ft steep gully between East Maitland and Eastville…

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Railway Figures Possibly A Record

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 29 December 1954 · page 1

Railway officials between a record number of people left Maitland between Thursday and Saturday morning…

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Motor Cyclist Died In Hospital

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 2

A motor cyclist James Davidson, 19, of Soldiers’ Settlement, Weston, died in Royal Newcastle Hospital last night…

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Heavy Traffic On Railway

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 2

A spokesman for the Railway Department said that the department this year made one of the biggest…

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