Appeal To Motorists On Road Safety
SINGLETON: It is the opinion of Singleton branch of the Road Safety Council that the holding of functions of direct…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
1,221 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 62
Request From Denman Milk Suppliers Want Merton Road Tar-Surfaced
Dalswinton Milk Suppliers' Association wrote to yesterday's meeting of the Shire Council, asking that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Worker Died Suddenly
SINGLETON: Reginald Martin Hussey, 45, employed on a railway construction gang, died suddenly on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Visual Education For Motorists
SINGLETON: Mr. [?] Plate, Road Safety Council fled officer, told Singleton branch that the need for cautfou…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Kills Children
NEW YORK: A car taking seven children to school was involved in a collision with a train near Greenville, Texas,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →River Continues to Erode Bank at Bridge
Despite the construction of a formidable stone-filled groyne 100 yards up the Hunter River on the John Street side of Dunolly bridge, swirling waters in their downward rush appear…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →M.r.d. Seeking Site for Bridge at Hexham
The Department of Main Roads is investigating a site fox an overhead bridge and road diversion to replace the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Rolling Stock For Railway
New rolling stock placed in service on New South Wales railways last year included 24 Garratt locomotives, 20…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Traffic
SYDNEY: Commissioner for Railway (Mr. R. Winsor) states that during the year ended June 30 last,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway employee died of pneumonia
Singleton police said yesterday that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Annual Report of the Railway Dept
The earnings of the railways for the year ended 30th June, 1953 were the record figure of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cup Awarded To Railway Porter
A junior railway porter from Rutherford has been awarded the Milne Cup for the most meritorious act of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Loss on Crockery
LONDON: British railways lost three million cups annually throuhg breakages, Lord Mancroft told the House of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ald. Khan Complains of Roads
The bad condition of sections of the roads in Kelso and Andrew Streets was pointed out by Alderman A. Khan to a meeting of the Singleton Municipal Council this week…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boy Killed in Fall From Train
SYDNEY: A schoolboy was killed when he fell from an electric train between Penshurst and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycle Club Gossip
The new cult started by "Beachy Bob" may have two more members for the future. From way down the line we…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycle Club News
The Sports Secretary, Sandy George, has received further information about the Redex Trial for motor cycles to be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Registration Of Motor Vehicles
CANBERRA: Owners last month registered 2666 more motor vehicles than in January last year, but 4518 fewer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commissioner Reports on Railway Operation
The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. R. Winsor, has presented to the Minister for Transport, the Hon. E. Wetherell, M.L.A., his report on the operations of the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Collison Urges Completion of Upper Hunter Dry Road LONG - Service Certificates to Messrs. S. C. Collison and J. F. Carter Shires' Association Honors Two Ex - COUNCILLORS
There was a pleasant interlude at the monthly meeting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council, held in Scone, when ex-Councillors S. C. Collison and J. F. Carter, with records of service extending over sixteen…
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