Operation Of State Railway System Seen On Showground
A replies of a large part of the New South Wales railway system is on exhibition of the Newcastle Showground. The system, in miniature, is a feature of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1955
280 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 14
51 Years on Railway
After serving 51 years, Mr. Ted Barnasconl, of East Maitland hag retired from the New South Wales Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Causes Of Accidents On Roads (By the Superintendent at traffic)
Whether or not the causes of accidents go in cycles, we do not know, bat speed, overtaking [?]d passing seem to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Merriwa Bridge In Danger of Collapsing Heavy Flood Rain
The main bridge over the Merriwa River, which is in course of repair, is in danger of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Ensure Road Safety Leeton Council Requests Drastic Amendments to Act
In a presidential minute to the Leeton Shire Council on the subject of road safety, Cr. O. J. Washington sought to have drastic amendments made to the Act, one of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Move On Sandy Hollow Railway Branch of League to Be Formed
At the meeting of the Municiptl Council on Wednesday Ald. Adams expressed the opinion that the time was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Toll of the Road Country's Bad Record
Whether or not the causes of accidents go in cycles we do not know, but speed, overtaking and passing seem to play too prominent a part. The major concern of the Authorities is why…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Span On Dunolly Bridge Sink Two Feet Three-story Building Collapses Into River
Yesterday the Dunolly bridge sank two feet on the Singleton side, and half of R. H. Burgess and Co's three-storey buildcollapsed into the river. No vehicular…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Services At Standstill
The southern railway line from Werris Creek to Singleton and the western line via…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Line Disappears
A member of the Army personnel which perforated an outsize job in the Singleton area says the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists May Form Blood Donor Panels
At a Council meeting of the N.R.M.A. on Wednesday, Dr. Harold Norrie introduced a motion to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Road Access
Each flood of any size has revealed the need for road connection out and in by way of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Fares Badly In Flood Bridges Down; Roads Cut
Muswellbrook Shire was hard hit by the flood. Apart from the residents' sufferings and personal losses, the greatest setback has been the partial destruction of the bridges over the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Rains Cause Heavy Damage Merriwa Isolated Through Washaways on Road an Rail Big Stock Losses Reported
The heaviest, continuous rainfall for over half a century played havoc with road and rail communications in the Merriwa district last week. In the 24 hours from 9 a.m. on Wednesday, February 23, to 9 a.m. on thursday, February 24,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nothern Train Services
A diesel train which left Wallangarra on Sunday night, travelled to Muswelllbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Insurance On Flood Damaged Motors
Hardly any flood victims would get compensation for damaged cars, Mr. E. Gersbach, of the Motor Registry…
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CESSNOCK: Kearsley Shire Council will ask the N.S.W. Government to bring Blue Gum road up to the standard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road for Transport of Coal
Councils in the coalfields area will press for the completion of a flood-free road between Cessnock and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Doubts On Aerodrome Further Approach to Department
According to a letter from the Department of Civil Aviation read at Wednesday's meeting of the Municipal Council prospects for the establishment of an aerodrome on the open cut site are not so encouraging as reported early in the negotiations between the Council and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]ew Bridge A Mt. Vincent
As the result of a deputation to the Commissioner for Main Roads, Kearsley Shire Council will start rebuilding…
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