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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1981

24 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2

One for the road (S.M.H. 26/1/81)

Nota · Sunday 1 February 1981 · page 2

A novel view of a man’s creation ...A T-shirt on display at a shop on the Corso. Manly, has…

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Local Roads Grant

Nota · Sunday 1 March 1981 · page 8

The Federal Member for Lyne, Mr Bruce Cowan today announced allocations…

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Rural local roads grant

Nota · Sunday 1 March 1981 · page 4

The Leader of the National Country Party in New South Wales and Member for Gloucester…

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Mungo Brush Road

Nota · Sunday 1 March 1981 · page 6

The shire engineer reported to the council meeting, February 10, in connection with the…

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One for the Road

Nota · Sunday 1 March 1981 · page 21

Father O’Brien was walking in the grounds one hot summer’s evening when a hard working…

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Local roads grant

Nota · Wednesday 1 April 1981 · page 7

The Federal Member for Lyne, Mr Bruce Cowan announced allocations to…

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One for the road

Nota · Wednesday 1 April 1981 · page 6

A little boy attending an art exhibition with his mother stopped in front of an abstract painting…

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One for the road

Nota · Wednesday 1 April 1981 · page 22

Not being able to understand women wouldn’t so bad, if they didn’t understand…

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Mungo Brush Road

Nota · Friday 1 May 1981 · page 20

The recommendation that Council endorse the expenditure of $12,500 on gravel re-sheeting of…

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One for the road the Militant Dog

Nota · Friday 1 May 1981 · page 5

Four union members were discussing how smart their dogs were. The first was a…

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One for the road

Nota · Monday 1 June 1981 · page 17

An Irishman and a monkey were sent in a rocket to the moon. On arrival, they had to open…

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Centenary of Electric Trams

Nota · Monday 1 June 1981 · page 20

ELECTRIC tramways are 100 years old. In Lichterfelde, now part of West Berlin, the first public streetcar line with electric traction was opened on…

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Rural local roads program

Nota · Wednesday 1 July 1981 · page 19

At its meeting on June 9 the Great Lakes Shire Council resolved to adopt the…

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Hazard ahead (Open Road, June-July)

Nota · Wednesday 1 July 1981 · page 9

Dear Editor. I hope that recent letter on “flashing headlights” have not caused…

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High beam for safety (Open Road, June-July)

Nota · Wednesday 1 July 1981 · page 9

Drivers in NSW can now use high beam headlights where there is street lighting…

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Re: Road to Yacaaba

Nota · Tuesday 1 September 1981 · page 27

A letter was received by council from the Myall Waterways Tourist Association requesting an extension of the road from the southern end of Beach Road. Hawks Nest to the base of…

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Grant for road maintenance

Nota · Tuesday 1 September 1981 · page 6

The Leader fo the National Country Party in New South Wales and Member for Gloucester,…

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Road of Mistrust (Newcastle Herald 22-8-81 by Tom Barrass)

Nota · Tuesday 1 September 1981 · page 4

The residents of the peaceful villages of Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest at the mouth of the Myall Lakes National Park are apprehensive about the dangers of State Government…

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One for the Road

Nota · Thursday 1 October 1981 · page 9

ENTOLETED, NO LESS: We were reading the label on a 2 lb. packet of a well-known…

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One for the Road

Nota · Thursday 1 October 1981 · page 22

When a chap’s wife gets to the age of forty, he ought to be able to swap her for two…

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