Motor Car Mystery
Charles Crompton, who plies a motor car for hire at Murwillumbah, has been missing since Thursday. His car was found on that day overturned in the Condong Range,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
905 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 46
Motor Accident
Shortly after one o'clock this morning Arthur Armstrong was driving a motor cm down William-street. When at the intersection of Boomerang-street, the car crashed…
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The body of Charles Crompton, who has been missing since last Thursday, was found in the Tweed River, near Chinderah, 10 miles from. Murwillumbah, shot in the head…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Increased Railway Revenue
Various speakers, when advocating investment in the war loan and war savings certificates latoly, have referred to the unexampled prosperity now being enjoyed by Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Palestine. Raid on Hedjay Railway Arabs Admire Anzacs. Cairo
Reuter's correspondent at British Head-quarters in Pulestine telgraphed on Sunday; —"The natural sequel to our advance on Essalt was a raid upon the Hedjaz railway at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Daring Escape From Train. Sydney
A during escape from a train is reported by the police. It appears that Maxwell Mayu, who served a sentence a sentence of imprisonment in Bathurst Gaol for failing to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Robberies. an Every-day Occurrence. Sydney
Two railway shunters, Thomas Nicholson and Arthur Aldridge, were sentenced to fourteen days' hard labour at the Police Court on a charge of stealing 31 packets of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Martin's Creek Railway Service
Martin's Creek has received an accession of population through the working of the Railway and State stone quarries and Mr. W. Bennett, M.L.A., has succeeded in getting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German's Flying Leap From Platform to Moving Train
Maxwell Leo Mayu, a German prisoner, and another enemy Subject, were being taken to Holdsworthy Camp last night by train, in charge of two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Revenue. Holiday Increase, £4011
The Easter traffic on the railways was responsible for an increase of £4011 in revenue compared with the corresponding period of last year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Aeroplane Slaughter. Paris
A French war correspondent states that two Fresh German Divisions proceeding to the front were almost totally annihilated on Monday, before they had fired a shot, by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Daring Escape From Train. Sydney
A daring escape from a train is reported by the police. It appears that Maxwell Mayu, who served a sentence of imprisonment in Bathurst Gaol for failing to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road to Paris Barred. London
Reuter's Paris correspondent on Tuesday wired:—On the French side the enemy advance appears to have been stopped. The road to Paris through the Oise Valley has…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Local and General News. Railway Guard Injured
A railway guard named Ryan met wtih a serious accident at the local railway yard on Wednesday afternoon last. It appears that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Tram Traffic. Sydney Show and Races
The tram traffic to the Sydney Showground and Randwick racecourse on Saturday exceeded all previous records. Careful arrangements were made to meet with a bigger…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car Mystery. Alleged Murder
The body of Charles Crompton, who has been missing since last Thursday, was found in the Tweed River, near Chinderah, 10 miles from Murwillumbah, shot in the head…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Palestine. Raid on Hedjaz Railway. Cairo
Reuter's correspondent at British Headquarters in Palestine telegraphed on Sunday:— "The natural sequel to our advance on Es Salt was a raid upon the Hedjaz railway at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fight for Amiens Road. London
Reuter's headquarters correspondent states:—At daybreak this morning the Germans were attacking astride the Somme valley in the direction of Corbie, but there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Commissioners on Tour
The railway Commissioners left Sydney last night to make their annual inspection of the northern line from Waratah to the Queensland border, and the branch lines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fined for Damaging Roads
The Ashford Shire Council proceeded against two teamsters at the police court on 18th ult.—William English and George Potter, for wilfully…
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