Jaw Worked by Motor
Form a form of lockjaw in a young girl, New York surgeons performed an operation, afecting the muscles of the lower jaw, and then, to restore function, applied a spring…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
905 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 46
Treatment of Motor Tyres
Proper treatment of tyres is not a matter which has engaged the attention of motorists as much as it might have done. True, most drivers have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News by Wire. Hun Over by Tram, Sydney
A Seaman named Robert McFadden was run over by a tram near Newtown this morning. The left leg was cut off at the knee, and the right foot torn off. His skill…
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On the occasion of the turning of the Henty-Billabong railway, on Saturday, Mr. Ball, the Minister for Works defenced the Public Works policy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brisbane Mail Train. Concession Made
In reference to the deputation representing the Shire and Municipal Councils which recently waited upon the Railway Commissioners while…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stroud Shire Will Fight. the Main Road Farce
There promises to be an interesting fight between the Stroud Shire Co[?]l and the Local Government Department on the main roads grant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.S.W. Railway and Tramway Service Association. Special Conference
Upwards of twenty branches throughout the State were represented at a special conference of the Association held on Saturday last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General News. Motor Car Business
Mr. E. Windeyer will offer at auction at his sale rooms, Raymond Terrace, on Wednesday, the 22nd instant, the goodwill and plant of the motor run between Haxham…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Returned Soldiers. Motor Car Procession, (By Telegraph). Sydney
A big batch of soldiers returned today. They were taken through the city streets in motors, headed by a band playing aboard a motor lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Station Robbery. £70 in Ten Minutes. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Early this morning when a clerk at the railway station at Wollongong left the office for ten minutes, a thief entered and forced a drawer open and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coming Thrust Great Enemy Preparations. Unusual Railway Activity. London, Sunday Night
Mr. Philip Gibbs reports: The present quietude means that the Germans are preparing another violent blow. Our guns are doing the most firing at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge at Denman
The Denman Progress Association is agitating for the erection of a new bridge over the Hunter River at Denman at the Denman-Jerry's Plains road, some distance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Free Railway Passes
At the sitting of the Premiers' Conference in Sydney on Tuesday, Mr Garland (New South Wales) brought up the report of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Good Roads Agitation
The combined Progress Committees of Seaham, Eskdale and Glen Oak held a meeting at Seaham on Thursday night last for the purpose of discussing ways…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Shipbuilding. a Record Hustle. Aeroplane Mail Service. Surpassing Krupps. Melbourne
The American Consul at Melbourne has furnished Reuter with the following wireless message from Honolulu. Washington announces: The Shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canada's State Railways. Ottawa
Sir R. L. Borden, Prime Minister, has announced that the Government will inevitably take over the Grand Trunk Pacific railway the same as the Canadian Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The High Price of Motor Spirit
Dealing with the applications of the Vaccum Oil Company for increases in prices in 1915 and 1516, the report of the Interstate Commission says : "During…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on Redbournberry Bridge
As Mr. W. J. Reynolds, of Town Head, was approaching the Redbournberry bridge about 3 p.m. yesterday he noticed flames about a foot in height leaping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWw South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association
Upwards of twenty branches throughout the State were represented at a Special Conherence of the Association held on Saturday last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Danger at Braxton Railway Station
The unprotected state of the railway siding at Branxton will, sooner or later, (unless something in done by the railway authorities to fence it…
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