Motor Car Overturns. Former Scone Resident Killed
A large motor car overturned on Sunday afternoon while ascending Roberts' Hill, at Clarenden (says the "Daily Telegraph.") The driver and owner of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
905 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 46
Railway Fatality
The mutilated body of a man was found at an early hour this morning on the railway between Blacktown and Seven Hills. Both feet and hands had been cut off, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Motor Trip. Fremantle to Sydney
Mr J. L. Burten and Mr T. Smith arrived in Sydney on Tuesday at 12.32. completing their 'motor trip from Fre mantle to Sydney in 7 days 2 hours 32…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Overturns. Forrcer Singleton Resident Killed
Mr Martin Schueider, who formerly resided in Singleton, and conducted a saddlery business in John-street, met with a tragic end at Clarendon on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belmore Bridge Decking
Having represented the matter of the dangerous condition of the docking of the Belmore Bridge to the Minister, Licut-Colonel Nicholson, M.L.A., has received the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Work for Prisoners. 30,000 on the Roads. Tilling the Soil. London
In the House of Lords last night Lord Newton stated that out of 50,000 war prisoners In the United Kingdom 30,000 wore employed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Upper Hunter Shire Council. COUNCILLOR H. L. White Tenders His Resignation. But Is Subsequently Reelected President. the Dry Road Scheme the Stumbling Block
All Councillors were present at the usual monthly meeting of the, Upper Hunter Shire Council, held yesterday. A heavy business paper…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorist's Record Trip. From Fremantle to Sydney
A new motor car record for the overland trip from Fremantle to Sydney has been made. The figures, which are 45 hours 18…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Roads. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—At a recent Shire meeting a lengthy report was presented by the clerk on the matter of main roads, justifying the claims of the Shire for more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Shires. Road Grants
The Hon. Walter Bennett, member for Durham, sends us a copy of the mains roads allotment for 1917-18 in the various shires in the district to which the usual conditions are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dispensed With. Engineer for Roads and Bridges
At the meeting of the Executive Council of South Australia, it was decided that in view of the report of the Royal Commission on Hannaford's quarry, Mr. M. M. Stevens,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wayfarers. on a Road in Macedonia
They come from beyond the hills on little asses or hill-ponies, loaded with merchandise. Maybe the came from another world altogether; at least, out of a forgotten century…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney Wool Market. Regular Supporters Sidetracked! Emphatic Protest From "John Bridge."
John Bridge & Co, Ltd., write:— "We have never failed, when the true interests of wool growers have been assailed, to utter timely…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Use of Motor Car. Procured by Fraud
Charles Reader (23) was fined £20, with an alternative of four months' imprisonment by Mr. Smithers, S.M., at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Trans-australian Railway. Pastoral Prospects. Ii
Conditions that will exist after the war, will compel us to improve our methods of production in every respect. We, in New South Wales, where the plant breeder of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railwaymen Restless. London, Wednesday night
The "Times" correspondent at Copenhagen says that the German railwaymen are restless and threatening in attitude. It is feared in Germany that they will join in the strikes,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →End of a "Sausage," Fired by German Aeroplane
While watching the work of the fleets around and sometimes overhead I saw for the first time in my experience of war the and of a sausage-balloon attacked by an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General News. War Bridge Evening Postponed
The war bridge evening arranged to bo held in the School of Arts to-morrow (Tuesday) evening has been postponed, and tickets will be available for a later date…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greece's New King. Tub Right Road. London
Reuter's correspondent at Athens states that on route to the Macedoman front the King, addressing the troops at Lamia, deplored the recent mutiny, and urged the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Henty to Billabong. Railway to Uk Constructed
Mr. Ball, Minister for Works, has signed an agreement with the representative of a syndicate for the construction of the railway extension from Henty to Billaboug…
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