Young Solicitor's Fate Mutilated by Train
The body of William King, a solicitor, was found mutilated on the railway track between Morgan's Gate and Leumeah, on the Campbelltown line,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1925
4,025 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 202
A Shire Causerie. Lavender Creek Vincent Street Bridge Things Ratepayers Would Like To Know
A great transformation has been wrought during the last few days at the part of Vincent street, near the Aberdare Hotel, crossed by Lavender…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →General News. From Tram Conductor to Archaeologist
Not many years ago Adelaide tram travellers handed their coppers to a studious looking conductor who was a brilliant Egyptologist and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scone Motor Cycle Club
The motor cyclists of Scone hold a very successful meeting in Surman's rooms on Thursday, 26th ult., the object being to form a motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Notes Leaky Axles. Often Dangerous Fault. Methods of Cure
Oil leakage from rear axles may be quite a serious fault, especially if the leakage occurs along the shafts and into the brakes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Accident. Compensation for Enmore President
Mrs. Thirza Taylor, of Enmore, sued the Railway Commissioners in the Sydney Jury Court for £1000 compensation, in respect of injuries she received…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Railway Grafton to Killarney Public Works Committee's Finding. SYDNEY
Messrs. [?] and Missingham, Ms.L.A., have received the following communication from the Under-Secretary of Public Works:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Notes. Miraculous Escapes in Motoring. the Presence of Mind of the Skilled Driver
There is an old belief that sailors and those who have drunk well, but not too wisely, are taken care of by a special guardian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycling. Control of Racing. Conference to Be Held
The secretary of the Auto-cycle Union of New South Wales has written to the secretary of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fatality Driver Committed for Trial
The inquiry into the deaths of John Gurr, an elderly man, and Mary Gurr, his wife, who were knocked down and killed by a motor car on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Crash in Queensland Several Passengers Injured. (By Telegraph.) Brisbane
While a passenger train was backing towards the water tank at Guthalungra, near Townsville, a coal train crashed into the rear guard's van. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Victorian Railway Tragedy Three Killed in Level Crossing Smash
A Melbourne message states that James Griffiths, 75 years of age, a tea merchant, of Bayswater, Miss Millie Harris, 18, a daughter of Arthur Harris,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trip to Coolah Motorists' Enjoyable Experience
A party of six residents of Cessnock and Kurri Kurri, including the contributor of these notes, left at 6 o'clock last Sunday morning for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Kitten Holds Up Trams
A small white kitten held up the Northampton tram service at the junction of two routes during a dinner-hour rush recently. The kitten…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car Chases Fox
A new kind of hunt—a motor-car chasing a fox along the Barmouth and Harlech Road for a considerable distance—was witnessed in January…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bungwahl—foster Road
J. J. Fitzgerald, Esq. M.L.A. has the following re above load, from the Local Government Department:— Your representations 28/3/25 on behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gowrie Bridge
The Patrick Plains Shire Council has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary of the Public Works Department: "With reference…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Main Roads. Newcastle to Maitland. Conference at Newcastle
At the recent conference of Councils held on March 16, at the invitation of the Newcastle City Council a resolution was carried as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Struck by Train. Man Killed in Queensland
A man named Duncan McArthur, aged 58, of Leronga. (Q.), was picked up at noon on Friday, alongside the line near Yeronga railway station, with…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Train Smash. Collision Near Townsville. Several People Injured. Brisbane
A passenger train was backing towards a water tank at Guthalungra, near Townsville, when a coal train crashed into the rear…
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