Saved by Gum Tree Lucky Motor Party
A Murwillumbah family named Richards, were it not for a single gum tree, would have crashed to death in a gorge 100 feet, deep when their car left the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1926
4,039 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 202
City Coroner's Return 109 Deaths Through Motor Accidents
The City Coroner,s return for 1925 which was made available in Sydney on Tuesday, discloses that 621 inquests were held, compared with 561 in 1924…
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Percy Walter Fuller, aged 23, a motor mechanic, died in hospital on Tuesday night as a result of injuries sustained when he was crushed by a motor coach…
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One of the surprises experienced by the N.R.M.A. road reporting party, which has just completed a tour of nearly 3000 miles through northern N.S.W. in an Essex…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Good Roads. Tribute to the North. Special N.R.M.A. REPORT
One of the surprises experienced by the N.R.M.A. road reporting party, which has just completed a tour of nearly 3000 miles through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Maitland Railways. Conference Arranged. Meetings Postponed. Cessnock
Information was received late last evening that instructions and been is sued from headquarters to pos[?]pond the aggregate meetings called for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East Maitland Railway Station
The coaching revenue received at the East Maitland railway station for last month was £1,116/8/1[?], against £1241/11/5 for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Cost. Kyogle to Brisbane. Difference Between Governments
Owing to a difference of opinion between the Prime Minister and the State Government over the cost of the Kyogle to Brisbane railway, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor 'Buses. to Be Controlled by Government. No Private Licenses
The State Ministry has decided to take over the control of Die whole of the motor 'bus services in the County of Cumberland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Noisy Motor Bikes
At the West Maitland Court Stanley John Harnett, of Paxton, was charged with Tiding a motor cycle without an efficient silencer. He pleaded guilty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Derailment Mail Trains Delayed
At 6.30 o'clock on December 31 a large bogey van attached to a goods train bound north left the rails between Dungog and Stroud Road…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cloudburst at Junee. Torrent Sweeps Railway Line
On Tuesday night the Melbourne to Sydney mail train, which left Wagga at 5.40 p.m., encountered floods and washaways and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aerial Railway Scheme
Glasgow is to be the scene of an experimental installation of the "Railplane", invented by Mr. George Bennie, of Bute, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Transport
Motor transport offered the most suitable means for opening up new suburbs and country districts as yet unserved by railways, said the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring in America a Visitor's Impressions Worries of Pedestrians
Some terse and pithy comments on the habits of the American motorist were made by Mr. Gordon Fraser, of New Plymouth (N.Z.) on his return…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Motor Trip 634 Miles
A party of six left Cessnock on Christmas morning at 4.30 o'clock by ear (Hudson Six) on route for Katoomba, Starting out in fine…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Fatalities
During 1925 there were no fewer than 109 persons killed in motor accidents in Sydney. Altogether 621 inquests were held during the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Aeroplane. Modern Development. London, Jan. 3
The recent tendency of aeroplane safety devices is to turn the pilot into something in the nature of a mere machine-minder. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Floods in Europe Extensive Damages Reported. Railway Train Abandoned. LONDON, Jan. 4
News comes from Amsterdam that the water has fallen a yard below yesterday's highest level in the Maestricht district, so that trains to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Shore Bridge Shortage of Stonemasons
Considerable delay is being experienced in the construction of the North Shore Bridge as a result of a shortage of skilled granite stonemasons…
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