Motor Fatality. Lorry Driver Committed for Trial
At the Grafton Police Court. William Edward Langden was committed for trial at the Grafton Quarter Sessions on February 28 on a charge of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
4,060 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 203
Railway Fatality. Evidence at Inquest
An inquest was held at the West Maitland Courthouse this afternoon before Mr. Wm. McLauchlin, deputy Coroner, into the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Imports. Decrease of British Manufactures
The percentage of British manufactures in the imports of motor chassis assembled and unassembled, considerably decreased in 1927. In…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Derailed. Points Interfered With. Sydney
A workman's train was derailed near Chuilora to-day, but no one was hurt. Later it was found that a fish plate had been wedged in between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fears of Tragedy the Tasman Sea Flight. Search By Aeroplane and Steamers
No tidings of Captain Hood and Lieutenant Moncrieff, who attempted to fly across the Tasman Sea in a Ryan monoplane had been received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed by Train. Fatality at Summer Hill. Sydney
While working near Summer Hill Station to-day. Robert McDonald, 64, a foreman bricklayer, was knocked down and killed by a train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Deputy Coroner, Mr. Wm. McLauchlin, at the conclusion of the inquest at the West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rail and Tram. Separation of Accounts. Cabinet's Decision
The State Cabinet decided at its meeting to give effect to its policy to separate completely the railway accounts from the general consolidated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intoxicated Motor Drivers. Prosecutions in Victoria
According to figures issued by the police traffic branch, 26 motor drivers were sentenced to terms of imprisonment in Victoria in 1927 for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Turned Down. Proposed New Railway. Minimbah to Morisset
Messrs. G. Booth and J. M. Baddeley, Ms.L.A., have received a letter from the Under-Secretary. Public Works Department, intimating that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring to Australia
Francis Birtles, who is motoring to Australia arrived on Sunday night, at Calcutta after trying experiences in blizzards. Birtle's hardships in the bush and his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Recent Railway Fatality
The force with which George Strickland was struck when he was killed while travelling on the top of the Grafton mail on Friday night last may…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Station Robbed Safe Blown Open Sydney
A mesage from Babinda, Queensland, states that a safe, which was stolen from the railway station, Was found yesterday a mile away. The stfc had…
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When the western mail train arrived at Lithgow the body of an infant which had died on the train was removed to the morgue at the hospital. The infant's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Low Cost Roads American Experience
Roads of gravel, sand, and other comparatively low priced materials, are practical for many regions of the United States where improved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Win Meet Main Roads Board Kearsley Shire Officers
Councilor A. Burns, president of the Kearsley Shire Council, in company with the Deputy Shire Clerk, Mr. A. G. Evans and the Engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kurri-cessnock Road Repair Work on Hand
Badly damaged sonic time ago, when a steam roller passed along if, the asphalt road near Cessnock is now undergoing repairs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Separate Control the Railways and Tramways. Government's Policy
The committee appointed by the State Cabinet on Wednesday to report upon the best methods for giving effect to the Government's policy of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tasman Flight Disaster. Lost Heroic Airmen. Flight Evidently Ends in Tragedy. Anxious Search by Steamer and Aeroplane
Cable and wireless news from New Zealand shows that the Dominion has been deeply moved by what is now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mail Train Sensation Youth Killed While Riding on Roof. Verdict of Accidental Death
Sensational indeed was the stor; told at West Maitland. Courthouse on Wednesday, when Mr. W. Mo Lanchlin, Deputy Coroner, held at…
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