Frightful Picture. Two Little Girls Killed. Motor Driver's Sleepless Night. Sydney
Gordon McDonald, driver of the car which ran down and killed two children at Willoughby last night, spent a sleepless night…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 199
Lawson Motor Tragedy. Motorist Committed for Trial
At the conclusion of an inquiry into the deaths of Annie Christina Haigh and Isabel MacFadyen, who were killed when a motor coach in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Women Killed. Melbourne Motor Fatalities
Injuries received by Miss Eva Gentry, 20, Darcbin-street, Northeotc, Vic., proved fatal when she was knocked down by a motor car at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed Instantly. Gun in Motor Car Explodes
Frederick Martin, 41 years, of Wyn stay-avenue, Enfield, was killed instantly by gun-shot, late on Sunday evening at Menangle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reso Train. Coming to Muswellbrook
The Reso train will arrive at Muswellbrook on 10th, April…
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An increasingly large number of motoring parties are visiting Kangaroo Point, Hawkesbury. River, each week-end, says the N.R.M.A. New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Postal Facilities Granted. Men on Main Roads Work
Acting on the request of men engaged on the Main Roads Relief Work at Waleha and Wa[?]chope, that postal facilities be provided for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Excavated Engineer's Report. Cessnock
The removal of the sand shows either wilful damage or woeful ignorance," said , Mr. J. F. Shine, engineer, at Kearsley Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.R.M.A. Notes. George's River Bridge
Some date between March 23 and April 15 has been tentatively fixed for the opening of the big bridge across the George's River, at Tom…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broke Road. Council Not Responsible for Delay. Cessnock
It was reported at Kearsley Shire Council last night by the engineer (Mr, J, F. Shine) that the survey, pinna, and specifications of the Broke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hatchet Buried Unemployed and Kearsley Council. Broke Road Dispute
There should from now on be no more heated arguments on the Broke road question between Cessnock branch of the O.B.U. of U. and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railways v. Motors
The report by the Railway Commissioners against the suggested construction of a railway line between Liverpool and Mulgoa is pointed to by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loss of Life Feared Train Buried Under Snowdrift. London, Jan. 84.'
A report from Bucharest say that it is feared that 40 people have perished from cold and starvation, in a snowdrift…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Founders. Fierce Gale in Atlantic Loss of Tees Bridge. Vancouver, Jan. 22
The British freighter Tees Bridge, bound from Fowey to Philadelphia, which is believed to have foundered in the Atlantic, sent out a wireless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways Stocked Against Upheaval. Industry Doomed, Says Delegate. Tinkering with Wages Futile
Should there be an upheaval on the northern coalfields it will not affect the railways, as there are large stocks in hand in the event of any cessation…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Twelve Injured Motor Lorry Overturns. Mothers Frantically Seek Children
There were frantic scenes on a roadside near Singleton when a motor lorry, driven, by Mr. T. A. Kermode containing 11 Passengers, mostly…
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At the meeting of the committee of the Maitland Hospital last evening, the secretary, Mr. H. I. Mannall, referred to the excessive noise…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Industry. Railways Stocked Against Upheaval Industry Doomed, Says Delegate. Tinkering with Wages Futile. Sydney
Should there be an upheaval on the Northern coalfields it will not affect the railways, as there are large stocks in hand in the event of any cessation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sisters Killed. Struck by Motor Car. Tragedy at Willoughby
A dreadful tragedy occurred in Penshurst-street, Willoughby, on Wednesday right, when two children (sisters) were struck by a car and killed within…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →RAIL v MOTOR
The inevitability of the growth of motor transport and of the supe[?]cession of the railways for certain classes of traffic, which has been stressed by…
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