The Forgetful Motorist
The N.R.M.A. men who enthusiastically rush to motorists in need of roadside assistance have a legitimate grouch against the numerous…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 199
Motoring & Cycling Notes
There are indications that front wheel drive cars are about to receive more attention from motor manufacturers. Although it has been the…
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While walking along Wollombi Road, about 8 o'clock on Wednesday night, J. Teerman, aged 15, was knocked down by a motor-cycle…
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Isaac Newton, 70, dropped between a train and the platform at Allowah railway station this morning, and would assuredly have been run over…
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When a tram and a motor car came into collision at Fivedock, Sydney, late on Sunday afternoon, five persons were injured…
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W. J. Smyth, 25, who was run down by a motor car at Malvern last Thursday, died to-day. His companion, william Holohan, is still in…
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Tho Traffic Commissioner of the American City of Cleveland set himself the task of defining the courteous motor driver. These are some of his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Arm Crushed. Motor Lorry Overturns
A motor lorry, driven by H, Rayfield, carrier, of Mullumbimby, bound to Brunswick Heads, overturned on the Mullumbimby-Brunswick Heads…
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At 11.30 on Saturday night, a motor car, driven by Mr. Osterley Haviland, of East Maitland, who was acompanied by Patrick. Roarty,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Notes. Easily Made Socket Wrenches
Sections of seamless steel tubing, cut from the frame of a discarded bicycle, can be made into strong, serviceable socket wrenches, which will…
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A collision between two motor cars on the Prince's Highway, Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon, caused the death of John Stanley Alexander,…
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A motor car, driven by Albert J, Death, a well-known resident of King's Plains, Bathurst, turned over several times after a collision with…
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John McCarthy, aged 19 years, of Heathcote (Vic), a mechanic, was taken to the Melbourne Hospital early on Saturday morning as the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Youth Killed. Week-end Motor Fatalities. Knock-down by Car
Ivan Godden (18), of Gray-street, Kogarah, was knocked down by a motor car in Prince's Highway, Kogarah, on Saturday afternoon. He died…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Merriwa Shire Roads. Last Year's Programme—How Motor Traffic Affects Roads —Call For Altered Methods—Developmental Roads
The following important points are taken from the report of the Shire Engineer (Mr. J. McDonald) submitted to the last meeting of the Shire…
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The Railway Department has found it possible to bring the New South Wales "reso" train into operation earlier than was originally intended. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kurri Kurri-Lake Road
Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., states that he made an inspection of the Kurri Kurri-Lake road, from Pelaw Main to Awaba, on Saturday, and found…
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The Kearsley Shire Engineer (Mr. J. Shine) is showing that he is up to the minute in concrete road making. The concrete is being laid for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damaged Rail Train Bumps Violently. Lucky Discovery. Sydney
At a late hour last night, the guard of a train bound from Sydney to Liverpool, felt a violent bumping near Casu[?]a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Work Employment of Foreigners. Erskinville Suggestion. Sydney
At a meeting of the Erskineville Council last night, one alderman declared that he knew of a case where an Italian had been brought all the…
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