Main Road Through Weston
A petition, signed by over 800 residents of the district, has been completed for presentation to the Minister for Local Government,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 199
Honeysuckle Fatality. Man Struck by Train
People seated on the Honeysuckle railway station yesterday afternoon were appalled to sec an old man struck by the engine of a passenger train and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed by Train Pinned Against Platform at Honeysuckle
Pinned against the side of one of the platforms of Honeysuckle railway station by a slowly moving passenger train, Richard Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Transportation. One of the Problems of the Present
Road transportation in populous centres is one of the problems of the present. What it will be in another decade can only be imagined. One thing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swept From Bridge German Steamer Founders, Twenty-one Drowned. Lisbon, Feb. 3
After the General steamer Doister crashed on the rocks at Cape Leixoes, mountainous seas swept 21 of the crew from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Octogenian's Long Tramp
Although he iR 88 years old, William Davy, an inmate of a Lincolnshire workhouse, recently walked to London and back, a distance of 200 miles,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notes. Carry a Petrol Gauge
If delay and inconvenience are to be avoided, it is essential that the motorist should always have on hand some appliance for ascertaining with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Coal Victorian Railway Contract
It is announced by the Victorian Railway Commissioners that they have contracted to purchase 5000 tons of good quality Maitland coal at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycling. Paddy Dean Defeated
Leading motor cycle speedmen competed at the Speedway Royal, Sydney, in the Championship of Australia for 3½ horse-power machines…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Missing Motorist Detectives' New Theory
New developments during the week-end in the mystery concerning the disappearance of Leslie Williams, electrician, of Goulburn, led…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Toll of the Motor. Alarming Figures
Police figures show that during 1928 332 persons were killed in motor accidents in New South Wales. The number killed in the previous year was 273,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The "Reso" Train
Arrangements have been made for the "Reso" train conveying a party of Victorian dairy farmers to visit the North Coast district. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Collapses with Locomotive
A tramway bridge weakened by tho recent fires, collapsed as a locomotive, belonging to Allen Taylor and Co., was travelling across it at Bullahdelah…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Collapsed Timber Locomotive Wrecked
A tramway bridge, at Bulahdelah, weakened by the recent fires, collapsed as a locomotive, belonging to Allen Taylor and Co., was travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Re-dressing Main Road
The work of re-tarring and redressing with screenings that portion of Aberdare Street, Weston (Main Maitland-Sydney road) between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Killed Struck by Train. Another Injured
Two men were injured—one of that fatally—last night, when they wed run down by an electric train neat the Hurstville railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Power Grader for Roads. Council Adopts Wait and See
The question whether the Shire Council should follow the lead of other councils by installing up-to-date machinery for work on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Injured Motor Smash at Katoomba
A car driven by Albert Mandelberg of Bellevuue Hill, Sydney, got out of control at the corner of the main Western-road. Katoomba, on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Killed by Motor Hamilton Woman's Death. Newcastle
Struck by a motor car at Hamilton at 8.15 last night, Mrs. Minnie May Cussan died less than an hour later in the Newcastle Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FINED £20. Intoxicated Motor Driver. Newcastle
Richard Heddle, 34, was charged at the police court this morning with driving a motor car while under the influence of drink. He admitted…
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