Bridge Wanted. Across Westbrook to Mundewoi
A deputation, representing the rate payers of Westbrook-road, waited upon the Shire Council at Singleton with reference to the construction of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 199
Faulty Signals. Blamed for Train Collision
A collision between a goods train and a mail train from the West Coast occurred at Kirwee (N.Z). Three carriages were damaged, but…
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Hugh Raymond Jackson, aged 23, decorator, of North Fitzroy, Melbourne, was killed instantly early yesterday morning, and several wore hurt,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Killed. Three Others Injured. Stolen Car Crashes Into Bridge
A man was killed, and three others injured, when a Sedan motor car crashed with terrible force into the brick coping of a bridge across…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Secret Start Spanish Aeroplane Takes Off. Flight to South America. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Seville
The Spanish aeroplane, Jesus Delgranoder, took off at 5.42 for a trans-Atlantic flight to South America, piloted by Captains Jimeney and Iglesas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fatalities Man Killed. Knocked Down in Sydney
While crossing Park-street, between Elizabeth-street and College-street, Sydney, on Saturday night, Michael Ryan, 65 years of age, was knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Notes. Restoring Efficiency of Automobile Tyre Pumps
After an automobile tyre pump has been in use for some time it loses some of its power, and requires several times the number of strokes of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Porter Hurt
James Doherty, aged 19 years, a porter, employed by the Railway Department, and living in Maitland-road, Sandgate, had a fall on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tragedy Reigns. People Trampled to Death. Paris, March 24
Tragedy marked the scenes at the Arc de Triomphe late this afternoon, where hundreds of thousands passed the bier…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Railways Government Proposals
While on the one hand the Sydney evening press condemns the BavinButtenshaw Government for 'profligate spending in authorising what is…
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A regrettable controversy is proceeding in the Sydney press on the question of the designing of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the main…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Singleton Letter. the Railway Bridge. Singleton
As the Parents and Citizens' Association had received no satisfactory reply in connection with the matter of the railway bridge over the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Battered by Hail
The mail train from South Grafton to Sydney ran into a terrific hailstorm at Linitza on Saturday week, 10 miles south of Grafton. The train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall from Train. Child Escapes Serious Injury
When the mail train was travelling between Gulgong and Dunedoo on Friday morning Joan Strudwick, aged 3, climbed on to the carriage scat, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Worse off than Before." Armidale and Main Roads Board
Armidale aldermen are full up of the Main Roads Board and it's methods, one saying at a recent meeting: "They do all the dictation and we have to find…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Modern Roads. Col. Bruxner Vindicates M.R.B. POLICY
The Minister for Local Government (Colonel Bruxner) stated in the Assembly on Wednesday that he had received from the general manager of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Government. Engineers' Conference Opens. Road Works. Sydney
The MinistEr for Local Government, Mr. Bruxner, opening the Local Government Engineers Conference, said that under the Main…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Motors, Ltd., Products
Messrs. Grieve Bros. and Hazell have been appointed local dealers for "Karrier" and "Diamond T" trucks, products handled by British Motors, Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Family's Adventure. Long Motor Car Journey
A Perth message reads:— To give three of his sons, aged 20, 18, and 16, farming experience in this State, Mr. P. C. Larson, waterside…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Maitland Railways
It is announced by advertisement elsewhere in this issue that owing to the reduction of traffic offering, the passenger service on South Maitland…
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