Motor Vehicles. West Australia Leads in Distribution
Additional figures show that the big scattered State of West Australia is just a little ahead of New South Wales in the distribution of motor vehicles,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1929
3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 199
Strike On. Austin Motor Works. Dispute Over Wages System. London, April 3
The whole production of the Austin Motor Works is at a standstill owing to a dispute over the new system of Payment by results, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hexham Motor Smash
The sequel to a motor smash on the Maitland-Newcastle-road at Hexham on March 9, when a motor cyclist, named Geoffrey Thomas Miller, was injured was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reso Train
Between 20 and 30 cars with drivers are wanted to take the visiting Victorian dairyfarmers on a tour to Wangat next Thursday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Over Park's Creek
Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., has been informed as follows:—With further reference to your personal representations on behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"A Damnable Position" Estimates for Developmental Roads. Roads Board's Double-headed Penny
"This sort of thing puts our engineer in a damnable position. If he saves a thousand pounds on a job, the Council does not benefit to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Weston Overhead Bridge. Cessnock
Waston Progress Association last night drew the drew the attention of Kearsley Shire Council to the condition of the overhead bridge at Weston, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge Over Wang Wauk River
S. L. Gardner, Esq., M.H.R., has been informed as follows:—Sir,—With reference to your communication dated 22/2/'29, covering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reso Train. Here Next
The Reso train, convoying a party of 60 Victorian fanners, will reach Muswellbrook on Wednesday next about 6 p.m., and will leave on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Reso Train. Scone, Wednesday Next
We have been specially requested to remind all interested that the Reso Train will arrive in Scone on Wednesday next, 10th inst., at 1 p.m., at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pindimar Public School Provision of Bridge Over Creek
Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., has been informed as follows:—I have had under consideration your personal representations on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Back for Easter Men From New Road
"Fifty-three miles over a new road, on the floor of a lorry without seats (from our work on the Wauchope Walcha Road construction) to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell Under Train. Young Woman Fatality Injured. Sydney
Just as the 6.25 a.m. train from Gosford was leaving the station, the driver saw a woman fall on the rails and pulled up the train, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Developmental Road. West Wallsend to Kurri. Cessnock
Kearsley Shire Council decided last night to co-operate with Lake Macquarie Council in a move to have a road from West Wallsend to Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Walcha Road Job Lure of Gold Detains Coalfields Men
"Some of our mates didn't come home for Easter," said Mr. Arthur Howland, of 25 Westcott-street Cessnock, to a representative of this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Main Road Contracts. Estimates by Shire. Engineer's Position. Cessnock
That he and the council were placed in a difficult position in giving an estimate as a competitive figure against contractor's tenders, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Road To Link Kurri With West Wallsend. Lake Macquarie Council's Resolve
Correspondence dealt with at last night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council included a letter from the Lake Macquarie Shire council,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Motor Word. News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.
In order to purchase road-making machinery, Casino Municipal Council intends to apply for permission to borrow £10,000, reports the N.R.M.A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crushed by Tram. Instantaneous Death, Rockhampton
Reginald Charles Bates, 37, was run over and killed by a tram last night, the lower portion of his body being crushed. Death was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Annual Conference. Chambers Op Commerce. "Sell the Railways."
Mr. George A. Parkes presided at the 15th annual conference of the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce yesterday…
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