Malcolm Campbell Fails to Lower Motor Record. Thirteen Miles An Hour Short. Bluebird Pan, April 21
Capt. Malcolm Campbell made his long-waited attempt on the world's motor speed record late this afternoon, but failed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 199
Railway Dismissals Considerable Resentment. Sydney
Recent dismissals in the Railway department have caused considerable resentment amongst the men. Already there is talk of serious trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Coolies Don't Like Motor Cars Garages Attacked at Hangchow. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Shanghai
The encroachment of modernisation is increasing, and the use of automobiles inland is raising the wrath of a section of the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hurled Under Tram Remarkable Escape From Death
Although he experienced a remarkable escape from death, James Miller, aged 49, of Bondi Junction, was badly injured when he was struck by a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Keith Anderson's Plane Found . One Dead Body Underneath Wing Not Positively Identified No Trace of Second Man The missing Kookaburra monoplane was located yesterday about 80 miles west by north of Powell's Creek, in the direction of Wave Hill, and about equidistant from Alice Springs and Wyndham. Pilot Brain, flying the Quantas aeroplane Atlanta, was the finder
The following radio message was received from the aeroplane:— Quantas aeroplane Atlanta located Anderson's machine in desert,…
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Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., has been informed as follows:— Dear Sir,—In reply to your personal enquiries respecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. Reso Train of Victoria
Arrangements are now being made for a "Reso" train to tour Victoria during next month. Farmers and others of this district who intend joining the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Middle Bridge Mystery. (Published by Special Arrangements.) Copyright. Chapter Iii
At the western gateway of the outer bailey of Peveusey Castle—the gateway that had once been the porta decumana of the Romans…
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At Cessnock Court to-day, David R. Walton and James Lawson were fined 10/, with 8/ costs, and Phillip Leake and Frederick J. Cobby, 5/,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Skull Fractured. Boy Knocked Off Tram. Sydney
An unknown boy was knocked from the footboard of a tram in King-street by another tram this morning. He sustained a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Killed. Motor Car Overturns. Griffith
Miss Cathorine Foley, a wartress, and Roy Kitchener Barnes 36, a teller, were killed, when a motor car overturned on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Speed. Malcolm Campbell's Attack. Cape Town, April 23
Captain Malcolm Campbell was overwrought at the vexatious delays through the timing apparatus failing owing to a motor passing over in the…
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At the meeting of the East Maitland Council last night, a letter was received from the town clerk of West Maitland (Mr. C. T. Mclean),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Harbour Bridge. the Award Varied
Judge Booby in the Federal Arbitration Court, varied the award covering men engaged on the construction of the Sydney Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Goods Cutting Train Rates
"One of the most important features of the Bruce-Page Government's policy speech, and one which is receiving immediate investigation, is the promise to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Throat Cut. Tragedy on Train
After spending the morning shopping in Broken Hill, John Weaver, a railway ganger boarded a train to take him to his home at the 570…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Middle Bridge Mystery. (Published by Special Arrangements.) Copyright
"We found no one," said Herrington, when he had told his part of the story to his sister Letty. "We searched under the bridge and along…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hurled From Seats Tram Strikes Motor 'Bus. Panic-stricken Passengers. Melbourne
When an electric tram collided with a motor 'bus at prahran, this morning, 21 people were injured, but only one seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Problems Federal Aid Board. Meeting at Canberra
The fourth meeting of the Federal Aid Roads Board, held at Canberra dealt with several problems, but deferred consideration of more important…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Middle Bridge Mystery. (Published by Special Arrangements.) Copyright. Chapter IV.—(Continued)
"They are having a jolly time," thought Letty, and she wondered if she would ever have a jolly time again. All this mystery about Dick…
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