Road Work
It is pleasing to find good work being done on the Maitland road by the Port Stephen's Shire. The grader and roller are at work, so that many…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
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Boy Killed Swept Off Tram SYDNEY
Riding on the footboard on the wrong side of a tram travelling to Ryde last night, James O'Brien, 15, of Pyrmont, was swept off by another…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Speed Trials Motor Cycle Tests After a Record London, May 10
At the invitation of the Hungarian Automobile Club two Melbourne motor cyclists, E. A. Simcook and Alan Bruce…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hints to Motorists Sidelights on Headlamps Look After the Brakes
It the headlights burn brightly when the engine is speeded up, and dim when the revolutions fall to idling speed, it is clear that for one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Child Killed Thrown From Pram Hit-run Motorist
Henry Passfield, the 13-weeks-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Passfield of Rutherford, died in the Maitland Hospital yesterday afternoon from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The King Takes Motor Drive First Since Illness. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London
The King took his first motor drive since his illness, from Buckingham Palace, to-day, when he visited his aunt, Princess Louise,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attack on Motor Cycle Record Two Melbourne Riders Invited. Expect to Reach 175 M.P.H. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London
At the invitation of the Hungarian Automobile Club, two Melbourne motor cyclists, Sincock and Bruce, have departed for Tat, near Bucharest, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bees in an Aeroplane. a Thrilling Experience
Passengers in an aeroplane journeying to Morseilles had a thrilling experience in mid-air, when a bee-hive overturned in the cargo compartment,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road to Maitland Clear
The water at Tester's Hollow and Fishery Creek has subsided to such an extent as to permit of traffic being resumed along this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bandits Foiled. Attack on Goods Train
Train bandits who attempted to rob a goods train bound from Sydney to Newcastle early on Tuesday morning, near Wuringai Station, were foiled by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Injuries Run Down by Train KURRI
The inquest concerning the death of Mr. Henry Bewes, of East Greta, who was found on the railway line at Weston on the night of May 5th…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drove Without License Defendant Fined £3. Echo of Maitland-road Smash
At the Cessnock Police Court to-day,John Robert Brindle was proceeded against on a charge of having driven a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aberdeen Road Work. Men Paid Off. Operations Suspended. Result of States Default
The Main Roads Hoard's gang of workmen, employed on the Aberdeen road, has been paid off. The work has been stopped in view…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorist Charged Was Driver Drunk? Cessnock Case Cessnock
At the Cessnock Police Court to-day, Joseph Howe, pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving a car while under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Record Loss on Railways." Union's Criticism of Mr. Geary. Business Management!
Forecasting that this year there will be a record loss, reaching £5,000,000, in railway operations, Australian Railways'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Show for Bridge Opening
The State Cabinet has approved of a proposal for a combined exhibition with the 1932 Royal Easter Show to synchronise with the open…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Smash Claim Fails
In the Newcastle District Court, Samuel Sydney Senior, minor, of Kurri Kurri, sued Edmund Tennysons Williams, sexton, of Sandgate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Story of Allandale Railway Disaster Told at Inquest Death of Shunter Crushed Under Locomotive
How Alan Smith, a shunter, employed on the Government railways, met his death on the evening of April 26, was told at the inquest conducted at West Maitland Courthouse to-day by the District Coroner (Mr. D. W. Reed)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Royal Road (To the Editor)
Sir,-Breaking a two years' silence the United States Secretary or the Treasury, Mr. Andrew Mellon, said that the solution of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Road Work
For some time past the Main Roads Board has been carrying out improvements on the Great Northern highway between Muswellbrook…
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