Scandalous Road
The pot-holoy condition of portions of the main road between Kurri Kurri and Weston is a public scandal. The fact that they…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
1,933 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 97
Mail Train Crews Change at Muswellbrook Likely
It is understood that there is a possibility of all mail train crews being changed at Muswellbrook. For many years the crews have been…
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Sir,—Devastating droughts have often been known in Australia. One of the longest and the worst was entered upon and the towards the close of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hints for the Motorists Importance of Plug Cleaning When Rust Begins to Show
While many of us from time to time give the spark plugs a more or less perfunctory cleaning, there is not, unnaturally, a tendency to forego the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Head on Motor Car Smash Two Injured
Frank B. Duggan and W. Power, both of Cessnock, were injured when a car, driven by Norman Hilder, in which they were passengers, met in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Case Hearing Adjourned
William James Hinchey appeared at the West Maitland Police Court this morning charged with having driven a motor car without…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Brothers Killed Motor Cycle Crashes Into Lorry
A man was killed and two others badly injured when a motor cycle, with a side-car attached, collided head-on with a motor lorry on the Main…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railways Government's Attitude Criticised by Mr. Cleary Party Influence Deplored
Speaking at the annual dinner of the Commercial Travellers' Association on Saturday night, the Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr W. J. Cleary) said that he had called upon the Premier (Mr Lang) when the Labour Government came into office and offered to work with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cricketers in Motor Smash Four English Players Injured
London, Saturday. — Famous cricketers were involved in a double motor smash near Nottingham after the Leicester match…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Found on Railway Line Man Terribly Mutilated. Sydney
The body of Louis Adolphus Gawthorne was found on the railway line about 100 yards from Punchbowl station this morning by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Royal Road
Devastating droughts have often been known in Australia. One of the longest and the worst was entered upon towards the close of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Bridge 4 3/4 Miles Long
The Pontchartrain Bridge across Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana is 4.74 miles long and has a 30-foot roadway paved with asphalt. It has seven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →FINED £10 Negligent Motorist NEWCASTLE
For negligently driving a motor car, Albert Ernest Fraser (45), described as a steel works superintendent, was at Newcastle Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SENIORITY Railway Act Amending Bill Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Baddeley gave notice that he would move for leave to introduce a bill to require the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor 'Bus Burnt Newcastle
A motor bus belonging to Mr. E. Johnson was destroyed by fire on the road at young Wallsend last night, when being taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victim of "Hit-run" Motorist Kurri Man
Knocked down by a "hit-run" motorist, near the Weston overhead railway bridge, on Saturday afternoon, William Bush, of Northcote…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELVILLE Proposed Bridge
Mr. Davidson, Minister for Public Works, writes as follows to Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., in regard to the proposed bridge at Melville :—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Citrus Fruit Growers' Bad Time Railway Blamed
Orange growers of the district are not experiencing a happy time this season, and some of them are laying a lot of the blame on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Illicit Still in Home Man Fined £300 and Motor Car Confiscated
Pines totalling £300 were imposed on Charles Warren, 38, at the North Sydney Police Court on Monday, when he was convicted on…
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