Level Crossing Smash Motor Coach Crashes Into Trucks. Eight Persons Injured
A fast-travelling motor coach, bound from Mudgee to Sydney, crashed into the side of a string of trucks at a level crossing on the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
1,933 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 97
New Bridge Cedar Creole Road CESSNOCK
Choosing to make a structure of some permanence rather than a "makeshift job" which might be washed away at the first flood, Kearsley Council last…
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Acting upon a report from the shire engineer, Kearsley Council decided last evening to expend, as its share, the sum of £54 on the strengthening…
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Sir,—I hereby beg of you for space in your paper to make the following complaint:—I am one of the poor unfortunate…
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Andrew McGee (53), a coke-worker, of Clifton, was knocked down by a train near Scarborough station last night and killed. His body was terribly mutilated…
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A war bridge and social evening, held on Thursday in St. Mary's Hall was a great success. The function was conducted by the Church of…
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Andrew M'Gee, aged 52, a cokeworker, of Clifton, was knocked down by a train near Searborough station on Friday night and killed. His body…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hints for Motorists Well-balanced Steering Points Requiring Attention
It is safe to say that practically every modern car has a steering gear which is reasonably easy to handle provided it is kept in good…
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The drivers of several motor vehicles were prosecuted at the West Maitland Police Court this morning for various…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six Months Railway Thefts From Trucks
Three young men appeared at the West Maitland Police Court this morning on charges of stealing from trucks on the railway…
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At the Kearsley Shire Council meeting on Friday night the engineer (Mr. I. F. Shine) submitted a report dealing with the silting of the river…
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A bridge with the huge suspension span of 4200 feet over portion of San Francisco's harbor has been commenced. The structure is expected to…
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Matters dealt with at the Kearsley Shire Council meeting on Friday night included a letter from the Main Roads Board regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Real Meal Opperman's Delight Road Ordeal Paths, July J17
Three hours of drawn-out joy of eating a real meal Ids wife had cooked, was Hubert Opper-man's first delight after a month's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Charged Railway Thefts Six Months
Jamos Arthur Bovan, alias Fradorick James Rust, 80, George Edward Fuller, 39, and John Charles West, 28, before the West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Head on Motor Cyclist Killed
G. J. Roldy, on, of Cloolong West. (Vie.). was killed When his motor cyclo coitided head-on with another cyclo ridden by Jahn [?]alg, 38, of…
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Some time ago the Graziers' Association asked the Government to amend the Motor Traffic Act to allow owners of motor vehicles to register their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Washed Up Aeroplane Strut Wellington (N.z.)
A piece of oregon pine, said to be obviously an aeroplane strut, was picked up on Foxton Beach (N.Z.). The strut is 10 feet 8 inches long…
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While on its regular fortnightly tour yesterday, the Works Committee of the Cessnock Municipal Council, Comprising the Mayor (Alderman J…
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Commander Looker Lampson, in the House of Commons to-day, speaking on the Home pointed out that 7305…
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