'Back to Grafton' Carnival Week Bridge Opening
The Editor of the "Daily Mercury" acknowledges receipt of an official invitation from the Mayors of Grafton and South Grafton to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1932
2,121 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 107
R.A.G.A. NOTES Road Signalling Efficient Brakes
Although no signal for a left-hand turn, is included in the traffic regulations which motorists should observe, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Missed This Head Train Driver Lucky Concrete Pipe Falls Sydney
Falling from the roof of the tunnel between the Town Hall Station and Wynyard Square Underground Station to-day, a pipe filled with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Railways Agitation Commenced for Bonuses
A section of railway employees has commenced an agitation for the re-introduction of the bonus system abolished following…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rationing Railwaymen
Rationing of railway employees at Townsville will follow the Government's decision to reinstate 150 railway men. The men will be employed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Central Road Bridge
The necessity of widening the Central road bridge waS again brought up by Ald. Lowe at the Municipal Council meeting last Tuesday night. He…
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The roller and grader, part of the road machinery of the shire council, passed through here, last Saturday on its way to carry out work on the…
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Latest estimates indicate that £270,000,000 will be spent throughout U.S.A. this year for road and bridge construction. This sum is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stroud Road
Lodge Clareval G.U.O.O.F. held their annual ball on Friday night last, the attendance was a record one and it was stated on all sides that this was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BUTTAI-ROAD Work Resumed
Work has been resumed on the construction of the Black Hill-Buttal road under the grant to Tarre Shire Council from the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Main Roads Board to Function Statement by Minister
Representatives from all parts of the State were present at the conference of the Shires' Association, which commenced in Sydney on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amateur Cycling To-morrow's Road Race
To- morrow (Saturday) Cessnock Amateur cyclists will run their teams time trial to pick the premiership team to represent Cessnock Club in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Jump From Harbour Bridge Young Newtown Woman Sydney
A young married woman was killed to-day, when she fell 180 feet from the Harbour Bridge. Two men were working on the bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Hurtles From Harbour Bridge Into Water Amazing Escape Struck Feet First Was Depressed Sydney
A young married woman had a marvelous escape from death to-day when she fell 180 feet from the Harbour Bridge. The fact…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Taxation
Albury Council resolved that the Government be urged to subsidise councils with a percentage of motor taxation collected within the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Transport Act Exemptions Granted Motors Have 50 Miles Now
The Minister for Transport (Mr Bruxner) came to an important decision yesterday in regard to the carriage of goods and vegetables by motor vehicles in competition, with the railways. He granted the following…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Knocked Down by Motor Car Woman Awarded £500
Before the Chief Justice (Sir Philip Street) and a jury of four in the Bunco Court on Wednesday, Mavis Enid Farthing, of South Kensington, claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stock Transport Use of Motor Lorries
Hon. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., advises that he has been informed by the Premier, Mr. Stevens, that the extension of the Transport Act…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"BUMPOMETER." To Test Roads
A new engineering achievement in the "bumpometer," or read meter, designed and built by Mr. Olaran G. Galloway, of Los Angeles (U.S.A.)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Many Hikers On "Mystery" Train SYDNEY
Surprising success was met with by the innovation of a "mystery hikers' train" by the Railway Department on Sunday…
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