Special Train. for Tennis Enthusiasts
Merriwa's tennis enthusiasts are out to make history. A sub-committee has been appointed by the Merriwa Association to approach clubs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1932
2,121 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 63 of 107
Train Record LONDON, July 18
The same day as Kaye Don broke the motor boat record, the "Flying Scbtsman" made a new record between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrett Shield Match. Special Train From Muswellbrook
A special train will leave Muswellbrook at 2.15 p.m. on Saturday for Scone, where a Barrett Shield match will be played between Scone…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Killed Dynamite Explosion on Train CAPETOWN,july 18
Five persons were killed and 10 injured when an explosion occured on a train carrying dynamite from a factory at Somerset…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Freights. Reduction Likely on Wool
The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Bruxner) told a representative meeting at Nyngan that there was a possibility of a reduction in railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Knocked Down by Motor-cycle Local Pressman Hurt
Between 12.30 and 1 o'clock, on Saturday, Mr. George Rickwood, a local pressman, was struck by a motor cycle and thrown heavily on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge Opened at Grafton Historic Ceremony
The Clarence River bridge was officially opened by the GovernorGeneral, Sir Isaac Isaacs, yesterday. Huge crowds gathered on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bolts on Rails Train Twice Pulled Up
It was revealed on Monday that bolts were placed on the rails of the Barraba-Tamworth railway line on Saturday, and might have caused a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Loyalists"in Railway and Tramway Services Rights Again Restored
"Loyalists" in the railway and tramway services are to be restored to their full privileges. The men concerned remained at work…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Driver Killed Motor Lorry Capsized
Arthur Wilkins, 33, of Pittsworth (Q.), was killed instantly at the approach to Rocklea Bridge, about fine miles from the city, when a truck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist's Error Chased As a Suspect
A simple coincidence had amusing consequences in Sydney on Monday. Wireless patrols and other police searched the streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy -Scouts Bridge Evening
A further Was bridges evening in the series organised by the 1st West Maitland Boy Scout Committee, was held in the Soldiers club Rooms on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Leap Harbour Bridge
A middle aged man, whose name has not yet been ascortainod, Jumped from the decking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Bridge Suicide Middle-aged Man. Sydney
A middle-aged man, whose name has not yet been ascertained, jumped from the Harbour Bridge this morning. He rose to the surface unconscious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Truck Pilfered. Two Men Sentenced
Two men and a youth were before the Muswellbrook police court on a charge of having stolen goods, from a railway truck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motors and Motoring. N.R.M.A. News and Notes
The N.R.M.A. is concerned at the suggestion that the petrol tax might he increased. "The position," the President (Mr. J. C. Watson)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Crisis in U.S.A. Same Causes As Ours. Unfair Competition
In one of his interesting series of articles in the "Herald," "America To-day," Mr. H. S. McClure Smith comments on the railway crisis in that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Died in Motor Car Visitor to Grafton Races
Mr Jerry Mann, proprietor of the Imperial Hotel, Armidale, collapsed and died in a car while returning from Grafton races to an hotel at Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aeroplane Wrecked Pilot's Miraculous Escape
Mr H. D. Walsh, a member of the Queensland Aero Club, had a remarkable escape, yesterday afternoon when the 'plane he was piloting crashed from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rough Road Alternative Route
Owing to the dangerously rough nature of portions of the direct road from Kurrajong to Upper Cole, the N.R.M.A. warns motorists, not to…
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