Bourke-darwin Railway London Sceptical of Rumours
For the past three months reports have been trickling to London of an Australian plan, with English backing to the extent of £15,000,000, to build…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1933
2,125 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 107
Joined Main Roads Board
Mr. Wal Smith, of Dungog, whose services have been availed of by Wallarobba and Stroud Shire and Dungog Municipal Councils, has received an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Toll Tax on Car Passengers
The N.R.M.A. has suggested to the Minister for Transport (Lt. Col. Bruxner) that the toll on motor-car passengers crossing the Harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Further Heavy Rain Causes Panic Amongst Campers Under Water South Coast Roads Narrow Escapes Sydney
Danger of further floods in the southern coastal areas is causing anxiety, although the flood waters which have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bunnan Road. Upper Hunter Shire. Council Statement Refuted by Cr. Jennings 'No Undue Influence"
At the meeting of the shire council on Tuesday the president drew attention to statements made at a recent meeting of the Upper Hunter Shire, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railways Why They Do Not Pay
"M. L. W." writes to the Editor:— I have heard dozens of reasons why our State-owned railways do not pay. Some of them, to my mind, are feasible,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways Thirteen Areas Created Decentralisation Sydney
Further information was made available regarding the reorganisation of branches of the railway services…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Washaways
The Brisbane mail, containing 164 passengers, and the Glen Innes mail, with 280 passengers, were detained at Werris Creek yesterday owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft of Motor Cycle Wheel Defendant Convicted and Given Suspended Sentence
Thomas Whatman pleaded guilty, at Cessnock Police Court to-day, to charge of stealing a wheel, tyre and other parts of a motorcycle,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"ROBBERY" Main Roads Money Strong Protest
A vigorous protest against money from the Main Roads Fund being diverted to consolidated revenue was made by the Executive of the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leap From Train Man's Lucky Escape PARKES
Although he jumped from the Broken Hill Express while it was travelling at 35 miles an hour this morning, a man escaped injury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mental Patient Jumps From Train Found Uninjured. Sydney
While the Broken Hill express was travelling, at 35 miles per hour between Ivanhoe and Canobie about 3 a.m. today, a mental patient travelling in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Square Deviation of Traffic
The N.R.M.A. directs the notice of motorists to the fact that the vehicular traffic arrangements in Central Railway Square have now been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Water Over Railway Line Repair Work Held Up
A terrfc storm at Warrah, between Tamworth and Duro, on the Northern line, about 7 o'clock last night caused the rails to be covered with to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Courtesy
Two bandits stopped a postman on a road in England, took his cigarettes and matches, but returned a lighted cigarette to him. They then ate and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Bridge" Houses German Revival
Germany has revived one of the customs of the Middle Ages—the quaint practice of building houses "across the street," Freed by new…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Goods for Vic. Railway Proposal Loss to N. S. Wales Sydney
A proposal to allow the Victorian Railway Commissioners to construct a third rail along the Tocumwal Junee Railway thereby allowing the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tax Lowered Revived Motor Industry
In the Danzig Free State the motor industry was becoming retrograde: high taxes and appalling economic conditions had their influence on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Harbor Bridge Tragedy? SYDNEY
Three men reported to the Sydney police last night that they had seen a man hurl himself over the Harbor Bridge. The police made a search, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A "King" of the Road
"Posterity pays every man his honour." —Ben Jonson. In the days before speedy means of…
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