Cheap Railway Fares for Easter
Tried for the first time during the last Christmas period, the railway experiment of issuing cheap excursion tickets at single fare and one-third…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1934
2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 115
Local and General News Railway Revenue
Figures supplied from the Singleton railway station show that for the month of February 1971 tickets were issued, the passenger revenue…
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Sir,—Are our railways a national concern? Are our railways a paying concern? These two questions, vitally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tenambit Roads Work Before Winter
A request was received by Tarro Shire to-day from the Tenambit progress Association that the money council allocated to the tenambit…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Train Fatality Inquest Tomorrow
The inquest concerning the death of Ebenezer Hawkins, of Abermain, who was cut to pieces when he was run down by a line of carriages near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Safety on the Road
A recent decision of the High Court emphasises the necessity (or motorists and pedestrians to take the greatest possible care to avoid…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Narrow Escape Bullock on Foot-bridge
When a herd of cattle was being driven across the Belmore Bridge this morning, a bullock broke loose and dashed on to the footbridge. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Hit Stone Thrown at Train SYDNEY
When the Forbes mail train was drawing out of Parramatta, a stone was thrown through an open window of a carriage and struck Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Road Construction Maitland-Millfield Kearsley Works
The engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine) submitted the following [?] in connection with main road construction work at a meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tax on Petrol. Motorists' Organsiations. Campaign for Reduction
Messrs. A. S. Lumby, N.R.M.A. Councillor and member of the Board of Management, accompanied, by Mr. C. M. Quinton, an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Need for Care Motorists' Risks Court Decision
It is clear from a recent decision of the High Court that motorists must exercise especial care at crossings, but the law suit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Traffic Breaches Fines at Court
A number of persons appeared before Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., at the Cesscnock Police Court today, charged with breaches of the Motor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Train to Zoo
Particulars are advertised elsewhere in this issue of the special on Sunday next, under the suspices of the Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bridge to Lorn Sydney
The question of a suspension bridge between Lorn and West Maitland was brought before Mr. R. W. D. Weaver by a deputation from Maitland to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hit by Train Man's Leg Severed SYDNEY
While working near Emu Plains station to-day Eric Death (29), labourer, of Rozelic, was struck by a train. His leg was several above the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Axle Breaks Train Driver Hurt Fireman Escapes Melbourne
John Edwards (53) and his son William Edwards (22), had a narrow escape to-day from serious injury when the axie of the engine of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Train Collision Driver and Fireman to Be Shot. (Australian Press. Assn. Message.) Moscow
The driver and fireman of a suburban train, which collided with another, train on March 6, killing 19 and injuring 52, were sentenced to be shot, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TRAM-SCALER Street Cleaner Fined NEWCASTLE
A street cleaner, W. Duggan, had a free ride on a train in the city, and it cost him 5/. with 8/ costs, or two days, in the Summons Court to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Passengers Robbed Bold Gang at Work
During the week-end a gang of men raided trams in the Eastern suburbs and stole watches and chains from passengers. They then jumped from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swinging on Railway Gate Boy's Narrow Escape
A boy of 10, who was swinging on the gate at Katoomba railway crossing, had a narrow escape on Saturday afternoon. The gales hail been closed to…
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