Off to the Plateau. Road Inspection
Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., left Dungog on Monday morning for Scone. He will be joined there by Mr. J. R. Lee and Mr. Sanders, M.'sL.A. and the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1934
2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 115
Hospital Radio Special Train to N'cle Official Opening
When the entertainments to provide funds for the installation of bedside wireless equipment in the Maitland General Hospital are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fruit Lorry Struck by Train Two Men Hnurt Melbourne
A motor lorry loaded with fruit; Was struck by a train at the Wallace level crossing, near Ballarat, to-day, William Mills and William…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Explosion Wrecks Railway Station. Safebreaker's Mistake
A violent explosion caused by safe-breakers wrecked the office of the Mount Russell railway station early on Friday morning, and a fire, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railways Union's Appeal Wages Log Sydney
The State Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, Mr. W. Fletcher, stated that the log of claims now being served is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TRAMWAYS Minister's Remarks Paying Now Sydney
The state of tramway finances has improved so much that it has been possible to esablish a reserve fund, while the possibilities of giving the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train on Fire Three Youths Jump From Blazing Truck. Dubbo
Three youths were seriously burnt today when they jumped from the top of a blazing truck three miles out of Dubbo, on the Nyngan line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goods Train in Flames on the Bourke Line Wild Scenes French Chamber Vote Fails Paris, Jan. 23
There were further tumultuous scenes on the revival of the Stavisky debate in the Chamber of Deputies…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mayfield West Tram
The Waratah engineer informed his council last night that the extension of the tramway to Mayfield West would involve the council in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Bridge Tragedy. Sydney
Still another bridge suicide occured this morning, when an unknown man, after throwing away a shilling, jumped on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Duckhole Road To the Editor
Sir.—Will you allow me to refer to the condition of the Duckhole road. Its dangerous state is my excuse. Holes exist in it four feet deep, caused by timber…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Leap The Bridge Again SYDNEY
Another bridge tragedy occhrred today when a man jumped over the eastern parapet and crashed on to the garden plot below…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →160 Degrees in Train Kitchen. Passengers Prostrated
According to the train crew and passengers, the transcontinental express which reached Port Augusta on Monday experienced one of the hottest journeys…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train on Fire. Three Youths Jump From Blazing Truck
Three youths were seriously burnt on Wednesday when they jumped from the top of a blazing truck three miles out of Dubbo on the Nyngan line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Killed. Sydney
Frank Woodward (20) was killed, and David Butler (17) was critically injured to-day when their motor cycles collided at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Station. Painters at Work
It is pleasing to find that the railway end of the town is being brightened up by the painters, who are now at work on the station premises. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Gun Point Tram Man Robbed SYDNEY,Thursday
A gunman held Herbert Craddock,tram conductor at the point of a reveiver in Riley at.Darlinghurt last night and robbed him of £4…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Oil From Maitland Coal Is Superior to Imported Petroleum As Motor Fuel" Interesting Claims by Lyon Bros. in Lecture at Cessnock "Your Town Holds a Unique Position in the World of Coal Supply" Coalfields People Urged to Take More Interest in their Product
"I do not feel that I am divulging any secret when I tell you that, in a report which we have this week submitted to the N.S.W. Government we claim to have proved that oil can be produced from Maitland coal in very large quantities, and that it can be produced at a price competitive with imported oils and also…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Works and Bridges State Government's Programme
More than £350,000 is to be made available immediately by the State Government to carry out a comprehensive programme of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Patrick Plains Shire Council Brooker's Crossing Bridge at Last
The regular monthly meeting of the Council of the Shire of Patrick Plains, which was postponed from the previous week, was held on Wednesday…
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