Road Accidents Decrease in Britain LONDON, May 23
Answering a question in the House Commons, the Minister for Transport (Mr. L. Hore-Belisha) said that [?]ing the eight weeks of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1935
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Logs on Line. to Obstruct Train. Woman Committed, for Trial
A charge of having placed logs and stones on the railway line between Marrnor and Sisalana (Q.) on May 14, with intent to obstruct the use of the line,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Page's Creek-Blandford Road Upper Hunter Shire's Attitude Criticised)
Says Tuesday's issue of the "Murrurundi Times": — Though perhaps it would be somewhat difficult to assign "reasons," this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor World. Wood Fuel
Prussia is to sot up a network of wood-bunkering stations in order to extend the use of gas derived from wood for car engines…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accidents Took Toll of Two Lives Last Night Last car smash Survivor's Ordeal Death on Railway
Two men were killed and another seriously injured in shocking accidents near Maitland late last night and early…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Previous Wage Restored by Ford Motors Increase of 2,000,000 Dollars a Month. Detroit
Ford Motors Ltd. hits announced that it will, return immediately to the predepression six dollars a clay wage minimum. The rate at present is live…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fast Motor Driving May Be Stopped Warning by Police Superintendent
Excessively fast driving by motorists indulging in their craze for speed may be stopped in future. Alarmed at the increasing number of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shocking Motor Accident. Cessnock Man Killed
A shocking motor accident in which a young Cessnock man, Robert Taylor, aged 22, was killed—occured four…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Road Train
For decades politicians have spouted about "the vast resources and potentialities of this great and half-un-settled continent," of "developmental"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Krui River Bridge Merriwa
The new concrete bridge over the Krui River at Collaroy, has been opened for traffic. This bridge has been under construction for a long…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To Go "Mystery Surface" Road
The Newcastle office of the N.R.M.A. advises that the strip of "mystery surface," on the New England Highway, between the Hexham railway crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Arm Cut Off Train Accident Boy Run Over Newcastle
An 8-year-old boy, James Banks, of Frederick-st., Morewether, showed Spartan courage after his left arm had been severed at the shoulder in an…
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On the southern side of Muswellbrook township, about a third of a mile from the post office, motorists going south through Singleton to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor World Grinding Pastes
Emery or other valve grinding pastes can be used for various purposes other than valve grinding. It sometimes happens that a non-standard thread…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motors in N.Z. Imports Quadrupled
The number of motor vehicles imported into New Zealand last year was 14,415—nearly four times the figure for the previous year. Their value was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aeroplane Disaster at Dalby Machine Bursts Into Flames
Three persons were injured, two critically, when a Gypsy Moth aeroplane crashed on a bank of a creek near Dalby (Q.) on Friday afternoon and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Crashes Into Siding Damage Estimated at £250
Damage estimated at £250 was caused on Saturday when a heavy locomotive, with eight empty passanger carriages attached, crashed into the fruit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge to Cost £1,500,000 First Sod Turned
The first sod for Brisbane's £1,500,000 bridge at Kangaroo Point was turned by the Premier (Mr Forgan Smith) on Friday, in the presence of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Express Train Ganger Run Down Lucky Escape Grafton
A ganger, R. Kennedy, living at Milton-street, Graf ton, narrowly escaped death when the Sydney-Brisbane express crashed into his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swansea Smash Motor Cars Collide NEWCASTLE
Two persons wore injured when two cars collided on the Sydney side, of Swansea on Saturday night. Thomas Gleason, 43, of Moore Park,…
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