Course Record Pooley Bridge's Fine Run MELBOURNE
One of Melbourne's best hurdlers, Pooley Bridge, came within an ace of equalling the world's record at the V.R.C. meeting at Flemington to-day,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
2,499 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 125
Under Tram Man's Feet Mangled SYDNEY
Attempting to board a tram at Broadway, city, last night, Samuel Henry Smith, 12, slipped, and his feet passed under the wheels. Smith was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Killed Motor Car Overturns Two Injured Taree
Travelling to Port Macquarie on a holiday trip, a motor car, driven by Mrs. Phillip Davey, of Marlee, Wingham, overturned in loose gravel four…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brighter Times Motoring in 1936 N.R.M.A. Comment Sydney
The president of the National Roads and Motorists' Association (Mr. J. C. Watson) said yesterday that there was no reason why the motoring…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eight Specials Local Railway Traffic Seaside Popular
Maitland and the coalfields presented a deserted appearance to-day, the majority of the residents taking advantage of the warm day to go to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Moving a River Site for Aerodrome
To move a river so that an aerodrome can bo built sounds a fantastic task, yet that is what engineers are about to do near Nice…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Fines Train Scalers NEWCASTLE
Buying tickets from West Maitland to East Maitland and travelling in a train to Hexham, three young men wore arrested at the latter station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Killed Car Hits Bridge SYDNEY
Mrs. Frances Maude Gilbert, 50, of Regent.st., Kogarah, was fatally injured when a motor car, driven by person, Alfred. Collided with the railing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Six Injured Motor Car Overturns Struck a Post Melbourne
When a motor car overturned on the Hume Highway this morning six men wore injured, one seriously. The car was returning to Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sunday's Special Train
Another of the cheap Sunday excursions to Newcastle will be run on Sunday next. The train will depart from Merriwa at 6.5 a.m. (return fare 9/-)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Moving a River Aerodrome to Be Built in Its Place
To move a river so that an aerodrome can be built sounds a fantastic task—yet that is what engineers are about to do hear Nice…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →President's Daughter Killed Mysterious Fall From Train
While on her way from London to Paris, Miss Zehra Ayliu, the 18-year-old adopted (laughter of Kemal Ataturk, President of the Turkish Republic, tell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thrilling Road Race Average Speed of 64 Miles
After a daring race in which he had difficulty in holding his big Chrysler as it skidded around the corners, H. J. Beith won the Victorian Sporting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pleaded Guilty Used a Motor Lorry Three Months' Gaol Newcastle
Joseph Clark Gee, 31, a farm labourer, who elected to be dealt with summarily, pleaded "Guilty" at Walls end Court to charges of having on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Overturns Six Men Injured
When a motor car overturned on the Hume Highway yesterday morning, six men were injured, one seriously. The car was returning to Wagga from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London Bridge
There has been a bridge over the river Thames at London since Roman times, when it was of timber. In Henry the second's day this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Camber a Danger Stressed
The safety department of the N.R.M.A. suggests that many road accidents are caused through the failure of motor vehicles to keep…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Friendly Road. (All Rights Reserved)
Welcome 1936. It is always a pleasant thing to greet a new-born year. Like a little child, it comes with a suggestion of a new beginning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Struck Tree Car Leaves Road Woman killed MELBOURNE
Travelling to Melbourne for a holiday a New South Wales woman was killed, and her husband and sister-in-law seriously injured when their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Decrease Road Deaths in Britain Minister Tells London, Jan. 3
Ever since the motor car was invented the number of road deaths in Britain has mounted year by year, util last year, when, for the first time,…
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