Lights Fail On Railway Sector Hand Lamps Used
Hand lamps were commissioned to deal with traffic between the south signalling box near West Maitland railway station and East Maitland…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
2,499 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 125
Telephone Trickster Railway Company Responsible for Loss of Fur Coats
Litigation just concluded in the High Courts has revealed the exploit of-a suave, elusive swindler who some time ago managed by a clever trick to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured
Mr E. Limon, of Marrickville, was fatally injured on Monday when his motor cycle, in taking the turn at the overhead bridge at skidded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →East Maitland The Aerodrome Site Legislation Soon
The Minister for Land (Mr. E. A. Buttenshaw) Informed East Maitland Council that he had practically completed inquiries in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gaol Escapee Caught on Train TOWNSVILLE
Stanley Burtell, who escaped by scaling the wall of Townsville Watch-house on Monday afternoon, was recaptured on a coal waggon on a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Be Dealt With" Landowner's Complaint Bridge to Lorn
Alleging that he had been told by a man on the street that "he was to be dealt with it he did not behave" Mr. H. J. Smyth, of High…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New System Motor Construction
The Standard Motor Company, of Coventry, has introduced a system of broadcasting gramophone records to employees during work hours. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Railway Northern Australia Mount Isa Plans Brisbane
Mount Isa Mines Ltd., which is one of the largest silver-lead mining companies in the world, is seeking Government permission to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Denman Residents Save Bridge
A mild sensation was caused on. Wednesday, when word reached town that the bridge spanning the Hunter on the Muswellbrook road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Application for Road
The District Surveyor wrote that A. L. and H. T. Cowan had applied for the opening of roads in the Parishes of Mimi and Wollom. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fall From Train Sydney
Collapsing at door of a fast moving electric train, a young woman fell head-first on to the track between Tempe and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Prison Escapee Caught on Train
Stanley Burtell, who escaped by scaling the wall of Townsville (Q.) watchhouse on Monday afternoon, was recaptured on a coal waggon on a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Willow Tree-merriwa Road
The unmade length through Miller's Creek Station on the Willow TrecMerriwa road, to connect with the two made lengths, is to be completed in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Aerodrome Site. Considered Too Far Out Of Town Council Decides to Seek New Site
Stating that he considered that the site for a proposed aerodrome to serve the Muswellbrook district should be within easy reach of the town,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Tax for Road Purposes Government Condemned for Failure to Use Whole of Revenue
Mr. V. C. Thompson, L.P., Federal member for the New England electorate, when visiting Barraba, strongly condemned the Federal Government's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Herr Hitler Sets in Train Campaign of Ruthlessness Disturbances to Be Crushed. Dynamite and Hand Grenades Will Be Permitted. Berlin
Coinciding with the celebrations concerning the third anniversary of Herr Hitler's dictatorship, the Government promulgated a new law, authorising troops to ruthlessly crush disturbances. The military was instructed to shoot in order to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sandy Hollow-Maryvale Railway Construction Likely Upper Hunter Will Benefit
Considerable interest is being evinced in political circles in the proposal for the construction of a railway line from Sandy Hollow, via Gulgong, to Maryvale, following upon the announcement recently made at Newcastle by the Premier (Mr. B. S. B…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Accident. Denman Car Involved
Whilst returning from Palm Beach to Sydney on Monday last a car driven by Mr. Len Carter, of Denman, was involved in an accident when it came…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Mishap
A motor car, driven by Mr. F. C. Hutt, of Aberdeen, collided with a straying horse on the Muswellbrook road on Tuesday night, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →City Railway Linking Quay-Wynyard Work for 600 SYDNEY
Mr. Bruxner, the Deputy Premier, announced yesterday that work on the final stage of the city railway, linking Circular Quay with Wynyard…
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