Hume Highway Better Motoring Three-day Trip
Considerable improvement in motoring conditions along Hume Highway the inland route between Sydney and Melbourne is…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
2,499 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 125
Car Runs Off Road University Student Killed
Brian O'Beirne, aged 22, of Hamilton, Brisbane, was fatally injured, and Paul Lahey, aged 24, of Clayfield, was injured when the car in which they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rockhampton Train Tragedy Accused Man Further Charged. Brisbane
Herbert Kopit, who has already been charged with the murder of Harold Speering, was at the police court to-day further charged with the murder of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed on Wedding Night Fell Between Platform and Train
Soon after his wedding, Cyril Tyrell, aged 40, a stevedore, of Coburg. (Vic), fell between a platform and a moving train. He was killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Armed Robbers in the States Train Held Up. New York
Banditry after the most approved Wild West style, penetrated the metropolitan area to-day, and though the loot was only a modest 1000 dollars,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SOMERSAULTED! Motor Cyclist Hurt GOSFORD
Turning several somersaults after it had erashed over an 8ft. embankment on the Pacific Highway two miles on the Sydney side of Gosford, a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Collision at Gowrie Gates
A collision between two motor cars at the Gowrie railway gates on Saturday afternoon caused only slight injuries to the occupants, but rather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transport Legislation for New Zealand Effort to Stamp Out Hit-run Motorist
A determined effort to stamp out the hit-run motorist is included in transport legislation be introduced in, the New Zealand House of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inquest Into Motor Fatality
An inquiry was held on Friday afternoon into the death of Percy Theodore Hatfield, of Collarenebri, who was killed in a motor accident near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer's Claim Newcastle Road Accident Verdict for £12
There was no appearance of the defendant, D. M. Evans, of O'Connell st., Sydney, at the East Maitland Court yesterday afternoon to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Toll of Road Half Year's Figures 288 Deaths Sydney
During the second half of last year 288 people were killed in road accidents in New South Wales. Accidents reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Railway? Denman to Parkes
An agitation for the building of a railway line from Denman to Parkes, in lieu of the line from Sandy Hollow to Maryvale, has been started by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Overturns
While motoring from Tamworth to Sydney on Friday afternoon last, Miss L. McLoughlin, of Cremorne, and Miss J. Sutton, of Tamworth, met…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Notes
What a change has come over the [?] in the last 16 years. In 1920 motorists in this country bought their petrol supplies in two and 4…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gigantic Arch Third Largest Bridge
The new Birchenough Bridge, over the Sabi River, the largest of its kind in Africa and the third largest in the world, has been opened at Umtall,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stock Bridge Question of Maintenance DEPUTATION
Last night representatives of the Maitland Pastures Protection Board waited upon West Maitland Municipal Council and requested…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Petrol Tax Share for Road-making Queensland Case. Brisbane
Queensland has prepared a strong case for the more liberal distribution of revenue among the State, in anticipation of discussion on the petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Accidents During Second Half of 1935 New South Wales Statistics
The heavy toll of accidents on the roads was revealed in a statement issued on Monday by the Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr Maddocks,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Man Meets Terrible Fate in Motor Car Crash STUNNED! House of Commons the Budget London, April 21
The House of Commons was stunned into silence to-day, when, in the course of his Budget speech, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Railways (To tho Editor)
Sir,—after reading your leader in Thursday night's issue one would think that the Government had no right to protect its greatest asset, viz., the…
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