League Cycling 15-Mile Road Race
A 15-miles road race will be run over the Maitland-road course, starting and finishing at the Cessnock Hotel, to-morrow afternoon. All riders…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
2,499 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 125
The Muswellbrook Chronicle FRIDAY, 5th JUNE, 1936. Passengers'amazing Escape. Car Overturns Near Bridge
Miraculous escapes from death were experienced on Tuesday afternoon, when a sedan car occupied by a man and his wife overturned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Merriwa Railway Station. a Grade Higher
The Merriwa railway station has been moved up a grade-from sixth to fifth grade-according to official advice received. This decided rise in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Merriwa and District News (Reprinted from the Merriwa and Cassills "News.") Merriwa-leadville Railway. Comprehensive Evidence Forwarded to Deputy Premier
Taking the Deputy Premier (Col. Bruxner) at his word to receive any further evidence of a specific nature that could be put forward, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring. Amazing Performance at Daytona Beach
At Daytona Beach, Florida, recently the Willys "77" was started in a 250 mile test over a course of 3.2 miles. This course consisted of a 1½ miles'…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motorists Fined Newcastle
In the Summons Court to-day, Norman S. McDonald, of Lorn, was fined £1, with 8/ costs, or three days, for allowing an unlicensed person to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murrurundi as Railway Centre
A report in the "Times" says there are bright prospects that the old town of Murrurundi will yet come into its own as a railway centre. For some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision Near Hawkerbury
A passenger train bound from Sydney to Newcastle crashed into the rear of a stationary goods train about a mile and a half on, the southern side of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Aerodrome Muswellbrook District MUSWELLBROOK
The announcement of the stopping places of the proposed northern airway service Indicates that Muswellbrook will not be a stopping place…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Darling Downs Road Improvements
Considerable improvement has been effected on the main road over the Darling Downs, between Stanthorpe and Toowoomba, reports the N.R.M.A…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Friendly Road By John Smith
"Growing Older." I was speaking the other day with a group of people in a room amongst whom were a girl of fourteen and a lady…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Traffic School For Careless Motorists
Motorists offending against traffic regulations in Honolulu are sent to a police school similar to that used in Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor World Buying in the Best Market
For every prospective purchaser of any product, be it car, truck or humble bunch of vegetables, there is one log leal policy; know what one seeks,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Children's Corner A Section of Interest and Entertainment for Young Folk. (All Rights Reserved) Match-box Motor
This Jolly little motor lorry can easily be made form two empty match boxes, a cork, two match-sticks and a few pins…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MUSWELLBROOK Railway Changes New Centre? Muswellbrook
Speculation is rife following the announcement this week that the Railway Department intended making a new railway centre at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Horns Anti-Noise Campaign
The now government of Spain has given the anti-noise campaign a further lease of life; in future all drivers will have to use horns having the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →NORTH-WEST Motoring Conditions N.R.M.A. REVIEW
A description of motoring conditions along the main north-western route to Morse is furnished in the report issued to-day by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In River Jumped Off Bridge Woman Rescued Brisbane
Ethel Dare, a young woman of Mackay, was rescued from the Brisbane River by Detective Beetham, and admitted to hospital. She was seen on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Hoax? Revolvers on Road Police Opinion Sydney
Although police officers are still carrying out investigations, they are inclined to believe that the two revolvers found on the Pacific Highway,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Expired Licence Motorist Fined
pleading guilty at the West Maitland court to-day to a charge of having failed to return a certificate of registration, James Mcleod, of…
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