Motor Smash Put Foot on Accelerator LISMORE
The accidental placing of the driver's foot on the accelerator instead of the brake, caused the death of Mrs. Alma Eva Newlands, and her son…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
2,293 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 115
Used Motor Car Cessnock
Refore Mr. C.C. Carr-Royd P.M., at cossnock court to-day John Henry Field,24 was charged with having used a car without the consent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclist Killed Hobart
Froderisk McPherson, 23, of Hobart, was fatally injured when the motor cycle he was riding soilded head on with a motor lorry Mavis Dorcen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Yacht Ashore at Forster
Bound from Sydney to Brisbane on a holiday trip, the 10-ton motor-yacht Moonbi, owned by Mr. Penny, of Sydney, ran ashore at Forster on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter River New Bridge Wanted Mayor's Minute
The Mayor of West Maitland, Aid. E. E. Morris, in a minute read at the meeting of the Municipal Council last night, expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General News Railway Revenue Returns
Returns of revenue, tickets, and tonnage handled at the Singleton Railway Station for the month of January, 1937, are as follow (Figures for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Invention for Motor Car Australian Taken Out Patent
Mr. F; P. Watson, of Melbourne, the well known buyer for Richard Allen and Sons, has patented an invention which it is claimed will enable a car…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eleven Lives Lost in Aeroplane's Death Plunge San Franscisco, Feb, 10
The 11 occupants of the [?] 21-passenger Douglas transport plane which plunged into the waters of the Bay here to-day, have been given up for…
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Referring to the decision of the Road Safety Conference to adopt prima facie speed limits of 30 miles an hour in built up areas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not Bullets. Holes in Windows Mail Train Scare Newcastle, Thursday
Kempsey police who examined the carriage, a window of which was thought to have been twice punctured by bullets near Hexham…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.Z. Motor Trade Wellington (N.z.)
The rapid recovery of the New Zealand motor trade in the past two years is revealed in the Customs returns, They shows that 30,365 vehicles were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ten Injured Sydney Tram Smash SYDNEY
A tram smash, in which ten persons were injured, occurred to-day when two trams co[?] in Parramatta road, Glebe…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Mechanics Pelaw Main Conference Railway Gangs
President T. G. Moran and General Secretary, H. C. Morton, together with A. Leggett, A, McAlpine, J. Metcalfe, representing the Kurri District…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One for Nine Motors In Australia. SYDNEY
For every nine persons, young and old, in Australia, there in one motor car, motor cycle or commercial vehicle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Roads Act
From Coonabarabran Shire Council, seeking co-operation in obtaining a revision of section 42 of the Main Roads Act, by which Council's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mail Train Delayed Car Damages Railway
The Brisbane Mail train was delayed for an hour last night following an accident between Wingen and Parkville, when a motor cat ran over an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bridge The Hawkesbury
In view of, the obvious advantages to be derived from the proposed bridge across the Hawkesbury River to replace the present…
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From the H.D.W.S. & S. Board advising: that Council's request for a subsidy of £50 on the road from Hutchison's bridge to the Dam gates,…
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From Municipality of Dungog asking that the Fosterton Road be re-conditioned when the plant was available…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aeroplane's Death Plunge 11 Lives Lost
The 11 occupants of the huge 21-passenger Douglas transport 'plane which plunged into the waters of the Bay at Wan Francisco on Wednesday, have…
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