Pound Crossing Bridge
From the Department of Main Roads advising that Council's share of the cost of the Pound Crossing Bridge (£2,729/19/4) amounted to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1937
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Proposed Stock Bridge
A letter was received from the Department of Agriculture regarding the Board's desire to contribute £50 towards the construction of stock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Matters
From A. W. Mate, Wallarobba, asking that Council employ him for eight days with horse, plough, scoop and tools on his mile of road . If the work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Closing of Road
From the Department of Lands advising that notification would appear in the Government Gazette, of application by G. Hancock for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stroud Road Timber Mill Working
Jackson's timber mill, which has been idle for the past 6 months, has now been leased by Turner and Ebbeck of Ward's River and was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Miners Killed. Car and Train Collide. Level Crossing Tragedy. Oessnock
When a laden coal train and a sedan car in which seven miners residing' in the Cessnock district were on their way to work collided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Killed on Their Way to Work Two Dead Car and Train In Collision Five Other Men Hurt Cessnock
In a terrific smash between a fully loaded coal train and a closed car about a mile from Cessnock this morning, two Cessnock men met their death, the body of one being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Level Crossing Smash on Kitchener Rd. Two Men Killed and Five Others Injured. Coal Train Collides with Car Carrying Miners to Work
A shocking accident occurred on the Kitchener-road this morning, when a motor car conveying a party of miners to their work at Aberdart Central Colliery came into collision with a coal train at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maximum Penalty Imposed Failing to Pay Railway Fare. £10 Penalty Imposed
James Mervyn Doyle (42) was fined £10, the maximum penalty at the Muswellbrook Police Court on Wednesday, on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor By-passes. (To the Editor)
Sir.—Permit me through the columns of your newspaper to submit my comments upon the following resolutionrecently passed by the Merriwa Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fodder for Starving Stock. Railway Concessions. Muswellbrook to Merriwa
Mr. Malcolm Brown, M.L.A., advised us by telephone yesterday afternoon that advice had been received from the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Accident
Jack Stevenson, 21, of Allandale-road, Cessnock, received a confused right eye, and abrasions to nose, hands and hips, when his motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.A.C.A. Danger of Skidding Wet Tram Lines
The danger of travelling along tram lines, especially at corners, during wet weather has been amply illustrated by recent accidents resulting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor 'Bus Wrecked
Seven miners and four men who were accompanying them had a narrow escape from death when the 'bus in which they were returning from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor-cyclist Injured
When the motor-cycle he was riding collided with a car in Vincent-street yesterday afternoon, Jack Stevenson, 21, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge Party
An enjoyable evening was spent at he golf house, Morpeth, when a bridge party was arranged to augment the funds for the fortheeming annual ball. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Courtesy of the Road
He stopped and smiled and waved me on a simple set of courtesy, hold fast his brakes, and let me pass and did not speed up thoughtiossly. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stock on Roads Regulation Amended Petition to Shire
The regulation recently Imposed by Bolwnrra Shire Council preventing, stock being driven on Lorn streets between 7,30 a.m. and 2,30…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Friendly Road Too Busy to Live
What is this life If, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare? No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep and cows…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Caravans Increasing in Popularity
The increasing popularity of motor caravans in U.S.A. is indicated by the frequent appearance in the "Situations Vacant" cloumns of newspapers…
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