Detects Road Bumps
California has taken to using a "bumpograph" for spotting bumps in the highway. The contraption is like a lawn-tennis marker, which the operator wheels along…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
2,293 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 115
Struck Train Lorry Driver Hurt Remarkable Escape
An escape from death, which was nothing short of miraculous, was experienced by a Newcastle man early last night, when the motor lorry he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tramways Defeated Brisbane
The Queensland Tramways Rugby League team defeated New South Wales Tramways by 24 points to nil in the first of three matches for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →272 KILLED Motor Toll on Roads Speed Blamed Sydney
Records prove that 80 per cent, of motor fatalities were caused by excessive speed, said the Traffic Superintend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man From the Success Airport Published by Special Arrangement (Copyright) Chapter Xii. at the Road House
Ordinarily, in those early morning hours before dawn, "The One-eyed Moon" would have been a blaze of lights, noisy with music and talk, its atmosphere dense…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Increases Sought Railway Coachmakers SYDNEY
The State Secretary of the National Union of Railwayman, Mr. W. Fletchor announced to-day that his union had been notified by the Chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hexham Gates Danger to Motorists Shire Meeting
The danger to which motor traffic was exposed at the Hexham railway crossing gates was emphasised by the president of Tarro…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fitzgerald Bridge
The work of changing over the old wooden decking on the bridge to new concrete flooring hag just been completed. All woodwork has been taken…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Oxford Road Footway
The Mayor reported that the Works Committee had made an inspection of the area covered by the plan drawn by Mr. G. Rowney, and had decided…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Fatalities Newcastle
Fatalities caused by road accidents in the district of the Newcastle Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) totalled 25 for the six months ended June 30 last, a record…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£17,511 JOB Road to Woy Woy
The N.R.M.A. has been advised by the 'Woy Woy Shire Council that £17,511 is being spent on the main road running from Pacific Highway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cessnock Cup Day Cheap Special Train Fares—2/- Return
The railway authorities have co-operated with the Cessnock Club in introducing low fares from Newcastle that should not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Gungal Road. Never Before in Such Good Order
The consensus of opinion of the travelling public is that the section of road from Merriwa to Gungal has never been in such good…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Falls From Harbour Bridge Approach. Every Bone in Body Broken
As Noel Chapman, of Woodburn-street, Lidcombe, was driving his lorry from Miller's Point towards the Harbour Bridge arch undex Argyle Cut…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ban Imposed on Road Transport Riverina Firm Its Own Carrier
Following the ban imposed on road transport services between Melbourne and Riverina, the firm of D. G. Officer, Pty., storekeepers and merchants, of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Car Overturned. The Ron Millar Family Injured. on Goonoo Goonoo Road
Mr. Ron C. Millar, his wife and their young daughter, former Merriwa residents but now of Manilla, who paid a visit to town at the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Runaway Motor Car. Five Men Injured. Sydney
When a runaway motor car, after bolting down a steep hill at Marrickville to-day, crashed into the brick wall of a house in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Carriage of Store Stock Railway Concessions for Stockowners
It would appear that the conditions for carriage of store stock to Singleton by rail are not generally known to stock owners. Recently the old store…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Travel Talk Roads in England Pleasure Seekers
We had been told, before leaving Australia, that it was possible to pick up good second-hand cars cars easily in England and within…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Friendly Road. Marchese Guglielmo Marconi
The whole world must be saddened at the unexpected death of one of the greatest inventors of all time. Marconi is dead His was a colossal brain, bigger than…
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