The Friendly Road. Where Does Life Begin?
For some years it has been my custom to spend the last few moments of the old year under the stars. I did it again this morning…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
2,371 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 119
Road Accidents Duly of Drivers Social Problem
In a New Year message to road users, the Commissioner for Transport (Mr. Neale), as executive vice-president of the Road Safety Council, said…
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During 1935 about 300,000 foreign motorists visited the German motor roads and in 1936 the number had increased to 720,000. There was a further increase…
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Argentine's £5,000,000 boulevard, said to be the widest road in the world, was recently inaugurated by President Justo in Buenos Aires. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train Hit Lorry Passengers Uninjured
A motor lorry, owned and driven by Arthur Pomfret, of Ingleburn, was struck by a train at a level crossing at Glenfield…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air Raid Road Devices
All drivers appreciate a light-coloured road surface. It simplifies driving at night considerably, and the movement towards light, and even…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woman's Neck Broken Holiday Road Toll Sydney
An Inverell woman had her neck broken when a lorry ran over an embankment on the Tenterfield-Bonshaw road. A young…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Killed Motor Car Overturns Four Injured Newcastle
A man was killed and four people injured as a result of a car overturning on the Wyong-road. The car skidded in [?]oose gravel at the corner of Tuggerah…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Ships
The largest tonnage of motor ships since 1931 was completed in the year just closed, according to the magazine Motor Ship…
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Sir,—As a citizen and a ratepayer of West Maitland, I consider our civic fathers have fallen down badly on their job. They have made a certain amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents on the Roads Holiday Toll of Injury Sydney
The toll of injury from road accidents during the holiday was high, and many victims were involved. Four persons were injured last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Horns Complaints of Nuisance May Be Restricted Sydney
It is likely that consideration will be given to the advisability of restricting the use of motor horns, although the imposition of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Traffic Railway Popular
Owing to the terrific rush of passen-gers leaving East and West Maitland, High-street and Victoria-street stations during the three days of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Convicted Railway Trespassers at West Maitland
According to Constable W. Elphick, of the West Maitland police, men on the track make a practice of using the water tanks on railway property…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Improved Road Courtesy
A number of motorists have been reported for exceeding the speed limit at the week-end, but according to police in Safety Bureau cars, there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Denman Bridge Site (To the Editor)
Sir,—With reference to Cr. Bell's remarks at the last meeting of the Shire Council, I would point out that it is understood that a new bridge must be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Body in Tunnel Railway Tragedy SYDNEY
A difficult search was conducted by ambulance and railway officials on the Wynyard section of the underground electric railway before they recovered the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mutilated on Railway Body Identified. Sydney
The body of a mutilated woman, which was found alongside the railway line in the tunnel between the Harbour Bridge and Wynyard station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Workers Using Morpeth Train Goods Traffic
Evidence of the better conditions prevailing in Morpeth, compared with twelve months previously, is furnished by figures for last month made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Proposed Road and Bridge Works
From the Minister for Works and Local Government, referring to Council's proposal to construct a new bridge, repair three other bridges and…
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