Transport Needs and Facilities Trucking Yards for Two Railways
A proposal to build trucking yards to connect with the Victorian railway system at Albury was discussed at a regional inquiry into transport needs…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
2,371 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 119
Railway Camp Washed Away Twenty Men and a Woman Dead
Twenty men and one woman perished in one of the worst flood disasters New Zealand has known…
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The first indication of the tragedy was when the body of a man, dressed in sleeping attire, was seen being washed across a flooded stream…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Merriwa Shire Council Monthly Meeting. Ramping of Roads—Speeding up Suggested
The regular monthly meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council was held at the Shire Chambers on Tuesday last, when there were present:—Councillors…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Injured Car and Tram Clash SYDNEY
Two people were injured when a car, alleged to have been stolen, collided with a tram in Oxford-street, Waverley, last night. The driver of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£466 DAMAGES Injured in Motor Smash SYDNEY
A jury in the Supreme Court awarded Thomas H. von Schill, of Bondi, £466 damages against William Jennings, of Bondi, for injuries received…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand Railway Camp Swept Away. 22 Feared Drowned. Rivers Break Banks
One of the worst flood disasters in the history of New Zealand occurred at 3 a.m. on Saturday, when a railway camp near the township of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Illegal Use of Motor Car
In the Muswellbrook Police Court, before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M., on Thursday last, John Henry Dolphin (21) and Bert Arthur James Fosbury…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Severe Floods in South Australia Train Services Affected
Extensive damage has been caused by floods in the far north of South Australia, especially on the 500-mile stretch between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News of the Day Barrington Tops Road
THE Muswellbrook Municipal Council has decided to support a move by the Murrurundi Council to have the work on the Barrington road re-started…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unknown Man Jumps Off Train Body Horribly Mutilated. Sydney
A man, whose body is not yet identified, jumped off a train at North Sydney station this morning. The body was horribly mutilated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trucking Yards Proposed Road System Declared Unsuitable Singleton
Representatives from the Shire and Municipal Councils, Chamber ol Commerce, Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board, auctioneers and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Head-on Smash Motor Cars Collide Lucky Escapes
Two sedan cars collided head on at Kingston Cutting, on the road to Chichester Dam, about 11 mils from Dungog, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Killed Railway Tragedies Instant Death Sydney
Frederick Petre, an electrician, of Newtown, was killed to-day when run down by an electric train between Newtown and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heard Ex-parte Motor Act Breach Kurri Kurri
George McCabe, of Main road, Neath, was fined £2, with 8/ costs, by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., in the Kurri Kurri Court to-day when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amy Johnson As Motorist (Australian Press Assn. Message.) PARIS
Amy Johnson, driving a Talbot, won the Grand Prix de Honneur at the women's international motoring rally…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Workers's Death Lismore
Albert Knight, 48, an employee of the Main Roads Department, engaged on Tenterfield road construction, was found in his tent at Mummulgum with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Headlight Dazzle Keep Eyes on the Road
Motorists are often puzzled when, driving after dark by many lights and shadows unless they know how to interpret their meaning at a glance…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Heavy Floods Havoc in Tasmania Roads Torn Up Launceston
Following a night of heavy rain, creeks and rivers in the Tamar Valley overflowed, tearing up roads and culverts and wrecking…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newmarket Candidates Train Well Gay Chop's Brilliant Three MELBOURNE
Ajax was not asked to extend himself at Caulfield this morning, but he ran his five furlongs in a satisfactory manner, taking 53 for the last four. Amiable, who looked likely to run well in the Newmarket, went attractively over her half mile…
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