Newcastle Road Smash Early on Christmas Morning Coroner Holds Inquest
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 6
Early on Christmas morning there was a collision between a motor cycle and car on the Newcastle road, a result of which was that Basil Raymond Guy, 17, of East Maitland, was killed. The District Coroner, Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, held an inquest into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bad State Clarence Town Road Clarence Town, Friday. Clarence Town
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 9
At a meeting or residents of the district as far as Dungog ratepayers and motor owners lodged a strong protest against the deplorable and disgraceful…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 4
Charles Bear,. 50, of Arundel-street Forest Lodge; and Mrs. Constance Dunne, 40, of Beach-street, Coogee, were, fatally injured when their car…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 6
An Australian manufacturer's chart depleting Illustrations of the various shaped rubber articles, made specially to ensure exclusion of water…
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Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 5
The local Chevrolet agent, Mr. W. G. Wood, had on view for the benefit of the public, a 1938 model of the Chevrolet sedan. This is a beautiful…
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Singleton Argus · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3
According to figures issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Mr Neale, there were 304,809 motor vehicles registered in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Question of Motorist's Sobriety. Doctor Believed
Singleton Argus · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 4
After three policemen and a doctor had given varying evidence at the Manly Police Courts yesterday, concerning the sobriety of a motorist,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Echoes Of Motor Fatality At West Cessnock Coroner Inquires Into Circumstances Verdict of Accidental Death Returned
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 25 March 1938 · page 3
At Cessnock Courthouse yesterday the District Coroner held an inquiry concerning the death of Tasman Noel Potter,…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 4
A LIFE OF SERVICE. The late Sir Truby King of New Zealand, well known in Australia and in many parts of the world may…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 8
Road deaths, when they are related to the amount of motoring that is done, are declining in Britain. According to a note issued by the British…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 8
The rule of the road in Czechoslovakia has been changed to "keep to the right" instead of "to the left." This, it is hoped, will lessen the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Six Killed In N.Z. Train Smash AUCKLAND
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 6
Six persons were killed and 20 Injured when an excursion train from Wellington to New Plymouth left the rails on a bend two miles from Ratana,…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 8
The traded in car situation in U.S.A. was the subject of a recent national talk by Mr. W. J. Cameron, the public relations director…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor World Striking Progress Transport in Australia Illuminating Figures
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 8
One of the most striking illustrations of the progress made in transportation in Australia during the last 80 years was supplied by Mr. H. H. Newell, C.B.E., Commissioner of Main Roads of New South Wales, in a paper presented before the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1938 · page 8
Paradoxical is it may seem, it is not the cars that win speed events that teach metallurgists and motor engineers the components of motor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woman Dies Fall from Train NEWCASTLE
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 7
Mrs. Lillian Owens, aged 40, wife of Walter Owens, of Matcham, near Gosford, died in Newcastle Hospital this morning from the effects of…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 6
Repeated appeals have been made tn cyclists to observe fully the rules governing road traffic, and the dangers of clinging to the backs of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Under Train Woman Gravely Injured Leg Severed Gosford
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 3
Mrs. Walter Owens, 40, of Matcham, near Gosford, who fell under a train between Tascott and Point Clare stations was gravely injured last, night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tragic Road Accidents Week-end Toll Melbourne
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 4
Pour people were killed and ten injured when the Murray Valley service 'bus and a motor-car collided on the Murray Valley…
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Singleton Argus · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 1
A baby was killed and his mother and brother injured on Friday night when a motor truck on which they were riding from Bendigo to Swan…
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