Salisbury Road Bridges
Tillegra and Munni Bridges have been repaired. The round timber has been desapped and treated for rot and white ants, defective decking replaced,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
2,371 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 35 of 119
Bullahdelah-forster Road
Excellent progress is being made by the Main Roads Board on the Bullahdelah-Forster road. The camp is now centred at Tiona, and a start is being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl's Shoe Cause of Train Accident
Miss Emily W. Mason, 18, of Cowley Road, Leytonstono, was about to board a train at Leytonstono, England, when her shoo came off and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pindimar Road and Karuah Ferry
From Pindimar Port Stephens, Ltd., asking for attention to culverts on the Pindimar road, and also to the flaps on the Karuah ferry.—The engineer said…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire Councillors Discuss Aerodrome for Singleton "Not Prepared to Vote Substantial Sum," Says the President
When the Shire Council was discussing yesterday the question of meeting the Municipal Council in a conference over ways and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seamen Charged with Fire on Train Early Morning Outbreak
Three seamen, Murdo Smith, Sinclair Pottinger, and Louis Kaho, were charged at Moss Vale Police Court with having early…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Speed Driver Killed in Road Crash Found by Wife in Following Car
George C. Martin, aged 37, a wellknown Victorian racing driver and Victorian representative of the Cunare Line, was killed early on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Large Estates Victims of Motor Smash SYDNEY
Large fortunes were left by George Merriman (58) arid his son, Frank Merriman (35), who met their deaths In a car accident near Yass in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Charged Railway Carriage Ablaze Drunken Seamen Moss Vale
Three seamen, Murdo Smith, Sinclair Pottinger and Louis Kaho, were charged at Mosa Vale Police Court with having maliciously set fire to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Concessions Anzac Day in Sydney
A big contingent of ex-servicemen from the coalfields will visit Sydney for the Anzac Day celebrations. Warrants…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pacific Highway Road Work in Progress
The N.R.M.A. advises motorists travelling north along Pacific Highway to exercise care on the section of road between Limeburner's Creek and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Friend Road. By John Smith Three Worlds
Those who are now in. their fifties are able to share with, the Anzacs the somewhat doubtful experience of having lived in three…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Courtesy Police To Give Advice SYDNEY
The appointment of 66 police specially trained in traffic laws as a police courtesy squad is an experiment by which the Police Department hopes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor World Petrol Stocks Big Reserves are Essential Avoid War Rationing
Amongst the extensive plans being made by the Federal authorities to organise Australia, industry on a war basis is a survey of the nation's resources and reserves of raw materials not produced in the Commonwealth. Consideration is also…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Registrations Increase SYDNEY
Details of motor registrations in March issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr. C. N. Neale, yesterday, show that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Played Cards on Train Stowaway's Back
At least one Victorian Digger had a free ride on the Melbourne express, which arrived at Sydney yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bullet Crashes Through Train Window GOSFORD
A bullet crashed through a closed window of a second-class compartment on the train which left Kempsey yesterday at 7.10 a.m., just as the train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dead on Road Old Man's End
Charles Kennedy (76) was found dead in Rous-street, East Maitland, a short distance from his home, last night. The discovery was made by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Train Two Men Remanded One Released
Bail of £100 each was allowed Murdo Smith, 45, and Sinclair Pottinger, 45, at the Central PolCourt, Sydney, when they appened…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thousands of People Held Up Congestion on Harbour Bridge. Sydney
Thousands of people were held up at North Shore station this morning, as the result of a gap of 27 minutes in the railway timetable…
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