"Aerodromes As Important As Railway stations" New Zealand Government's Example (Australian Press Assn. Message). SYDNEY
Singleton Argus · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 2
That New Zealand, a much smaller country, and further removed-geographically from the dangers of world war, should decide to embark on a civil aviation scheme costing millions of pounds, obviously as a peace time assistance to defence…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 6
ADVICES received from New Zealand indicate that the sister Dominion is on the verge of great developments in civil aviation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Aerodrome Site to Be Transferred
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 2
To meet expanding aircraft requirements the Newcastle aerodrome will be transferred to a site about eight miles from the city, midway between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Killed Run Over By Train NEWCASTLE
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 7
Run over by a train near the Commonwealth Steel Products Works at Waratah, this morning. Edward Roose (30), was instantly killed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£1600 Worth of Jewellery and Clothes. Taken From Motor Car in Street. Sydney
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 2
Darlinghurst police this morning were investigating a report that jewellery and clothing, valued at £1600, had been stolen from a motor car in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Excursions. for Autumn School Vacation "Anywhere to Anywhere" Series Extended
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 5
The Secretary for Railways advises that the "Anywhere to Anywhere " series of excursions, which have been in operation since before Christmas,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Lorry and Car Collide. Passengers Escape
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 5
Four occupants of a motor car had very narrow escapes from serious injury yesterday afternoon when, a collision with a motor lorry occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorist Fined Under The Influence MELBOURNE
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 6
Police in evidence at Brunswick Court stated that Walter Herrmann had informed them that an accident in which his car had been jammed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LOCHINVAR Death of Mr. E. Tuckey Motor Fatality Lochinvar
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 5
Mr. Ernest Tuckey, of Dungowan, near Tamworth, who was killed in a motor accident at Tamworth, was a native of Lochinvar, where he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed in Smash Motor Cycle Mishap SYDNEY
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 4
Harry Boberg, 26, of Croydon Park, was killed, and George Hampton, 24, of Balmoral Avenue, Croydon Park, was injured when a shackle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Strategic" Railway That Isn't. Extraordinary Misunderstanding Between Commonwealth and State Experts
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 2
The Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway, now being constructed by the State Government, has no strategic value. This is the opinion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notes
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 4
A good idea has been adopted by the "Safely First" Council of English country. The school authorities enforce a statutory n minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragic Aeroplane Disaster 19 People Killed
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 2
An airliner, which was lost with 19 passengers aboard when returning from Tirana (Albania) to Rome, struck .Monte Maranola, 100 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →False Story "Aeroplane Accident" BATHURST
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 5
For having made a false report, to the Coonamble police about an alleged aeroplane accident, Patrick Colless, 17, was bound over for two years, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road System Britain's Intentions
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 9
Speaking to members of the Institution of Civil Engineers recently, Mr. Leslie Burgin, British Minister of Transport, announced that it was his…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bulga Plateau New Road Proposal
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 3
The NR.M.A. is supporting a proposal put forward by the Wingham Municipal Council for the construction of a road from the Bulga Plateau to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Estimates Erina Shire Area GOSFORD
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 9
The Erina Shire Council has decided to submit to the Department of Works and Local Government road schemes under the national…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Bridge Over The Hunter River Question of Site
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 6
It was again mentioned at last night's meeting of West Maitland Council that although a motion approving the Ash Island site for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Under Influence Charge Against Motor Cyclist Kurri Kurri
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 7
Izaac Frazer, of Ash Island, was disqualified from holding a motor cycle driver's licence for three years by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rode at Him Motor Cyclist In Court Constable's Story Kurri Kurri
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 6
Evidence was given Dy a ponce constable in the Kurri Kurri Court to-day that on the night of March 3, when he attempted to stop a cyclist…
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