Reduce Wear Lighter Oils Essential Winter Motoring
Winter can prove a dangerous and unpleasant time of the year for motorists who do not take adequate precautions to protect their…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
2,371 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 119
Stock on Roads
At Wednesday's session a motion was carried to ask the Main Roads Board and the Lands Department to resumo sufficient land to provide…
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Robert James McDowell, for the Railway Commissioners, charged John Sweeney, of Wingen, for travelling between Muswellbrook and Scone…
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At a meeting of the Gloucester Chamber of Commerce held last week a letter was read from the Main Roads Department stating that plans for the…
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It is of the skip roads in Aberdare I am about to write this verse: I've never seen such roads before. They're roads the Wheelers freely…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Port Stephens Shire Roads and Baths
A representative of the "Newcastle Morning Herald," who accompanied the President (Cr. G. J. Russell) on a tour of portion of the Port…
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At its meeting on Tuesday night, Dungog Municipal Council decided to lend its whole-hearted support to the proposal by Wallarobba Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol Tax Should be Applied to Roads Shires' Opinion
The annual conference of the Shires' Association again discussed the petrol tax. While approving of the tax as the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murrurundi Railway Robbery. Money Taken From Drawer. Detectives Investigate
The cash drawer at the Murrurundi Railway Station was opened and robbed of £18/14/11 on Monday night while Night Porter Budden was attending to duties in another part of the station. It is thought that the robbery was…
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ONCE again the recently imposed speed limit of 30 miles an hour in "built-up" areas has been subjected to strong criticism by a…
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A. A. MILNE. If this were a public meeting instead of a press article I should be honoured indeed in the privilege of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Molasses for Road Surfacing
The Imperial Institute of Sugar Technology of India, reports the successful use of molasses far road surfacing. Research in India…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →'Spooner's Walk' River Bank Road Views Expressed
The following letters deal with the suggested improvements to the river bank behind the business premises in High-street, West…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Disaster Signal Wiring at Fault LONDON, May 27
At the inquest on the victims of the recent underground train accident, the Coroner was told that the power station at the Temple telephoned the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Toll Juvenile Victims Scooter Danger Sydney
Children should be taught to exercise more caution when playing on roads and using scooters, said Lieutenant-Colonel H. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor World John Cobb's Amazing Speed Car British Experts Favourably Impressed
Details and illustrations of the "Railton," the super-speed unorthodox racing machine built in England by Reid Railton for its owner, John Cobb, to tackle the world's land speed record of 31 1.42 m.p.h. show that it is one of the most amazing…
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Robert Edward Doyle, 66, of Parramatta, who was killed by. a train near. Toongabbie railway station on Saturday was identified by razors in…
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An elderly man, so far unidentified, was cut to pieces, by a train at Stanmore station to-day. Just as the train was approaching the station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Sought Progress Association at Rutherford
The Rutherford Progress Association, at its mooting on Saturday night, decided to request Kearsley Shire Council to present the petition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Motor Smash at Paterson Man Killed Another Terribly Injured Motor Cycle—lorry
A collision between a large motor lorry and a motor cycle near Paterson Bridge at 11 o'clock this morning resulted in one young man being killed instantly and another being…
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