Swallowed False Teeth Man in Motor Mishap
When his car failed to hold the road on a turn between Cessnock and Rothbury on Saturday, and crashed into a fence, Lance Wilson, aged 50,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
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Special Train
The draw-card of the competition games on Sunday next will be the meeting of Scone and Singleton thirteens at Singleton. A great game…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Smash Passenger Train Hits Engine MELBOURNE
Passengers were hurled from their seats when a passenger train travelling from Geelong to Melbourne collided head-on with an engine of a…
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Sir,— It is pleasing to note that your Suggestion for a river bank road has aroused some interest. Let us hope that the matter will be brought under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FOOTBALL. Muswellbrook Goes Under to Scone. a Hard Game. 200 Travel by Special Train
Scone continue in winning vein in the Upper Hunter Rugby League competition by defeating Muswellbrook 12 points to 7 in the second…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Court. Illegally Using Motor Car
At the Muswellbrook Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. B. Brimstone, J.P, Allan Milton Roach (26), was charged with that he did on or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smashed Motor Records New York, May 30
Floyd Roberts, a racing motorist, and former Californian schoolteacher, smashed records to win the 500…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Fatality Manslaughter Charge SYDNEY
The City Coroner to-day began an Inquest into the death of Percival Hancock (47), who died from injuries received in a motor accident at Rozelle…
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The coming of the system of autobahnen (the double-track motor roads) has added new words to the German tongue— and a new sales slogan for car…
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A verdict for £1522 was given Edward Joseph O'Reilly, in the Jury Court, in Sydney on Monday, in an action in which he claimed damages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads Ruined Heavy Traffic's Effect
A declaration Unit heavy traffic on roads maintained by Municipal and Shire councils made it impossible for the roads to be kept in good…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grant Sought Completion of Road Tarro Council
Tarro Shire Council to-day decided to approach the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) with a view…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclists Killed on Approach to Bridge Smash at Paterson
A motor-cycle rider was killed instantly and his pillion passenger was fatally injured in a collision with a heavy motor-lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shocking Death of Schoolmaster Fell in Front of Train
C. Martin Smith, 48, of Cambridge Street, Stanmore, who for 13 years had been master in charge of the preparatory school at Newington…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton District Monthly Meeting Chamber of Commerce Dunolly Bridge Singleton
Mr. G. Conghlan presided and the following were also present at the monthly meeting of the Singleton Chamber of Commerce last night:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Excursion Tickets Chamber of Commerce to Move for Wider Availability
The Chamber of Commerce decided at the monthly meeting last night to urge that week-end railway excursion tickets, purchased at Singleton be made available for all stations from Singleton to Sydney. At present there are several popular centres…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Smashes On Goulburn Road SYDNEY
Five people Buffered injuries in motor smashes near Goulburn. A motorist found Leslie Paulin, of Rushcutter Bay, and Victor West, of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tail Lights W.A. Motor Laws
The N.R.M.A. has been advised that on and after July 1, 1938, it will be compulsory that every motor car and commercial vehicle registered in West…
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Familiar roads are always trod, but very seldom seen. A hedge is too habitual to be praised as evergreen. One hurries up and down the road, turns…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trans-australian Train Service
The opening of the new 70-mile railway from Adelaide to Port Pirie last year lessened the distance by train across the Continent, and also…
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