Mr. Alan Cooper in Smash. Collision with Tram
Mr. Alan Cooper, the well-known sportsman, and owner of Talking, Mala, Manauui, and Joan Darling, and other racehorses, was injured when…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
2,371 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 119
U. S. Railway Disaster
Twenty-eight bodies have already been recovered from Custer Creek, Saugus, Montana, where a passenger train crashed into a bridge, which had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Bus Case at Cessnock Court. Refusal of Kearsley Council to Grant License. South Maitland Railway Company's Appeal
The appeal by South Maitland Railways Ltd. against the refusal, by Kearsley Shire Council, to agree to the issue of a license by the Tarra Shire Council, to the appellant company to run buses for public hire between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →E. M. AERODROME Works Dept. Interested Council Comment
Although it was felt that a great deal of work would be involved, East Maitland Council, at its fortnightly meeting last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Road Assistance Still Sought Council's Claim
The action of the Department of Railways in granting land for a subdivision without contributing one penny to assist was criticised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trunk Roads Extension in Britain
Since the Minister of Transport, took over the control of 4500 miles of trunk roads in Groat Britain on April 1, 1937, notice of intention has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Safety Pedestrian Crossings
In a recent report Sir Hugh Turnbull, Commissioner of the City of London Police, stated that a his opinion pedestrian crossing as they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tenders Accepted For Better Lighting Of John Street Dunolly Bridge to Railway Station
The Municipal Council last night accepted a tender for the purchase, of mercury vapour lighting equipment, which will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pitnacree Road Council Rejects Motion
"I think this council has gone to the extreme with the Main Roads Board. We are getting no satisfaction from the board and it's a disgrace to this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dunolly Bridge Water Main on Footway SINGLETON
The question of removing the water main pipes from the footway on Dunolly Bridge was again discussed at the Singleton Municipal Council last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News of the Day Repairs To Road
EAST Maitland Council at its meeting last night was petitioned by seven residents of Porter Avenue to affect repairs to tile lower end of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dunolly Bridge Footway Municipal and Shire Councils at Variance
For 12 years, a water pipe-line has been in position on the side of the pedestrians' footway, on the southern side of Dunolly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grim Toll U.S. Train Disaster Many Victims New York, June 21
The full horror of the disaster which befell the transcontinental express, The Olympian, when a railway bridge collapsed over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Amazing Precautions For Royal Tour of France Troops Guard Route No Traffic Allowed by Road or 'Plane LONDON, June 21
The French police have taken remarkable precautions to guarantee the safety of the King and Queen when they visit France to unveil the Australian memorial at Villers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Social Outcast Life of Railwaymen Claim for Award
Some of the shifts worked by railway men do not allow them to take part in social life. They are, in fact, social outcasts for a…
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Every effort is being made by the committee of the Maitland branch of the K.S.P.C.A. to ensure the comfort of players at the war bridge evening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grant for Plains, New Mine and Hinton Roads
Mr. C. E. Bennett, M. L. A. has received the following letter from Mr Spooner Minister for Local Government:—Dear Sir—I refer to the interview which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seeking Award Railwaymen's Claim Shifts Changed
Giving evidence before the Industrial Commission, sitting at West Maitland yesterday afternoon, on the claims of employees…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →£40,000 a Day Expenditure on Motors SYDNEY
New South Wales is spending more than £40,000 a day on new motor vehicles and the monthly turnover is about £1,000,000…
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At the end of May there were 309,757 motor vehicles on the roads of New South Wales compared with…
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