Motor Offences Convictions in England
The British Criminal Statistics for 1935 show that the total number of 750,000 persons found guilty of offences of all kinds, 57 per cent, were…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
2,371 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 119
DISCLOSURES The German Railways Accidents Grow London, January 23
The "Dally Herald" states that the German authorities are making desperate efforts to recall 10,000 copies of the "Die Reichs Dahs," the official organ of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Magistrate and Motorists
It takes courage for a magistrate to define the perfect motorist, but Mr. Dummett did so at the Bow-street Police Court, London…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Found Again Woman Overboard From Motor Ship Brisbane
Floating for two and a half hours after she had fallen off the motor vessel Maedhui yesterday, a Sydney school teacher, Miss Nell Buckingham…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Schemes on Macleay Roads, Bridges and Sewerage
Following a conference with Mr. Gallop, Chief Engineer of the Local Government Department, the Macleay Shire Council has decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mid-day Train. Two Divisions Next Friday. and
The mid-day train from Muswellbrook to Sydney will be run in two divisions on Friday and Monday next, January 28 and 31…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lost Licence Motor Cyclist in Court Drunken Driving
In th West Maitland Police Court to-day Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., told a defendant that the amended traffic regulations provided for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motorists, Beware New Act Jeopardises Licenses
Motorists who have committed breaches of the Traffic Act since the beginning of the year have found that there are no "beg pardons" about the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Few Travelled Local Rail Traffic Roads Quieter
Despite ideal weather following a promise of dismal conditions for the holiday to-day, there were remarkably few train travellers from Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Save Time Cross Road Proposed
Cessnock Municipal Council decided last night to co-operate with the Cessnock Chamber of Commerce in its request to the Commissioner of Main…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stepped Into Wrong Train Husband and Wife Parted Company
Stepping, into the wrong train after partaking of refreshments at Werris Creek, a northern traveller was whisked south while his wife, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →First Railway Engine on Show
The first railway engine used in New South Wales was placed on a short set of rails in Martin Place, Sydney, on Bonday night for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Agitation for New Railway Trucking Yards Action at Chamber of Commerce
"The present trucking yards at the railway station are nothing short of ridiculous in comparison to the demands being made upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ice Jam Destroys Niagara Falls Bridge
NEW YORK, January 26. One of the worst ice jams in history swept away the Niagara Falls view bridge, which links the United States and Canada. The ice pack reached a height of 70 feet. Steel arches in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stolen Motors Engineer in Trouble Sent to Gaol Newcastle
Employed by the New System Telephones Proprietary Ltd., James Lyons (19), engineer, had, after some time, his services dispensed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Five Injured Motor Car Overturned SWANSEA
When a blowout caused a car to run off Pacific Highway, near the Elizabeth Bay turn-off, and overturn, five people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Killed Motor Cycle Accidents SYDNEY
William Henry Ogle (24), of Waratah, was killed when thrown from his motor cycle at Georgetown. It is believed that the chain, came off and locked a wheel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lakeside Residents Require Roads
There is a need for better road connections on the Myall Lakes in order to link up the scattered settlements thereabouts with the road system of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldiers Point Road Requirements
As a result of representations made by Hon. V. C. Thompson, M.H.R. money has been allocated by the Federal Government for the construction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ice Jam. Destroys Niagara Falls' Bridge. Niagara Falls
Unloosed by a phenomenal thaw an ice jam, 100 feet high, below the famous Falls, crushed piers valued at £1,250,000 on the…
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