Lost Bullion Riddle £1150 Freight Vanishes From a Train
In co-operation with the police, railway detectives at Sheffield are hunting for clues in connection with what is regarded as a clever bullion…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
2,371 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 119
Ice Jam Wrecks £1,250,000 Bridge Niagara Falls, January 27
Unloosed by phenomenal storms, an ice jam, 100 feet high, below the falls, crushed the piers of the £1,250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fall of Coal Haulage Road Blocked Colliery Idle Cessnock
Aberdare Central colliery was Idle to-day because of the fact that an extensive fall of coal had blocked one of the haulage roads. The fall, which was estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sharing Out Jewellery and Money Four Boys by the Side of the Road
Police were patrolling Randwick on Wednesday afternoon when they saw four boys, whose ages ranged from 14 to 16 years, sitting together…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Waiving Demurrage on Trucks. Railway Experiment. Three Months' Trial
The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, said last week that he had approved of a three months' trial of extending the time allowed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Friendly Road
WOULD-BES: in the centre of a story I was reading the other day this striking phrase occurs: "Some would have taken him, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor World the New Oldsmobile New Features Introduced Safety Interiors
Again carrying forward the Oldsmobile tradition of motor car smartness, Oldsmobile presents two new cars for 1938, a six and an eight of advanced and distinctive styling. Both cars are outstanding in performance and mechanical…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train Smash Seven Persons Injured BRISBANE
Seven persons were Injured when a crowded passenger train collided with the rear of a goods train at Bradshaw's Crossing in the Far North to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →VIEWPOINTS Readers' Opinions in Fifty Word Letterettes. What Do You Think? Bulga-road
The road to Bulga is just now in a bad state, and an effort should be made to make it more trafficable before it is too late. Most of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Killed Struck by Motor Car NEWCASTLE
James Stanley Adey, 27, of Mark's point, was killed on Sunday morning when he was struck by a car while walking along the Pacific Highway near the Blacksmiths…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Road Pioneer
Macquarie was not a "Little Sydneyite." He believed in expansion. He immediately set Leiutenant William Cox the task of constructing a road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell From Train Sydney
Charles Williams, of Hugo-st., Redfern, fell from a train near Strathfield railway station last night. He was taken to Western Suburbs Hospital with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pedestrian Traffic on Main Roads Councils Perturbed
Members of Cessnock land Kearseey Shire Councils are greatly concerned regarding the growing practice of persons walking on main roads in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Is It a Record? Train Travelling
A London ophthalmic surgeon, who has been travelling to and fro between the same two stations for 58 years, is claimed by the L.M.S. railway…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →George's River Bridge. Quarter-million Traffic Increase
In his annual report to the Sutherland Shire Council, the tollmaster of the George's River Bridge, Mr. F. Stratford, states…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.Z.'s Grim Road Toll
Mr. R. Semple, New Zealand's Minister for Transport, who several months ago paid a visit to Cessnock, is appalled at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Railway. Maryvale-Sandy Hollow Length. Reconstruction Work to Commence
In connection with the construction of the new railway between Sandy Hollow and Maryvale, about 125 miles, the Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Black Snake As Bed Mate. Shock for Railway Worker
All employee on the railway work now Sleeps with a light burning in his tent for the reason that he is reluctant to share his bunk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Driver Remanded. Charge of Alleged Murder. Death of Motor Cyclist. Sydney
At the Redfern Police Court to-day, Frederick William Gray, motor driver, was charged with having on January 29 at Mascot maliciously murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Railway Employees' Picnic. To Be Held at Muswellbrook. MONDAY, 14th MARCH, 1938
A meeting of railway employees was held at the Murrurundi Railway Station on Sunday morning last for the purpose of making…
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