Topi Road
Twenty-one signatures were attached to a petition which requested that grading and extensive repairs be effected to the Topi Topi road. The…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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Bullahdelah Road Camps
Fifty-seven of the 66 unemployed and relief workers who took out starting dockets at call-ups in Newcastle last week left Newcastle by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aerodrome Question Revived "Will Have To Be Faced" SINGLETON
At yesterday's meeting of the Patrick Plains Shire Council, Cr. A. J. Dorsman revived the proposal to establish an aerodrome to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lucky Escape Sulky Struck By Train
An old man had a remarkable escape from serious injury last evening when the sulky in which he was driving was struck by a train. He was fortunate…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fog Lamps Road Transport View
The Department of Road Transport agrees with the police that yellow coloured fog lamps must be prohibited for use on motor vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wangat Road Tar-Surfacing Proposal
Wallarobba Shire Council decided at its meeting last Tuesday to apply to the Department of Works and Local Government and to the H.D.W.S…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maison Dieu Road Improvement Scheme SINGLETON
An existing half mile of road from Maison Dieu School to the northern boundary of Mr. George Knodler's property at Maison Dieu, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General. Letter Box on Fosterton Road
The Hon. V. C. Thompson, Assistant Minister for Commerce, advises us that following on his representations to the Postal Department, he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Inspections. New Regulations Planned. Must Be Road Worthy
A plan which aims to compel the regular inspection of motor cars will be submitted to Cabinet by the Minister for Transport (Mr M. F…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blue Gum Creek Road. Appeal for Pelaw Main Unemployed
The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) has forwarded to Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motorist Fined Failed to Give Way NEWCASTLE
Driving a motor van Thomas Robinson, of Now Lambton, when, at the intersection of Lawson and Turnbull streets, Hamilton, on December 20,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Athletics Dazzled by Light Schools' Association Annual Meeting Motor Car Driver Acquitted
At the ninth annual meeting of the Maitland branch of the Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association, it was decided to seek the support of the John Joseph Coulton, of Gravesend, was found not guilty at Inverell on a charge of manslaughter. The charge arose out of a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Works Commissioner's Visit Singleton Needs Singleton
The construction of a subway to replace a level crossing at Gowrie, near Singleton, will commence in a month. The Chief Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motorist's Narrow Escape
Dragged from his blazing car after it had overturned on the Maison Dieu road, about four miles out of Singleton, on Tuesday, Allen Davies, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Fatality Capsize at Forbesdale Inquiry at Gloucester
Mr. A. J. White, Gloucester District Coroner, on Tuesday held an Inquiry into the death of Mrs. Mary Ellen Wild, who was involved in a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Motorist Be Careful!
It is one of the diurnal after-effects of every period of gaiety and holiday that so many people ahould lose their lives or suffer injury from motor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Joys of Motoring
Mr. S. McGrath started early last Saturday morning to go to Newcastle, but his car refused to climb the hill. After spending several hours on it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goodbye to Gowrie Gates Subway to Replace Railway Level Crossing Construction Starts Within a Month
The Chief Commissioner for Railways, Mr T. J. Hartigan, told a deputation at the Singleton station this afternoon that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →500,000 Motorists to Be Questioned Catching Unlicensed Drivers. Sydney
The Minister for Transport (Mr Bruxner) said to-day that the traffic police would question more than 500,-000 motorists in Sydney and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Carriage of Livestock on Railways Graziers Protest Against 10 Per Cent. Rise
It was decided at a meeting of the executive committee of the Graziers Association of N.S. Wales on Wednesday to ask the Premier to receive a…
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