Bridge Damage Lorry Leaves Road
Two posts were uprooted, a third, which was set in concrete was pushed out of its upright position, and a panel of fencing was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
2,677 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 134
The Friendly Road
THE CURFEW BELL. Among the simple and ancient customs of old England is that of the ringing of the Curfew Bell. Our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY—MUDGEE Condition of the Roads
Reporting on the road from Sydney to Mudgee, the N.R.M.A. touring department advises that good bituminous and concrete surface extends from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Racing Road Circuit To Be Constructed at Ballarat
An up-to-date motor racing road circuit, is to be constructed at Ballarat (Victoria). The 4-mile circuit will have a [?]men surface 30ft wide and,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Misjudged Speed Man Run Down By Train Antiene Fatality Muswellbrook
The District Coroner. Mr. I. P. Smith, conducted an inquiry into the death of Leonard Edward Barnes (18), a railway employee,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yellow Road Lines Make for Safety Accident Statistics Improve SYDNEY
The painting of a yellow line down the centre of roads has resulted in a reduction of accidents. It is one of the greatest factors in road safety according to the Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor WORLD Automotive Position In Australia Substantial Gain In Last Year's Figures
A survey of the automotive position in Australia at December 31, 1938, by the Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Co., reveals that more and more are the people of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Deaths. Toll of the Week-end Neck Fractured Sydney
Numerous motor accidents at the week-end caused several deaths, and many were injured. Mrs. Florence Meredith, 36, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →St. Mary's Bridge
From Hon. E. S. Spooner, per Mr. C. E. Bennett, M.L.A., advising that he would be prepared to grant £266 towards the total excess cost on St…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Salisbury Road
The Department of Works and Local Government forwarded agreements in connection with excess interest payments in regard to the loan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Engineer's Report Main Roads
Main Road 301: This road has been scarified, graded and drained between Gresford and the Pass. Plans and specifications, etc., for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Single Men and Cessnock Aerodrome. Governments at Variance
When the Federal Government made a grant of £2,400 and the State Government £600 for work on the Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Service to Alice Springs Melbourne
Train services to Alice Springs will be resumed under normal conditions this week, the Commonwealth Railways Commissioner, Mr. G. A…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Safety Vital Need for Care
Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads, and their severity reveals that the primary causes in most of them are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Killed in Motor Smash Prominent League Footballer a Victim
When a motor car collided with a lorry at Mayfield on Saturday night, George So reng, 26, a prominent Rugby…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aberdeen's Needs. Request to Railway Commissioner
Mr. T. J. Hartigan was met at Aberdeen by Crs. Hardy and Strong, representing the Upper Hunter Shire Council, who asked that a one-way…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Town a Tidy Railway Yard
When Mr. T.J. Hartigan and partyreached Muswellbrook on Thursday on their annual tour of inspection they must have been pleased with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cut to Pieces Woman's Body On Railway SYDNEY
The body of a woman, later identified as Lea Caroline McVeigh, 33, was found cut to pieces on a railway line near Eastwood Station just before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Fall From Electric Train
Herbert Castens, aged 12, a schoolboy, of Regent's Park, was killed when he fell from an electric train as it was approaching Parramatta…
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