Rail Duplication and New Roads Urgent State Works
The Premier, Mr Stevens, has told the Commonwealth Government that certain works, which have been classified by the Defence Department as…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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Car Fatality High-street Bridge Smash Coroner's Finding
The Deputy Coroner for the Maitland district, Mr. C. Scarlett, returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Driver Fainted Victorian Tram Smash MELBOURNE
While driving an electric tram In AbbotBford, Ernest Edwards, 42, of Kew, fainted. The tram ran into a stationary tram…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car on Fire — Woman Burnt to Death
Mrs Elizabeth White, 62, of Walwa (Vic), was burnt to death when a motor car, driven by her husband, Mr R. C. White, burst into flames after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Stops in Metropolitan Area Condition Described As Perfect Menace. Sydney
Yesterday, at the Quarter Sessions, the Crown Prosecutor (Mr McKean) described the condition of tram stops as a perfect menace, and officials of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aerodrome at Tomago Grant of £10,000 for Nelson's Bay Road
When Sir Earle Page was at Raymond Terrace on Friday last the matter of a grant of £10,000 for the surfacing of the Nelsons Bay road and tar scaling was…
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Mr. A. M Cunningham, President of the Raymond Terrace Chamber of Commerce asked the Assistant Minister, (Mr. Thompson) to do what he could in regard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Building "Must Follow Germany"
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday. The Minister for Public Works, Mr. Semple, said that the Dominion must follow Germany in its programme of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rural Patrols Safety Of Country Roads Drive Carefully
Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads and their severity reveals that the primary causes in most…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cessnock Aerodrome. Question, of Flood lighting
Cessnock Council had before it on Tuesday night a communication from the Acting Director-General of Civil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hawkesbury River Bridge
The problem of financing the building of a new railway bridge over the Hawkesbury River is causing headaches to State Treasury officials. Plans…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bullahdelah Road Works
Said by the Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) to be the last opportunity for unemployed and relief workers to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melville Bridge Opening Ceremony Abandoned
Mr. R. C. Penfold presided at a well-attended meeting of members of the Aberglasslyn, Melville and District Vigilance Committee and Rosebrook…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Killed Car Struck By Train
One man was killed, and a 19-months-old baby slightly injured in train accidents, says a Gympie (Q.) message…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Angle of Road Safety Film for General Exhibition
The Road Safety Council of New South Wales recently produced a film for general exhibition entitled "Safety First." When it was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Widening of Maitland-newcastle Road Would Make It Finest Highway in State
The proposal by the Department of Main Roads to widen the Newcastle-Maitland Road, from Mayfield to East Maitland,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nelson's Bay Road Grant of £10,000 Asked for Deputation to Sir Earle Page
When the Federal Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page) and the Assistant Minister (Mr. V. C. Thompson) visited Raymond Terrace on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor—cyclist Injured
While riding a motorcycle between Weston and Kuril Kurri on Wednesday afternoon, Albert Johnson. 34, of Barton—street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Commissioners Visit Murrurundi Deputation
The Mayor (Ald. Rixon), Ald. G. B. While, Mr. Geo. O'Brien (President of the Chamber of Commerce), and the Town Clerk (Mr. S. J. King),…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Progress Bridge Over Manning
On the main road from Newcastle to Port Stephens the deviation between Salt Ash and Anna Bay has been opened to traffic, reports the…
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