Feared Hold-up Motorist Shot Boy Story in Court Melbourne
Evidence that he had accidentally shot Arthur Edwards, 15, farm hand, on the Bacchus Marsh-road on November 19, was given in the Criminal…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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Proposed Aerodrome for Dungog Minister's Reply to Representations
Mr. C. E. Bennett, M.L.A., has received the following communication from Mr. Spooner, Minister for Works and Local Government:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →C.w.a. Younger Set Flag Bridge
Another enjoyable evening of flag bridge was held at the Country Women s Association's rooms in Georgestreet last night under the auspices…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Over Thames Damaged Two Time Bombs Exploded
Two time bombs which exploded simultaneously blew away portion of the centre of Hammersmith Bridge, over the Thames. The force of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"School for Larrikins" Train Travelling Criticised JUNEE
"Children who go by train to neighbouring towns to attend school develop into first-class hooligans," declared Mr. W. Homier, at the annual meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Killed by Train Suicide After Family Reunion
Evidence that a man threw himself under a train on the day he became reconciled to his wife and family was given in the Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Camp at Bullahdelah 100 Men Leave Newcastle
Following the decision of the combined meeting of unemployed and relief workers on Sunday to accept road camp work on a rationed basis…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£200,000 ROAD New Guinea Work CANBERRA
A 50-mile length of road that cost £180,000 to £200,000, is to he built to link Salamau with Wan, the centre of the goldfield area of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shot Boy on Road Thought It Was a Hold-up
An admission that he had accidentally shot Arthur Edwards, 15, farmhand, on the Bacchus Marsh-road on November 19 was-made in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Accidents Minister Makes Strong Appeal to Public Co-operation Needed
In the first six months of the present financial year—from June to December—there was a reduction of 13 per cent, in the number of road accidents reported in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£200,000 Road for New Guinea Linking of Salamaua and Wau
A 50-mile road to cost between £180,000 and £200,000 is to be built to link Salamaua with Wau, the centre of the goldfleld area of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motorist's Emergency Repair. Gummed Leak with Wrigley's
A motor cyclist passing through Weston last Sunday skidded at the turn near the "Criterion." Hotel and sprang a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Linking the West with the Coast Cross-country Railway Line. Good Progress Recorded on All Sections
WITHIN the next three or four years Muswellbrook will be provided with a direct rail link with the West, thus bringing to fruition a movement which had its origin as far back as 30 years, when the question of decentralisation first came under…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Excursions for Easter
Elsewhere in this issue the Department of Railways announces the excursion arrangements made for the convenience of country people who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Overturns Near Tamworth Quirindi Bowlers Involved
Lucky escapes were experienced by members of a party of Quirindi bowlers on Wednesday when the car in which they were travelling to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trams Collide in Sydney Four Passengers Hurt
Four passengers were injured when two trams collided on the Anzac-parade siding near the Sydney Cricket Ground loop on Wednesday. Those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sport and Sportsmen Weekly Sporting Review. (By "The Scouts") FOOTBALL: Muswellbrook. CRICKET: Demnan, Muswellbrook, Bowman Park, Muscle Creek Reserves. GOLF: D. M. Bell, Mrs. Margin. Bowls: B Bridge, E. W. Shaw, J. Lowe, J. Martyr, C. Bowden, K. Dann. the Rifle: E. Henry. HOCKEY: The "Wanderers" Greyhound Racing: R. Wilton, J. Simpson, G. Cameron, H. R. Johnstone, J. H. Budden, H. Campion FOOTBALL
Everyone was satisfied with the form shown by Muswellbrook in the first trial game of the season. Against Morpeth-East Maitland the team was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Friendly Road
BEHIND THE SCENES. The average man knows very little of what actual happens behind the scenes when great international…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flag Bridge Nillo Mothers' Club
"When is your next?" was the question asked by not a few players at the conclusion of the flag bridge evening held In the Nillo School…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Report Lismore-Murwillumbah
The Lismore office of the N.R.M.A. reports that the road from Lismore to Bangalow is tar paved throughout The Work on the hill between Ban…
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