Stud Bull Killed Charged Moving Train
A pedigreed Hereford bull, which was highly commended by the judges at the Royal Show and sold for 85 guineas, broke away from its…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
2,677 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 134
MOTORISTS Auto Be Careful (Issued by the Road Safety Council at New South Wales)
A—stands for Auto and Asinine speed, B—for Bad Brakes that to accidents lead…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Making the Roads Safer Prosecution for Traffic Breaches
It is explained by Transport Department officials that the prosecution of a man at Lismore for having a sworn-out tyre on his motor truck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Kills Four-yearold Girl Tragedy at Kiama
Running into the metal train at Kiama a four-year-old girl, Helen Robinson, of Bombo, was killed instantly on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney-melbourne Rail Traffic Held Up Goods Train Derailed. Sydney
A goods train was derailed six miles from Benalla at midnight night as a result of flood waters weakening the permanent way…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Motor Accident on Neath Hill 13-year-old Schoolboy Victim. Verdict of Accidental Death
Echoes of the tragic motor accident which occurred recently on Neath Hill, and in which Samuel Reay, 13, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Worker Injured. Pick Strikes Powder and Causes Explosion
William Butler, junr. (31), employed on the railway construction works, was admitted to Brentwood Hospital on Thursday last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Court. Travelling on Railways. Payment of Fares Avoided
At the Police Court yesterday, Clifford Frank Morris appeared before Mr. G. J. Johnstone, P.M., on a charge of having travelled in a passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drunken Motorists and the Crimes Act "Not Meant To Apply," Says Judge SYDNEY
"In my opinion, Section 556A of the Crimes Act was never intended to apply to drunken drivers," said Judge McGhie, at Parramatta Quarters Sessions Appeals Court yesterday. "If it were so. it would mean that motorists would form the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N. S. W. Railways Continuous Improvements All-steel Carriages
In the past 11 years 1,700,000,000 people have travelled on the New South Wales railways without one fatal accident through railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accidents Increase in New Zealand
In spite of all efforts by the Government to reduce motor vehicle accident figures during the holiday week-end, the Easter vacation in New…
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Sir,—May I, through your columns bring to the notice of the Tarre Shire Council the state of the road leading from the Maitland road into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Roads Tamworth to Moree
Recent reports received by the N.R. M.A. touring department indicate that the most popular route to Moree is by way or Warialdn. Tar pavement If the Victorian Government will release the chairman of Railways Commissioners (Mr H. W. Clapp), the Commonwealth Government, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Roads and Railways Submerged by Flood Rain in South SYDNEY
Deluged by the heaviest rain for months, large areas of Victoria and southern New South Wales are now under water or have become impassable quagmires. While the Hume Highway has been reopened to traffic, many other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fell From Train Guard Badly Injured SYDNEY
Cyril Mossman, 30, of Hornsby, was seriously injured when he fell from an electric train of which he was the guard near North Strathfield. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Friendly Road "The Good Old Days."
There arc few, 1 am sure, who, on reflection, would care to live in what are sometimes called the good old days. True it is that on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Safety Speed Recorded On Charts Passing Cars
Observation of driving habits on the highways points to the con elusion that many roads are too narrow to permit fast travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Norther Road Via Richmond—Putty To Singleton SYDNEY
An important new road link between Sydney and the north is being built to meet national rather than local requirements. The work…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →3000 BILLS Motor Legislation
The N.R.M.A. has received advice that more than 3000 bills affecting highway transportation and highway users have been introduced in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Railways Cause for Anxiety Position in Germany
The report of the German State railways for the past year, reviewed in the Bsrlin financial press, reveals that the condition of the railway monopoly…
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