R.S.P.C.A. BENEFIT Bowls and War Bridge
A bowling carnival and war bridge evening will be held at the East Maitland bowling green on Tuesday, January 24, in aid of the Maitland branchl be served…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
2,677 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 134
Bright Future Motors in Australia Sound Market
The motor vehicle market in Australia is in a sound condition and the outlook is bright. That is the opinion of Mr. J. R. McKenzie, acting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pilliga Railway Minister Replies To Criticism SYDNEY
Replying to city criticism of the decision to build the Gwabegar-Pilliga railway, while the city railway remained uncompleted, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Scone to Supply Water For Railway SCONE
All trains passing through Scone are taking in water from the town supply because of the acute shortage at Muswellbrook and Murrurundi, where rigid…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Aid to Motorists Ignition Troubles
The large amount of motor traffic on the roads during December is reflected in the fact that the N.R.M.A. metropolitan patrols were called upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor World Motoring Sins Lack of Courtesy at Night Dipping Lights
Of the many motoring sins and driving mistakes which were revealed during the heavy Christmas and New Year holiday traffic, one stood out above all else, that was the general lack of courtesy between motorists at night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Struck by Train Railway Employee Fatally Injured SYDNEY
Charles Wood (50) railway employee, was fatally Injured to-day when he was struck by a train when working on the line near Hornsby…
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John Ohlback, 61 of Kogarah, slipped from the platform of Hurstville railway station, and fell beneath a moving electric train. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dungog Coroner Probes Motor Fatality Truck Smash On The Clarence Town Road a Dangerous Curve Dungog
The Dungog Coroner, Mr. Williams, held an inquiry at Dungog to-day into the death of Thomas Birrell, who was killed when a motor truck overturned near Clarence Town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suffered Frightful Injuries Fell Between Train and Platform
Running across Hurstville railway platform on Saturday, a man believed to be John Ohlback, 61, of Hurstville, slipped and fell between the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Double-decker 'Bus Smashes Bridge Stopped at Edge of Harbour
A double-decker omnibus, proceeding to Manly, crashed through the Spit Bridge on Friday night, but did not fall into the harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fell Through Sydney Harbour Bridge Rescued 15 Feet Below Decking
Mrs Robin Foster, 25, of Palmer-street, Darlinghurst, was rescued late on Saturday afternoon after she had fallen through the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four "Absolutes" for Road Safety Keeping Highways Accident Free. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Here are what might be called the four "absolutes" for checking oneself in an effort to solve the human factor in the accident problem…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →STOWAWAY Hid in Funnel of Motorship Hunger—thirst Sydney
Officers of the British motorship King Stephen, on its arrival in Sydney on Saturday, related the adventures of a young stowaway from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Employee's Death Collapsed at Work
Walter Charles Crabb, aged 45, of Carrington-street, Horseshoe Bend, Maitland, a returned soldier, employed as a fettler on the railway at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Employee Fatally Injured Walking on Line Near Hornsby Sydney
Charles Wood, aged 50, a railway employee, was fatally.injured to-day, when he was struck by a train while walking on the lino near Hornsby…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gwabegar-pilliga Railway Sydney Resentment
The secretary of the Circular Quay Association. Mr A. D. Carson, vigorously commented on the decision of the Government to build the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Toll of Road Motor Cyclist Killed Struck Pole Sydney
When his motor cycle, outfit collided with a telegraph pole about three miles from Yanderra, Ambrose Dixon, 2d, of Stanmore, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Safety the Four Absolutes
Here are what might be called the four "absolutes" for checking ones-self in an effort to solve the human factor in the accident problem…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suffered Frightful Injuries Fell Between Train and Platform
Running across Hurstville railway platform on Saturday, a man believed to be John Ohlback, 61, of Hurstville, slipped and fell between the…
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