£10,000,000 Goes Up in Smoke Big Bonfire off Barrington Road
Who cares about money, anyway! On Thursday a group of men joked and laughed as they stood round a blazing bonfire in Mrs. Edwards'…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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Railway Platform at Kurri Inadequate Danger to Passengers, Says Mr. Booth
Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., has interviewed Mr. T. Armstrong, M.L.C., regarding the inadequacy of the North Kurri Kurri Railway Station. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Duplication Not to Be Carried Out
Mr. Malcolm Brown, M.L.A., has received the following from the Secretary for Railways:—With reference to your personal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman's Handbag Mysterious Disappearance From Railway Carriage
The mysterious disappearance of a handbag from a carriage of the Glen Innes Mail, at the Muswellbrook railway station on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The Muswellbrook Chronicle" TUESDAY, 4th JCTLY, 1939. Railway Construction Work Muswellbrook Yards Employment for 200 Men
We learn that employment will be provided for about 200 men when the work on remodelling the Muswellbrook rilway yards is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Track Found on Railway Property Four Men Fined
"The railway authorities take a grave view of the matter in view of the recent accidents on the railway, and ask that the matter be seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Bright Spot Gardens Near Railway Station SINGLETON
Munro-street, Singleton, which is near the railway station, is being transformed into a thing of beauty as the plants in the garden plots along…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Tractors a Greater Demand
The Ministry of Agriculture's plan for increasing the fertility of the land in England has already resulted in a larger demand for tractors and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Home Market Analysis of Motor Industry
The 13th edition of their Home Market Analysis has just been published by the statistical department of the Society of Motor Manufacturers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Deficit Estimate of £1,250,000
Although it was estimated some weeks ago that the Railway Department's deficit for the financial year ended on June 30 would be £1,400,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lismore's Aerodrome Aims
The Lismore Municipal Council has decided to invite the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Fairbairn, to visit Lismore,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Limiting Loads Mount Vincent Road Bridge CESSNOCK
The shire engineer (Mr. J. Shine) reported to Kearsley Shire Council last night that the capsill over the pier of Forbes Bridge, Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge at Ellalong
Mr. J. S. Shine, engineer to Kearsley shire, reported to council last night that the work on Milgung bridge, Ellalong, was sufficiently advanced to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Not His Habit" Stealing Train Rides NEWCASTLE
"I'm not in the habit of stealing rides in trains." said Bernard O'Riordan (23), wool classer, in the police court to-day. He pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drover Fined Stock Damage Road MOREE
John Thomas Nell, a drover, who pleaded guilty at the Moree Police Court to a charge of having damaged a road by driving cattle along it after…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the End of the Road Chapter Viii
Smith was placed very awkwardly with the questions asked, and Emmerson and Walford didn't know what they had started. To refuse…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy's Death Body Found on Road Werris Creek
The body of Kenneth. Banwell (15) of Werris Creek, was found on the Gap road, about two miles from Werris [?]reek…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Road Singleton To Sydney Traffic Saving of Time Cessnock
The boundary between Kearsley aud Erina Shires will undergo some slight alteration as the result of the construction, of the Kuluura-road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PRESENTAITONS Railway Ambulance Awards Morpeth Class
The fact that 20,000 employees of the railway, which represented 51.6 per cent, of the staff, were trained first aid men, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Examination of Motor Vehicles
Sir.—There can exist no real reason for objecting to an examination of, motor vehicles. However, the greater number of drivers view with suspicion…
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