Child Dies of Injuries. Fatal Motor Accident. Parents Were Away on Holidays
A motor car trip of over 600 miles followed the receipt of the sad news on Saturday that a girl, aged 9 years, had died in a private…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
1,946 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 98
Pro-Soviet Motions for A.C.T.U. "British Intrigue" Railway Union's Views
The war and the international situation will be the most controversial subjects discussed by the Congress of the Australasian Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Registrations. Figures for March. SYDNEY
During March motor registrations in New South Wales decreased by 2032, or 8 per cent in comparison with figures for the same month last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Transport Relaxation of the Law Effects of Strike Sydney
Considerable inquiry from all parts of the State, and especially from the country, indicates that the relaxation of the law, in certain directions,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cross Roads For Miners
WHATEVER the [?] of to-day’s meeting of the Combined Mining Unions’ Central Committees with the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Currin) and representatives of other interested bodica, it is [?] that the [?] has arrived for a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Not to Be Closed
The Lands Department notified it was not intended to proceed further with the closing of the portion of the road which now provided access to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Preventing Road Accidents Parents Cam Help (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Parents, more than any others. could have helped in preventing most or these accidents: Children under neon years of age…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Procession of Motor Lorries
Thirty-one motor lorries attached to the military forces passed through the town on Wednesday. The drivers appeared to be a happy lot, greeting the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SEVEREINJURIES Thrown From Motor Cycle NEWCASTLE
While rifling a motor cycle along Henry-stret, Glebe, at about midday to-flay, George Cowell, 4.8, ot Mitchell street, Merewether a fittc workles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Remarkable Escape From Death Leaned Out and Struck by Tram
When he was struck by a tram in Cleveland Street, Sydney on Wednesday night, Ernest Smith, 39, of Surry Hills, had a remarkable escape from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sport & Sportsmem in the Sportlight of the Week. Football: Defeat of Muswellbrook. TENNIS: Park Club. the Rifle: R. Gunter. GOLF: H. W. Broadbent. BOWLS: B. Berry, E. Peel, S. Cann, O. Hasler, E. Peel. Greyhound Racing: W. H. Whitten, E. Allen, R. Nelson, r. R. Whitton, Mrs. H. A. Bridge. Sporting Flashes. Football
Muswellbrook sustained a crushing defeat at the hands of Singleton in the opening game of the League competition. No reasons or excuses can…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Friendly Road
DO YOU COUNTY The [?] evening a friend of mine [?] me. He [?] in important [?] which [?] is as [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Paris Road Accidents
Paris road accidents, totalled 453 deaths in 938, 506 in 1939. The total of accidents, including those of a non-fatal character, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →PICTON — BULL Road Conditions Vis Appin
Conditions on the main road between Picton and Bull by way of Appi[?], an extensively used commercial route as well as a road frequently traversed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor World Mainstay of Australia’s Great Motor Industry
The relation of personal income to car ownership in Australian provides fund for thought, particularly when one considers the relatively small number of people in the Commonwealth who pay Federal income tax as compared with the ownership…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Excursion Train First in England
It was in 1886 (that the first excursion train was run by the Whithy and Pickering Railway to a church bazaar at Grusmont, in Yorkshire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Workers Misled Chief Judge's Criticism
The Chief Judge of the Arbitration Court (Sir George Beeby) was outspoken on Friday in criticising the leaders, of the Australian Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Bridge Open for Traffic LOCHINVAR
The new concrete bridge over Lochinvar Creek is now open for treffic Mr. W. H. Marshall, of Tamworth, who had the contract for the filling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dungog Show Opens on Thursday Curtailed Train Services
The splendid rains over the week-end puts the district in good heart for the Dungog Show, opening on Thursday and extending over Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dungog News Dungog Show Opens an Thursday Train Services Dungog
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