Two Men Killed When Truck Leaves Road Five Others Injured
When a utility motor truck, laden with timber and, carrying 10 men, ran off the road, and dropped 12ft. into a concrete near East…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
1,946 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 98
Motor Breach Inefficient Silencer CESSNOCK
Lindsay Norman Matthews, 12, pleaded guilty at the Cessnock Court to-day to a charge of having ridden a motor cycle with an inefficient…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Muswelibrook Shire Council Main Roads Programme Reduced. More Money for By-Roads
The Shire Council has been advised that certain proposed works on main roads will be eliminated this year owing to the war situation. This decision by the Main Roads Board will enable the council to utilise the money usually spent on the main roads to be diverted to works on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the Wheel an Appeal to Motor Cyclists. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S. Wales)
Although the registration of motor cycles has decreased in recent months, the accident rate for this group of road users…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cycling. Sudden's Success in Six Milks' Road Race
K. Budden, who started from scratch, was successful in the six miles' road race held by the local Cycling Club on Saturday afternoon The placings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Deaths in N.S.W. Some Alarming Figures
In an address delivered by him at Cessnock on Tuesday night, Mr. Vincent O'Gorman, Secretary of the Road Safety…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Noisy Motor-cyclists
IT IS PLEASING to see the local police taking action against noisy motor cyclists. Some of these individuals appear to take a fiendish delight in allowing their machines to make a row calculated to wake the dead. There is nothing more…
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For having ridden a motor-cycle which created an undue noise. Lindsay Norman Matthews, 19, was fined £1 plus…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Plying for Hire Motorist Pleads Not Guilty Case at Cessnock Court
A plea of not guilty was entered by George McCabe, of Kurri Kurri, when he was, charged at Cessnock Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Starving Stock. Concession on Railways
The Graziers' Association of New South Wales advises that where, owing to drought conditions, local branches desired the special Government…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Preferential Rationing." Confusing Instructions. Motorists Advised to Withhold Applications. Sydney
The secretary of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, Mr. Hodgins, says the question relating to preferential rationing in petrol licence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DUNGOD Railway Traffic Takings Higher Dongle
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →Long Bridge Condition of Structure
Reference to the condition of Long Bridgo was made by Aid Kennedy at the meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Roads Muswellbrook Shire Less Expenditure Muswellbrook
At the monthly ratting of the Shire Council the Main Roads Board [?] that, owing to the war [?] the main roads…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Relief Works Deputation to Tarro Shire Lake Roads
The South Maitland [?] B[?]l Workers Council asked Tarro Shire Council to-day it is had any works in its area which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Capsize of Motor Cycle and Side-car Soldier Receives Serious Injuries
Private Thomas James Lewis, of the A.I.F., who was on final leave, received serious injuries this morning when a motor cycle and side-car in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety Latest American Idea
One of the latest American ideas to help road safety is to have moveable kerbs to mark various traffic [?] [?] by pressing a button, can be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Road Danger Appeal by Safety Council ( Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales
Reports [?] [?] many parts of the State and [?] actually made in some [?] by the Rose Safety Council show…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Deficit Reduced to £2,245,195 Railway Receipts
State accounts for [?] Issued by the Treasury yesterday, show a [?] of [?] On the [?] basis the deficit for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Primary Produce for Aeroplane
Sixty-six farmers and graziers in the Australian Capital Territory and nearby districts recently sent a cheque for £238 to the…
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