U.S.A. ARMY Cost Of Motorisation 250,000 VEHICLES
The extent to which U.S.A.’s army of 1¼ million men is to be motorised was revealed at the recent annual meeting of the U.S.A. Society of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
1,832 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 92
Collided with Car Motor Cyclist Hurt NEWCASTLE
Don Hope, 30, of Campbell-street, Wallsend, received abrasions to both hands knees face and head when he collided with a motor car while…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tribute to Railway Men’s Efficiency
The Superintendent of Maitland Ambulance Brigade (Mr. J. B. Hicks) to-day paid tribute to the manner in which railway officials at Greta…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police and Railway Superannuation Funds Alleged To Be Bankrupt
A stir was caused in the Legislative Council last night when the Labor leader (Mr Concannon) alleged that the police and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sign Sneakers Are Pests (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)
There is a new pest on the roads. He has earned for himself the name of 'sign sneaker' and he is the motorist who will not heed the signs lines, signals or other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reconstruction of Allandale Road. Kearsley Shire Deputation to Mr. Fadden
A deputation from Kearsley Shire Council will wait on the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden), in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Peeps Into the Past Glendon Bridge Problem 50 Years Ago Department Said "No!"
To-day's problems concerning the replacement of bridges destroyed in the river freshes include the matter of providing a river crossing at Glendon. Fifty years ago this week, the Department of Public Works refused a request that a low level bridge be it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speed Exceeded Motorists Fined NEWCASTLE
For exceeding the speed limit of 30. miles an hour, Clifford F. Healion, of Oaky Point, Baan Bas, was fined £2/10/, with 8/ costs, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Running the British Railways Directing Chief to Be Appointed
"A supreme directing chief is to be appointed to run British railways, but there will be no nationalisation or any form of public ownership,"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →RACING Sidelights Ensign for Railway Handicap. Flying Knight the Danger
With a number of first-class sprinters engaged in the Railway Handicap at Rosehill to-morrow, the race…
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TWIN SPIRITS, At an indication of the lightheartedness, tinged, with a delightful sense of humour, comes a report from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →COST £94,000 Resurface and Kerb Kurri Road
Kearsley Shire Council, was informed by the engineer (Mr. L. Grattan) last night, that it would require £1200 to tar surface Lang-st,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£17,000 for Road On The Bulga Plateau WINGHAM
Mr. L. O. Martin, Minister to Works and Local Government, stated that it is intended to spend £17,000 in making a road on the Bulga…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dealing with Traffic Breaches Accident Prevention Campaign (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
The accident figures for 1940 for New South Wales and for America have been issued. They show that Hew South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drop of 600,000 Motor Units In Britain
The series effect of the war and petrol rationing on private motoring in Great Britain is shown in the reduction of motor licences in that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Transport Development in Australia
The extent to which industry and business in Australia are dependent on automotive transportation of produce and marchandise is disclosed by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Today’s Leaders : The Work’s Balance-Sheet hitting Where it Hurts Runaway Lorry Causes Suspension Of Tram Traffic Struck Frit Barrow Newcastle
A runaway motor lorry caused suspension for some time this morning of Hunter-street tram traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Time Ripe Rubber Suspension For Motor Cars Valuable Adjunct
Some automotive experts are of the opinion that the time is ripe for the adoption of rubber suspension for motor cars…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Motoring World Empire Air Fighters First Year’s Great Response
The number of pilot officers and sergeants trained under Br[?]tain’s Empire Air Training Scheme is now over one-third…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Italian Driven Before Imperial Forces Railway and Important Road Cut
Imperial forces, advancing from Harar, in Abyssinia, have driven the Italians out of Diredawa, the chief town on the railway from Addis Ababa to Djitbouti, in French Somaliland. This means that the railway and the important road have…
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