W.h. Bartrop & Son Ltd. Singleton's Oldest Motor Business
In any business review of Singleton, it is only fitting that prominent mention be made of the activities of Messrs W. H. Bartrop Limited's car…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
1,832 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 92
H. E. Lancaster Agent for General Motors Holdens Limited
With a huge plant comprising all the essential units of a modern sales and service depot, H. E. Lancaster's Garage at 80 John Street is probably…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New South Wales State Railways
For nearly 70 years after the arrival of Governor Phillip's fleet in Sydney Harbour in 1788 trade in New South Wales was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways in Flood Time. How the Safety of the Track Is Ensured
The breaking of a long drought almost inevitably has its repercussions. The State's latest experience, while greatly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The FRIENDLY Road
THE GLORIOUS TWENTY-SIXTH. One thing standing to the credit of the teachers of our children is the magaido[?]nt way…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Automobile a Necessity to Australia Obsolete Vehicles Now On Road
It is an indubitable fact that the automobile is a necessity to Australia, and that anything which threatens and jeopardises…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amazing Escapes From Death Will Now Train Fighter Pilots (A.A.P. Service.) LONDON, Jan. 24
Flying-Officer John Cocks, D.F.C., the well-known Australian fighter pilot, whose combat tally numbers eight planes officially…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Buses Novel Trial In New York
An interesting test is being conducted on the streets of New York, where a unique passenger vehicle in the form of a long motor bus, hinged just…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Danger Unit” Hazards In Motor Driving Insurance Co.’s Move
To measure the degree of danger and the hazard involved in driving motor vehicles at various speeds, a leading U.S.A. Insurance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canned Food Motor Fleets For Distribution
Profit on canned food in U.S.A. is stated to be to small that the big packing houses have to adopt every possible means of lowering transport…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven People Injured When Train Smashes in Landslide Sydney
It was announced to-day that washaways on the railway lines in New South Wales have been repaired, and normal services are now operating. The Railway Department stated that a series of washaways has been reported on die main line…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Crashes Into Rock and Earth Ten People Injured. Brisbane
Ten people were injured when the Thallon mail train crashed headon into hundreds of tons of rock and earth brought down by a landslide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Struck by Tram Woman Badly Injured SYDNEY
Struck by a tram at Newtown. Mrs. Ethel Arentz, of Tumut, suffered fractures of one thigh, a leg and shoulder, concussion, extensive abrasions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Railways Establishment and Development Interesting Review
For nearly 70 years after the arrival of Governor Phillip’s fleet in Sydney Harbour In 1788 trade in New South Wales was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Washaways Repaired Sydney
It was announced to-day that washaways on the main railway lines in New South Wales have been repaired, and national services are now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways Huge Consumption of Coal Interesting Figures
The New South Wales Railways spend annually on materials about £6,000,000. Approximately 90 per cent, of this amount is spent locally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Train Smash BRISBANE
Ten people were injured when the Thallon mail train crashed head-on into hundreds of tons of rock and earth brought down by a landslide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Car Ran Off the Road
Most of the reports of fatal road accidents in recent months contain the significant words, "the car ran off the road," and end with such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Crashes Into Landslide. One Dead, 11 INJURED
Twelve people were injured—one fatally—when the Thallon mall crashed into a landslide of rocks and earth as it left a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Over Barrington Federal Member at Gloucester
Mr. J. P. Abbott, M.H.R. for New England, spent Wednesday, Thursday and Friday last in Gloucester. On Wednesday Mr. T. Hicks took him to…
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