Severe Road Test For Australian Car (By a Special Correspondent)
The Australian car has been read-tested over the Identical 86 miles route on which I “punished” so many new cars in the past Now,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
1,254 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 63
Costs More to Inspect Motors
SYDNEY, Sat. — The cost of the annual Inspection of motor vehicles will be increased from 3/6 to 5/ from December 1. The…
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NEWCASTLE, Sat. — Stanley Smith, 58, of Nelson street, Mayfair, was found dead in his car after it had crashed into a…
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An appeal to motorists to display extra care to prevent the starting of bushfires is made by the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A…
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Alfred Amos Hughes, aged 39, and his wife, Hilda May Hughes, 32. both of Coonamble, were admitted to Coonamble Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It's Been a Long Battle For That "Lost" Road
When, eventually, the "lost" piece of road links up the route through Wollombi-Calga and Kulnura, and makes the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Deaths In Motor Cycle Accidents
NEWCASTLE, Monday—Motor cycles were responsible for three deaths at the week-end, two of the victims being riders and the third a pedestrian. Albert Edward Balcombe, 26, of…
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15.—Three crew members were killed and four injured in a mysterious fire and explosion in the…
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TAMWORTH: The mother and father of a family of eight were killed when the engine of a goods train hit a railway motor tricycle…
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At last something is being done to the Aberdeen-Gundy Road, it trying noticed that the grader was there ready for action. It is…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. F. C. Garside, announced last night that the second air-conditioned…
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The engineer (Mr. R, G. Payten) presented the proposed main roads programme for 1949 to a meeting of Port Stephens Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Government Jo Meet Union Challenge 24-Hour Train, Tram and Bus Strike To-morrow
THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING TO-DAY WHAT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF THE UNIONS WHICH HAVE CALLED A 24-HOUR TRAIN, TRAM AND BUS STRIKE IN MELBOURNE TO-MORROW…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Councillors Resent Ratepayer's Letter Kars Springs Road "Ruinous to Motor Vehicles Traversing It."
At last Thursday's meeting of the Upper Hunter Shire Council a letter from Mr. W. E. M. Abbott, of "Tooloogan Vale" apparently hit the raw spots of some of the Councillors…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trains and Trams to Stop in Vic. Swift Action Likely. Government's Answer to Unions' Challenge
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Victorian Government is considering to-day what action will be taken to meet the challenge of the unions which have called a twenty-four hours' train, tram and bus stoppage in Melbourne to-morrow. Action was taken by State executives of the Tramways'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Inducement. Employment in Sydney
During the past few years many young men who would normally seek employment in the Sydney district have been prevented from doing so…
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NEWCASTLE: Expenditure of £200 was authorised by Lake Macquarie Shire Council last night to grade bus route roads in…
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The transport committee of Maitland City council last night reported that on the suggestion of the Road Safety Council, steps would be…
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NEWCASTLE.— The Registration Board yesterday cancelled [?] permit to train of F. W. [?], of Raymond Terrace…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. Extra Train Service
Commencing Wednesday, 24th inst., a train will leave Sydney from Monday to Friday at 12.50 p.m., and will arrive at Newcastle at 3.30 p.m…
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