Car Hits Cycle Motorist in Hospital
As a result of a collision between the motor cycle he was riding and a motor car driven by W. Lindsay, of East Greta, at the corner of High and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1929
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Council Differs Dangerous Maitland Bridge
For some time the roadway on Regent-street overhead bridge, West Maitland, has been the subject of complaints by the travelling public, owing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Motor Spirit Queensland Power Alcohol Brisbane
An important announcement that power alcohol manufactured in Queensland from molasses would be marketed in the State on February 4, was made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor World When Should Tappets Be Set?
In regard to the setting of the valve tappets, there is something of a controversy, but all authorities concur in the opinion that this adjustment has the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Safety
Sir,—I wish to emphasise the motto of "Safety first" when trains are leaving platforms on Newcastle railways. Whilst waiting for the 5.25 for Singleton on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queensland Floods More Rain in Far North Railway Lines Covered Brisbane
Although weather conditions improved over the sub-tropical portion of the State to-day very heavy rainfalls were again experienced in the Central and Far…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Knocked Down by Motor Cycle
Robert Crane, aged 7, of Islington, was knocked down by a motor cycle at Maitland-road, Islington, yesterday, and sustained a lacerated wound to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rail Motor Derailed
The rail motor travelling from Goulburn to Crookwell was derailed late on Monday, when it ran into a bullock straying along the line. Nobody was hurt, but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Electrification
The claims of the Northern district to the electrification of the railway between Newcastle and Maitland have been placed before Mr. Buttenshaw, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cars Collide
At a late hour on Monday night, a motor accident occurred on the Lake-road Hill, Wallsend. Luckily, the occupants of the cars escaped injury. Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SURPLUS £2000 Wickham Road Loan
Wickham Council has accumulated a surplus of £2000 in connection with the Maitland-road loan fund, and last night the Mayor (Alderman Young)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →By Train King's Journey No Bulletin London
No bulletin regarding the King's health was issued this evening, but after Lord Dawson, Sir Hugh Rigby, and Sir Stanley Hewett…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Found on Road Victim Can't Explain
Wallsend police have readied a dead-end in their inquiries respecting the finding of John Peattie, 40, of Arthur-street, Cardiff, in an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Job for Board? New Lambton-Cardiff Road
The Main Roads Board is to be asked to take over the reconstruction of Russell-road, New Lambton, from Alma-road to Cardiff boundary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →RAILWAYS v. MOTORS
The report by the Railway Commissioners against the suggested construction of a railway line between Liverpool and Mulgoa is pointed to by Mr. J. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Taxes, Fees. and Fines
Official returns which have been made available disclose that during 1928 the motorists of New South Wales paid directly in taxes, fees, and fines the sum…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways Coal Supply. Sydney
It was stated to-day that the Railway Commissioners have reserve stocks of coal amounting to approximately 130,000 tons, including 60,000 tons at grass at Port…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rode Without Light Motor Cyclist Fined
For having ridden a motor cycle in Hunter-street early in the morning of January 1 without a light, William P. Bennett, of 50 Throsby-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Family Endowment Railway Employees
In order to facilitate, and at the same time save a considerable amount of labor in the Family Endowment Department, Mr. Connell, M.L.A., has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Oil Pipeline, Works and Railway Wickham Agrees
Representatives of the Texas Oil Company asked Wickham Council last night to agree to a big subdivision of land at Maryville, to the erection of…
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