Anniversary Railway Traffic
Railway returns of the traffic out of Sydney by train on Anniversary Day, show increases on all lines as compared with last year. Figures made…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
3,457 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 173
Motor Yacht Club
A large and interested gathering watched the Anniversary sports, arranged by the Newcastle Motor Yacht Club at Toronto, on Saturday afternoon. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Races Sensational Crash Melbourne
Speeds up to 81 miles per hour were witnessed by 15,000 spectators at the Aspendale motor races to-day. There was a sensational crash when a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday's Casualties Injured on Motor Cycle
While riding a motor cycle along Hunter-street, Newcastle, about 6.20 last evening, James McIlroy, aged 37 years, a traveller, living in Harriett-street, Waratah,…
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Serious injuries were sustained by George Thompson, of Newtown, when he was knocked down by a motor car at Marrickville this evening. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Fees N.S.W. Pays £1,630,987
RETURNS disclose that during 1928 the motorists of New South Wales paid directly in taxes, fees, and, fines the sum of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MOTORS For Grace & Pace Front Drive Greater Liberty for Body Building Idea Not New
Indications are that front wheel drive cars are about to receive more attention from motor manufacturers. Although it has been the general practice for more than a quarter of a century to place the engine in front and to carry the power to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MOTORS For Grace & Pace Motor Cycling News "Two-wheeled Cars" New Motor Cycle Designs
"Two-wheeled cars" instead of motor cycles will soon be quite common on English roads, if the tendencies of development displayed at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Can't Be Found Missing Motorist Blood on Car Mystery Melbourne Case MELBOURNE
[?]ep mystery surrounds the whereabouts of Leslie L. Williams, an electrical engineer and contractor, of Auburn-street, Goulburn,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Killed Maitland-road Collision 'Bus and Bicycle
In a collision with a motor 'but in Maitland-road, Islington, at 6.55 a.m. to-day, Henry Moss, of Turton-road, Waratah, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Highway Macadam Road Sections Won't Be Scrapped
Main Roads Board will not substitute concrete for sound sections of Macadam roadway on the great northern highway between Belmont and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motorists and Pedestrians
Sir,—There is need for pedestrians to co-operate with motorists in regard to safety first principles in order to reduce the appalling number of accidents,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World Driving Comfort
It frequently happens that an unusually long period at the wheel makes an owner-driver aware of shortcomings in driving comfort, which previously he did…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unique Conference Railwaymen and Owners Meeting Competition London
A conference, unique in railway history, was held at the offices of the Great Western Railway at Paddington yesterday, when hooking clerks, porters,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Bus and Tram Collide
A collision between a tram and a bus at the Union-street stopping place in Hunter-street about mid-day on December 13. had a sequel at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Tears Alleged Drunken Driver Tram Crash Kurri Man in Car Somersault
That Charles Christlanson, 41 of Kurri burst into tears after bfs car and a tram had collided in Newcastle West on New Year's Eve. [?]manded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods Stop Mad Train
During the floods which swept many parts of the coastal belt of North Queensland last week, many trains were stopped. This picture shows a malt train held up on the Herbert River at Ingham, between Townsville and Cairns. Passengers were taken across the river in boats…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Train Runs Gauntlet SIDNEY
Passengers on the train from Kempsey had a thrilling time yesterday as the train ran through a blazing valley between Gloucester and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Bus Breaches "Raking the Road"
George Smith, Waratah 'bus proprietor, was fined 20b. with £2 6s costs. In default 14 days' Imprisonment, by Mr. Cohen, S.M., at Newcastle Police…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Road Collision Waratah Man Killed
Heavy Moss, aged 36 years, a fireman on the dredge Hexham, who lived in Turton-road. Waratah, met his death with tragic suddenness yesterday morning…
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