Nelson's Bay-road
A report of the engineer of the Port Stephens Shire shows that during the current month good progress has been made by the contractors with the Nelson's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1930
4,000 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 200
Shot Fired at Train Sydney
Passengers in an electric train travelling between Lidcombe and Auburn to-night were startled when a bullet crashed through a carriage window. The train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Ships Big Building Programme LONDON, December 31
The "Motor Ship" announces that a record number of 350 motor ships, of a tonnage of 2,300,000 tons, will be built in the new year. Of these 40 vessels will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorist Injured. Sydney
William W. McMurtrie, the well-known boot manufacturer, was critically injured when a car, which he was driving crashed into a telegraph pole in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Barriers Choked Crowds at Railway Station Beach Popular
Although earlier in the morning it seemed as though inst night's gray skies had scared visitors, shortly after 9.30 a.m. to-day big crowds poured…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lucky Escapes Train Had Just Passed Viaduct Four Slightly Hurt Melbourne Limited Express Crash MELBOURNE
Four persons were slightly injured when the S.30 p.m. . Limited Express from Melbourne ran into a pilot engine and a line of carriages at Seymour station last night. It is remarkable that the accident was not more serious…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Railway Thrill
Two French railway engine's wore recently sent off at high speed from the ends of a given length of rail. They were to test a new apparatus for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist Stoned Police Chase Assailants MELBOURNE
Exciting incidents were connected with the early morning chase and arrest of three men. When Lester Wynne, of North Fitzroy, was driving a car through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stolen: Found. Adventures of a Motor Car New Year Journey
The visit of a constable to a home in Terrace-street, Newcastle, yesterday morning, was the first intimation to the surprised householders that a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring Thrills Some Narrow Escapes
Some amazing adventures of the pioneers in motoring are recalled by Mr. S. F. Edge, the only Briton to win the Gordon Bennett Cup, in an article in a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Injured Motors in Collision Melbourne
As the result of a collision between a motor truck and a motor car in Windsor this afternoon, to people were injured The motor truck which was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sporting News Profile's Half-head Win Holiday Handicap at Newcastle Races Beware Beaten in Great Finish Newsore's Success in Tramway Handicap
Punters began the New Year well at Newcastle races. Four first favourites were successful yesterday, when the Newcastle Jockey Club's New Year meeting was opened, and the winners of the two other races were also well supported…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Three Killed Level Crossing Smash Engine Hits Motor Car Burnie
Three members of one family were killed, and four injured when the Launceston express crashed into a motor car on a level crossing just outside Yvanhoe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For Safety Rules for Motorists N.R.M.A. ADVICE
The acting-chairman of the N.R. M.A. Board of Management (Mr. G. N. King) suggests that motorists of all classes should observe the following…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Killed N.Z. Motor Collision Similarity in Names Dunedin
As a result of a head-on collision on the Dunedin. Porto Bello road, which runs alongside ' the harbor, David Vernon W[?]lkins, 21, driver of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Railway Train Record
Britain has set up a new record for an express railway journey which challenges the world. Under new schedules, the Great Western line has now running an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor 'Buses for Trams
The Wallsend (England) Corporation has come to an agreement with the Tyne aide Tramways Company on the proposal to substitute motor 'buses for trams. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramways Union
Mr. V. H. Mitchell has been elected President of the Tramways Union in the Newcastle district. Mr. W. H. Harris has been re-elected Minute Secretary; Mr. D…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Problems of the East Railway Conflict Between China and Russia No. 5
If South Manchuria were an issue fraught with much potential difficulty and of great interest to the conference because of the presence within of so able Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Drive to Wyong
There was a reference in the Police Court at Wyong yesterday morning to the New Year's Day incident reported in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" of the…
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