Woman Killed Motor Car Overturns Four Persons Hurt
A woman was killed, and four persons were injured, when a motor car swerved and overturned between Baerami and Denman, at 11.30 a.m. on Saturday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1932
3,413 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 171
Smash on Track Leading Motor Cyclist Killed MELBOURNE
James Wassall, 23, of Hampton, winner of the 1931 Australian Grand Prix, was killed in a crash at the Motordrome last night. Three of the four riders in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Injured Motor-cycle Over Embankment SYDNEY
Mrs. Mary Miller, 28, William Miller, 41, of Bertha-street, Leichhardt, and their daughter, Joan, aged eight, were injured when Miller's motor-cycle and sidecar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Lorry Overturns Sydney
Lun Bow, 53, a gardener, of Carlingford, received severe internal injuries when the tyre of his motor lorry blew out on the Blaxland-road, at Ryde this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Motor Death Roll in N.Z. Holiday Smashes Auckland (N.z.)
A heavy death-roll from motor accidents featured the holiday week-end. A car crashed through a bridge rail…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amazing Series of Smashes on Sydney Road FELL 100ft. and Escaped 'Plane Crash on North Coast Three in It Harrington
Two passengers and a pilot had an amazing escape to-day, when an AvroAvian aeroplane crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Speers' Point Trams Move for Restoration
Lake Macquarie Shire invited Newcastle Council last night to assist in having the Wallsend-Speers' Point train service restored…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Motor Cyclist Severely Injured in Spill WOLLONGONG
Mrs. Mary Head, of Corrimal, was riding a motor cycle in Keira-street, Wollongong, to-day, when the machine hit the kerb, and she was thrown heavily to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Research Lorry Motor Oils and Fuels Practical Tests
The giant Shell research lorry, in the charge of a chemist and a special observer, arrived at the Shell depot, Hamilton, about 6.30 p.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motors and Motorists Avoiding Trouble Back Axle Maintenance Effects of Bad Driving
The back axle of a car is often the worst neglected of all important components. Even conscientious motorists who give the engines loving care forget…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways and Bush Fires
In addition to the provision of spark arresters on the smoke stacks of locomotives, the Railway Commissioners in Victoria take other action to prevent the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adamstown Tram Extension
The Premier (Mr. J. T. Lang), in the course of a communication to Mr. H. J. Connell, M.L.A., with reference to the extension of the tramline to Rifle-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MOTORS for GRACE and PACE. Motor-Cycling News A.J.S.
During Christmas a large percentage or A.J.S. Club members took advantage of the holidays and made trips away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ask "The Sun" Your Motor Troubles
"The Newcastle Sun" has secured the service of an expert motor engineer who will answer question and give advice to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Year Holiday Railway Revenue
There was a drop of £22 on the holiday passenger revenue figures at Newcastle railway station from January 1 to January 4, compared with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend-speer's Point Trams
The Lake Macquarie Shire Council asked the Newcastle city council last night for assistance in its representation to the Government to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Road Work
Expenditure on Queensland roads during the year 1930-1931 was £1,086,456, compared with £1,232,712 during the previous financial year. To the end of June last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rocky Road
"Wizard" Smith finds the Ninety-Mile Beach too bumpy at present to attempt to shatter the world's speed record. "Wizard" Lang:—"Bumpy, did you say, Barney—positively rocky, I call it—all records are off!"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Graf Zeppelin May Visit Sydney at Opening of Bridge Sydney
The tentative proposal made recently that the Graf Zeppelin may come out for the opening of the Harbor Bridge may be a truth. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lassoed From Train Youth Dragged Along Line Boy Scout's True Aim Melbourne
On the way home from holidays yesterday, a Boy Scout shot a lasso from a window of a train travelling between Clematis and Aura. It was a true shot, the…
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