Killed in Africa Former Sydney Racing Motorist Capetown
Leslie Ellis who lived for seven years in Sydney, was killed in a motor racing crash. He was driving a Fiat car, when a back tyre burst while taking a difficult…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1933
1,390 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 70
Economy on Railways Mechanical Engineer's Branch. Sydney
It is expected by May that the staff of the Chief Mechanical Engineer's Branch of the Railway Department will have been reduced to 2000, in accordance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mountain Road
Those travellers who have negotiated the mountain road since the recent heavy rains state that the thoroughfare is in an awful state. Huge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kyogle Road Race
In the 10 miles road race to be run at Kyogle [?] Saturday Jack McPherson will resources [?]. from R. Prosser and R. Coleman (scratch). Gordon Gray has a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Coast Road
Now that the wet season has set in over the far North Coast, the N.R.M.A. Touring Department favors the road via Bangalow and Mullumbimby, between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Sign Colors
From time to time, says the N.R.M.A., various colors have been used on official and unofficial road signs on the highways throughout New South Wales, but no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Train for Show
It has been the practice of the local Agricultural Society to engage a special train to run from South Grafton and Glenreagh to Dorrigo on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Wrecked Rails Were Pulled Up Two Killed Incident in Ulster Railway Strike. Dublin
Only temporary crews are maintaining a skeleton service owing to the Ulster railway strike. The only train running between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Bridge Defects in Lifting Span Will Cost £4000 to Rectify. Sydney
Immediate action is being taken by the Railway Department to rectify defects which have been discovered in the bascule or lifting span of the Clarence River…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coast-Tableland Railway an Old Agitatnon Lively Meeting in 'Eighties
The question is frequently asked: "Will a railway between the coast and tableland in the north-eastern section of the State ever…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Station Robbery
A burglar blew open a small safe at the Wauchope railway station last Monday morning and got away with £6/5/9 in cash. Two threepenny…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Radio Interference From Railway Stations
Dr. Earle Page has received the following letter from the Postmaster-General (Mr. Archdale Parkhill), which has been forwarded to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bad Weather and Motorists
The effect of heavy weather on the operation on the mechanical side of motor vehicles and on the range of their operation is interestingly reflected in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Comfort Larger Tyres for Rough Roads
Gradually, since the advent of the balloon tyre 10 years ago, rim sizes of ears have become smaller, and, the cross-section of tyres larger…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain' S Big Road Bill
The Salter Report'' recommended that £60,000,000 should be collected annually from owners of motor vehicles in England for road expenditure. It is revealed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Torrential Rains Floods In North Queensland Eighteen Inches at Tully Train Traffic Held Up. Brisbane
Torrential rain is falling in the Tully and Innisfail district causing floods and dislocation of railway traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rescued From Tram Then Arrested on Six Year's Old Charge. Sydney
A man who was prevented by a constable from falling under a tram in George street, city, this morning, received a big surprise when, on being taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Millions Sydney Bridge Traffic Tolls Total £90,221. SYDNEY
The Main Roads Board returns of road traffic show that during the first eight months to October 31, 1932, 2,393,082 vehicles and 4,656,806…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rail Broke Panic In Carriages Train Derailed Passengers Dive Through Windows. Sydney
When a train was derailed between Curban and Armatree, the passengers became panic-stricken. Some dived head-first through the windows,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Rains In Far North Q'sland 29½ Inches at Deeral Train Services Dislocated Brisbane
Further torrential rain was reported from the far north of Queensland yesterday, and the dislocation of railway services continues…
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