Cocks Left As Road Danger
That thoughtleness can endanger human life is revealed by an officer of the N.R.M.A who recently completed a tour of the southern highlands. He…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
1,208 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 61
The Motor World News And Notes From The N.R.M.A. Christmas Road Accidents
"The appalling toll of the road over the Christmas holidays demonstrates the forcibly that the time has arrived when sterrer measures must be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecked Freezing Works in S.A. Explosion At Mi Gambier Tourists in Train Suffer Adelaide
An explosion early to-day completely wrecked a freezing works at Mount Gambier and damaged nearby buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Appeal to Motorists Basis Of Good Driving "Commonsense and Courtesy."
The Road Safety Council of New South Wales in a statement issued at the week-end, emphasised that commonsense and courtesy are the basis of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murder Charge Italian Found Shot In Bush Near Mackay Bloodstained Motor Truck, Mackay
A post-mortem examination, showing that Domenico Palumbo, married, 38, had been shot in the body, chest and face, the discovery of signs of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quicker Railway Working a Lancashire Scheme
Two of the busiest railway stations in Lancashire, which deal between them with 7000 trains a day, are concerned in a scheme for quicker and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclist Robbed Bandits On Motor Bike New Terror in City. Sydney
Police are searching for a new type of bandit whom they have been informed ran down a cyclist with a motor cycle and sidecar and robbed him…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drivers' Licenses Rules Of The Road Applicants to Answer Questions. Sydney
Applicants for drivers' permits at the Road Transport Department to-day were handed copies of the Motor Traffic Act and regulations, and were told that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Toll Figures for N.S.W. 1938 Better Than 1937 Minister's Statement Sydney
Road accidents in New South Wales for the 11 months of 1938 to November 30 decreased by 524 compared with a similar period in 1937,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Killed by Motor Lorry. Newcastle
Gordon Miles, 7, was fatally injured when he was run over by a motor lorry at Carrington to-day. One of the wheels of the vehicle practically severed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Traffic Regulations Disregarded Firmer Action Necessary. Sydney
Reiterating that firmer action was necessary to deal with motorists who flagrantly disregarded the traffic regulations the Minister for Transport, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth Charged Use Of Motor Car Case at Lismore Police Court. Lismore
Walter George Noble (20), pleaded not guilty at the Lismore Police Court to-day to a charge of having taken, and used a motor car, the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycle Leaves Road
Norman Clark (23) and Isabel Chalmers (19), both of East Brisbane, were injured when the motor cycle they were riding left the roadway on Sexton's Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycle Races Australian Titles Change
The Australian T.T. motor cycle races were held at Lobethal, South Australia, on 26th instant and were witnessed- by about 20,000 people…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Railway Bridge Necessary for the Hawkesbury
Careful investigations have revealed that a new railway bridge will have to be built over the Hawkesbury River, the Minister for Transport, Colonel M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Capsize on Woodburn Road
Last Friday afternoon Air. A. J Dale, of Dorrigo, escaped unscathed when his car rolled over a couple of times on the Woodburn road. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety The Four Absolutes
Here are what might be called the four "absolutes" for checking oneself in an effort to solve the human factor in the accident problem…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident on Forestry Dept. Road Work
A sad fatality occurred on the road instruction works being carried out by the Forestry Department at Cascade, about 11 o'clock on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Civil War Furious Fighting Continues Roads Filled with Refugees. London
General Franco made further headway to-day. It is announced that the vanguard of a mixed legion force reached the first houses of Borjas Blancas,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Railway Excursions This Month
For the convenience of those who were unable to take advantage of the excursion trains run in connection with the Christmas and New Year…
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