Sleeper on Line Struck by Rail Motor. Brisbane
A railway sleeper weighing over one cwt. was placed on the Cairns-Mareeba railway line last night. The rail motor driver saw the obstacle in time to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1939
1,208 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 61
Railways Deficit of £750,000 Reply To Miners' Claims Arbitration Court Evidence Sydney
A deficit of over £750,000 instead of a surplus of £30,000 may be experienced on the railways for the current financial year ending June…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trams Collp 40 People Injured Many Children On Board Sensation at Campekdown Sydney
Two crowded trams collided in Parramatta road. Camperdown, today, and 40 people were injured. The front of one tram and the rear…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accident
A motor car accident, fortunately unattended with serious results, occurred late on Tuesday night, January 17, 1939, on the road from Taree to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Safety Protection of Children
School vacation will soon be drawing to a close and many thousands of children throughout the State will be travelling by various means of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety the Highway Code
The Minister for Transport and President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales recently had published a code comprising such…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The Road to Reno" Introduces Hope Hampton
Unlike the majority of grand opera and concert singers, Miss Hope Hampton has a liking for popular music of the day. Therefore, when the diva…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No Cattle on Roads All Straying Stock to Be Impounded Drastic Decision
In another part of this issue there is a copy of a report submitted to last meeting of the Shire Council, by Mr. J. Towell, assistant health…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Toll Worst In State's History Strong Comment by Minister. Sydney
Between December 23 and January 14 last 31 persons were killed and 405 injured in road accidents in New South Wales. The figures were released…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dorrigo Shire Council Meeting Road Of Access Scheme Sanitary Services on Reserves
At the monthly meeting of the Dorrigo Shire Council, held in the Shire Chambers at Coramba there were in attendance Crs. W. M. Mark…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Accident Former M.L.A. Involved
Mr. J. J. Fitzgerald, one of the representatives for Oxley in the State Parliament under proportional representation some years apo, was in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Racing New Record Created
The Australian Motorists Petrol Co. have received telegraphic advice that John Snow, driving a Delahaye at Coorong on a pipe clay track…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Tour Coffs to Melbourne
As a change and in order to see as much as we can, let us take the road from Melbourne via the Prince's Highway on the homeward journey. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram and Hearse Collide At Funeral Suit for Damages
The Court of Appeal, gave their reasons for allowing an appeal by the plaintiffs from a decision of Deputy Judge Harrison at the Liverpool Court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Experimental Motor Yacht
An experimental, motor yacht of unique hull construction which, it is claimed, may greatly increase speed at sea has been launched on the Tyne…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Developmental Railways
Sir, -- The more one examines this question the more staggered one becomes at the claim usually put forward by city residents and uninformed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ambulance Car for Victorian Railways. Melbourne
The Victorian Railway Commissioner, Mr. Clapp, has had completed a special ambulance railway carriage for use in times of emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tamworth-goondiwindi Road
Bingara Municipal Council has agreed that the Mayor, Ald. V. R. Peacocke, and the Deputy Mayor, Ald. C. Doherty, should attend the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Toll of the Roads Motorists Criticised Support for Minister's Comments. Sydney
The criticism of motorists yesterday by the Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, was supported to-day by the secretary of the Royal Automobile Club…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Safety Children (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
School vacation Will soon be drawing to a close and many thousands of children throughout the State will be travelling by various means of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →