Road Smashes Pedestrian Decapitated Child Killed Sydney
Two persons were Killed ana 10 injured in Sydney motor accidents yesterday. When he was crossing King's Cross…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
2,371 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 34 of 119
Border Restrictions Motorists Complain Sydney
The president of the N.R.M.A., Mr. J. C. Watson, declared to-day that interstate border restrictions were so bad that it was easier to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vast Expansion Freighting Goods by Motor American Statistics
The remarkable expansion that has taken place in recent years in U.S.A. in freighting goods by motor vehicles may be gathered from recent official figures made available in that country. Striking facts were elicited from a survey by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Accidents Careless Pedestrians
An important and far-reaching legal decision was recently given in England as the outcome of an action by a motorist against a pedestrian who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Found on Truck Trespass on Railway NEWCASTLE
On Good Friday night three young men were found on top of a laden railway truck at Fassifern and were arrested. The goods in the truck were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Keen Rivals John Cobb—Eyston Motor Speed
The cabled news that John Cobb, the well-known British motor racing ace, has adopted a revolutionary design for the super-speed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Aid for Motorists
In the Lincoln Tunnel under the Hudson River, New York, obliging "traffic cops" stand by in readiness with emergency equipment to change…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Prestige How It Is Regarded in Germany
The value Germany places on the prestige gained by international motor car race victories is exemplified by the recent announcement by Herr…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stripes on Cars Offending Motorists
Four-inch red stripes are painted on the cars of motoring offenders at Santa Ana, California. This form of punishment is the idea…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclist Injured Collided With Motor Car CESSNOCK
When the motor cycle he was riding collided with a car at the intersection of Wollombi Road and Percy-street last night, Arthur Muxlow, 30,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Ballots System Criticised SYDNEY
Criticism of way in which Tramway Union ballots for A.L.P. pre-selection were conducted, was made by Mrs. Fowler (Newtown) at the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Orders Motor Firm's Needs Raw Materials
The value of the British automobile manufacturing business to industry in general in the United Kingdom may be gauged from the fact that one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drastic Action Main Roads Department Council Criticism
Instead of falling in line with a request from the Main Roads Department and ordering the removal of a certain dual-heat petrol pump…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Taxation Dangers of English System
A London motoring journal, referring to the English form of motor taxation on horse power, says that every i possible effort must be made to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Racing Motorist Victim of Accident WAGGA
The body of George C. Martin, 37, the Victorian representative of the Cunard Line, was found to-day in his car at Lower Tarcutta. The car had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Dangerous Speeding English Motorist Charged. Sydney
In the Traffic Court to-day, Peter Neild Whitehead, an English motor racing driver, who won the Grand Prix at Bathurst last Monday, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car and Tram Collide Air Pilot Killed
First-Officer Reginald Lancelot Peverell, 30, married, of Lutwyche, a pilot employed by Qantas Empire Airways, Ltd., was fatally injured when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Gauge Broken Hill Line Change Urged Sydney
A conference of the Chambers of Commerce of New South Wales opened in Sydney to-day. Matters concerning railway construction occupied a…
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Patrol maintenance is proceeding on the various main roads. The 1938 programme has been submitted to the department and includes the tarring…
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From F. Bogie concerning culvert on The Branch-Tea Gardens Road.— On the motion of Crs. Zeininger and Flannery it was decided to ask Mr…
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