Saving Petrol Gas Used in Motor Buses
About 12 months ago, it was reported that, with a view to conserving petrol, the Japanese Ministry of Commerce and Industry had decided to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
2,677 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 134
Mater of History Steel Studs in Motor Tyres
Few motorists in this country are awn re that, 30 years ago, many cars in Australia were equipped with pneumatic tyres in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Safety Care of 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 willbe travelling, by various means of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sleeper on the Line Crowded Train Bumps Into It. Sydney
When an electric train, crowded with picnickers and surfers, was near Dulwich Hill railway station last night it bumped into a sleeper, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads From Spain Strewn With Dead o Pitiful Plight of Refuges Gruesome Stories of Tortured Prisoners London, January 29
Anarchists and Communists now control Puigcerda, which is full of starving refugees from Spain, states a message from Perpignan, France. The Loyalist colonel commanding the town has left for France. A hundred former members of the International Brigade, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Situation in Spain Bodies Lying Beside the Road (Australian Press Assn. Message). PERPIGNAN (Spain)
Anarchists and Communists control Puigeerda, which is full of starving refugees, the Loyalist colonel commanding the town having left for France. LONDON, Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bumped Sleeper Crowded Electric Tram SYDNEY
While an electric train crowded with picnickers and surfers was near Dulwich Hill railway station last night, it bumped into a sleeper which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sharp Penalty Gaol for Negligent Motorist Wellington (N.z.)
A sentence of nine months' imprisonment with hard labour was imposed on Thomas Hannam for negligent driving and causing bodily harm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Killed Motor Cycle Accidents Near Sydney Sydney
Two motor cyclists were fatally injured near Sydney in collisions on Sunday. Alexander Grant, a motor driver, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pelton Railway Bridge
On November 24th., 1938, a fatality occurred on the main road Cessnock to Wollombi, in the vicinity of the Pelton Railway Bridge, which crossed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm at Wingham Road Blocked by Trees
Considerable damage was done by a storm which passed over the outskirts of the town on Wednesday afternoon. Fences on farming…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Killed in Aeroplane Crashes Ernie Buck Loses His Life at Orange Megalong Disaster Sydney
Air accidents in New South Wales during the past few days caused the deaths of three fliers, including Ernest Buck, chief instructor of the Newcastle Aero Club…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grim Toll of Road Three Weeks Worst on Record Laws Will Be Enforced, Says Minister
Between December 23 and January, 11, 31 persons were killed and 405 injured in road accidents in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illegal Use of Motor Cars Jockey Sentenced NEWCASTLE
For illegally using two motor cars, Ernest Moran, 27, jockey, was sentenced to three months gaol by Mr. Soane, S.M., in the Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Vehicles Production in U.S.A. and Canada
Motor vehicle production in the United States and Canada during 1938, was approximately 2,635,000 cars and commercial vehicles, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →79 M.P.H. AVERAGE Junior Motor Cycle Title MELBOURNE
With an average speed of 79.25 m.p.h., a record, N. Osborne (Victoria) won the Australian junior motor cycling title at Cowes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Spine Fractured Motor Car Overturns SYDNEY
Mrs. Florence Furneaus, 49, suffered a probable fracture of the spine when a car driven by her husband overturned on Pennant Hills-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Seas Motor Vessel Buffeted Logs Lost Overboard
Forty big logs stowed on the deck of he British motor ship Jersey caused extensive damage before being lost overboard in a heavy storm. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Employees Proposed Transfer From Dungog
Mr. C. E. Bennett, M.L.A., has been advised as follows by the Hon. M. F. Bruxner, Minister for Transport:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Not Identified Boy Killed on Train SYDNEY
A boy, who was struck bya steel stanchion at the Dulwich Hill railway station while travelling in a train, has not yet been identified…
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