Motor WORLD Progress Review Of Motor Industry In Australia
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 8
The Australian automobile industry was only in its [?] when the last war started; in fact, it was not until after the 1914-1916 fighting terminated that the motorisation of this country really started to get under way. When that [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Warming Driving On Tramlines
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 8
A. warning to motorists against driving with the wheels of their cars on tram lines fn wet weather is issued by the N.R.M.A…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Fall From Tram Sydney
Maitland Mercury · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 3
Mrs. Blanche Annette Wilson, 79 of Waterloo, who was injured when she fell to the road as she was about to [?] from a from in Double Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Hurled Against Wall Badly Hurt in Fall From Train
Singleton Argus · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 2
Frederick Case, 50, of Parramatta, was seriously injured on Saturday when he fell from a train at Town Hall station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Accidents in N. S. Wales Death Rate Down in 1939
Singleton Argus · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 2
The death rate in road accidents in New South Wales during 1939 showed a decrease of 7 per cent. compared with the previous year. Deaths…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fractured Ribs Motor Cycle and Car Collide SYDNEY
Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 6
When a motor cycle crashed into a car at the corner of Park Avenue and Pacific Highway, Gordon, late yesterday afternoon, Arthur Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Yes, I’m Drunk” Motorist’s Admission NEWCASTLE
Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 1
“Yes, I’m drunk’ said Reginald Clarence Toby (21), labourer. when questioned by Constable Grannall [?] Tighe’s Bill, on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Injured Motor Car and Utility Track Smash
Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 4
When a motor car in which they were travelling and a utility track collided at the cornel of Harris and Hassall-streets, Parramatta, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Out for 2 YEARS Motor Lorry Driver Second Offence Newcastle
Maitland Mercury · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 4
Having been previously convicted, Claude Harold Walter (44) was today disqualified from holding a driver’s licence for two years. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Would Like More Main Roads
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 2
Whilst eulogising the Main Roads Department for splendid work carried out in the North Coast districts in recent years, and particularly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Tolls. Proposed Increase Raises Protests. Sydney
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 2
Most residents of the North Shore are up in arms at the report that bridge tolls may be increased. Alderman C. C. Faulkner declared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sorrow of Road Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 3
In the accidents that have occurred on the roads of New South Wales in the last 14 days the following tragedies are recorded:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Road Sought Clarence Town-limeburners Cheek
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 1
During his visit to Allynbrook on Wednesday afternoon last, Mr. C. E. Bennet, M.L.A., introduced to Mr. H. H. Newell, Commissioner of Main…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The Muswellbrook Chronicle" TUESDAY, 27th FEBRUARY, 1940. Upper Hunter Primary Producers District Council's 23rd Annual Meeting Ah Retiring Officers Re-elected. Shire Rates and Settlers—Water Conservation—Sharp Criticism of Government—Butter Substitutes—Motor Taxation—Recruits and Railway Fares
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 3
The twenty-third annual meeting of the Upper Hunter District Council of the Primary Producers' Union was held at Muswellbrook on Friday last,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Displays At Maitland Show THE 1940 DODGE
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 9
The 1940 Dodge which will be [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Singleton-putty Road Work
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 8
Sir,—I wish to reply to the article written by “Rescreport,” regarding the conditions on the Singleton-Putty read Job. He state that Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell From Speeding Train Schoolboy Injured
Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 1
Palling from the carriage of a fast-moving train on the railway line between Macdonaldtown and Redfern on Monday afternoon, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →COST £5570 Cessnock—Wollombi Road CESSNOCK
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 6
The shire engineer (Mr. L. Gratton) reported to Kearsley Shire Council last night that the construction of portion of the Cessnock-Wollombi…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lake Road Deputation to The Minister CESSNOCK
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 10
Kearsley Shire Council decided at its mooting last night to be represented on a deputation to the Minister for transport relative to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Safety Price of Careless Loading Reduce Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 10
The path of road safety work is strewn with difficulties, [?] dangerous phase is [?] up when [?] pashas its ugly…
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