Singeton Train Changes Effects of the Strike SIN[?]‘
Futher [?] in the traffic service the club [?] are in operation The [?] mail which rab daily to and from Si[?] has been…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
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Motor World Over £11,000,000 IN 1939 Motorists’ High Contribution To Revenue Figures for States
For the second time, a substantial increase in the petrol tax has been implemented in Australia by the Commonwealth Government. The first occasion was back in 1926, when the Federal Aid Roads Agreement was brought into operation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motorist Fined Drove Through Mob Of Cattle Muswellbrook Case Muswellbrook
At the Muswellbrook police court, before Mr. G. J. Johnson P.M. Arthur Thomas Dal[?]y was fined £[?] with [?] costs, on a charge of [?]ling to stop…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Killed in Filercegale Tree Falls on Motor Car Wollongong, Saturday
In one of the work gales in the history of the Wollongong district one man was kilted and a was badly injured last night…
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Motor vehicles registered in New south Wales at the end of April totalled [?]458, said the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. C. N…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lucky Escapes Cycle Over Bridge
Arthur McRae, 23, of Woollahra, and Sylvia Hogg, 23, of Weston, had remarkable escapes yesterday afternoon when a motor cycle skidded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Children Killed by Governor's Train
The train which was carrying the Governor of South Australia (Sir Malcolm Barclay Harvey) and the Vice-regal party on an official visit to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motorists Corner
Petrol has assumed a three-point interest for us of late-quantity quality and price. On the subject of quantity, no…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Three Fined Trespassed on Railway Maitland Case
Edward John Green (27), Jack Hudson (19) and Norman William Brown (21) appeared [?] Mr. E. M. Debenham, J.P. at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge at Hexham Member's Inquiry
In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. C. E. Bennett, M.L.A., asked the Minister for Transport the following question:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety Is War Effort
Development of the war to its present gigantic stage has coincided with a noticeable increase in the numbers of accidents due to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge to Span Hunter "Call Tenders Soon"
The Commissioner for Main Roads (Mr. H. H. Nowell) said at the opening of a new ibridge across the Manning River at Taree on Friday that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fell Under Train Elderly Man Injured SYDNEY
Reuben Dunbar, 75, an auctioneer and estate agent of Woy Woy, was about to board a train at Gosford this morning when he slipped and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mammoth C.O.R. Road Tanker Visits Scone
A great deal of interest was aroused recently by the arrival at Scone of the largest road tanker of its kind in Australia. This' new C.O.R…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Run Over by Train. Elderly Man in Critical Condition. Woy Woy
Reuben Dunban (75), auctioneer and estate agent, of Woy Woy, was about to board a train for Gosford this morning when he slipped and fell, one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclists Injured at Weston
When a motor cycle skidded and went over the side of the overhead bridge at Weston on Sunday afternoon the rider…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motorists' Corner Official R.a.c.a. Notes New Use for Cider
I hear that a Melbourne inventor has invented an apparatus that will enable a car to run—no, not on rain—but on apple-juice. Although I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DANCE—EUCHRE Railway Tennis Club SINGLETON
The funds of the Railway institute Tennis Club will beni[?] by approximately £6 as the result of a dance and euchre held in the N.A.A…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Driver Charged Alleged Negligence Motors Collide
Gerle C. E. [?], of Herbert[?] Collarenebri, pleaded not guilty at the West Maitland Court to-day, to a charge of negligent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australia's Aeroplane Manufacture Canberra
Charges of inefficiency and delay in Australia's aeroplane manufacture were made to-day by the leader of the non-Communist Labor Party (Mr…
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