Permanent Way for Heavy, High Speed Traffic. ("The Railway Gazette," London)
There is a universal tendency to increase the weight and speed of trains. Within fifty years, maximum train weight has risen from…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
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Railway Commissioners
Mr. Whitehouse has informed us that the Railway Commissioners will visit Grenfell between the 14th and 18th February…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weekly Motor Notes Watch the Luggage
The Royal Automobile Club of Australia advises motorists, who intend to carry an amount of luggage and camping gear during the holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Contractors Penalised Work Overdue in Road Undertakings Shire Council Acts
Several months ago the Jemalong Shire Council warned its contractors that If they failed to complete their undertakings on main…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FINED £20 Drove Motor When Drunk
In the first case to be tried under the amended motor traffic law John Davis was fined £20 and disqualified from holding a lience for three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Passenger Train Missing. Sydney
The Murwillumbah passenger train which left Casino at 3.5 yesterday afternoon, and should have reached The Risk, 14 miles from the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Egyptian Military High-way
The road from Ismailia to Cairo is the first one in Egypt now being re-constructed by the Egyptian Government under the terms of the Treaty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →COMPLETED Bedgerabong Suspension Bridge BEDGERABONG, Wed
The suspension bridge is completed and now open for light traffic. It is renovated on a stronger and more substantial scale and should be of service…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bedgerabong Road Extensive Work Being Done BEDGERABONG, Wed
Extensive repairs --talked of for many years now--are being made to our roads. When all the sections catalogued' for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Missing Train in Flood Areas Straded in Mud? No Official Anxiety (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday!
The Sydney Murwillumbah passenger train whichw left Casino at 3.6 p.m. yesterday afterhoon, and should have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Free Ride in Railway Truck And Now Free Lodgings
To "jump the rattler" is the idea of Alwyn Thomas (21), Frank Nethan (20) and Noel James Morrison (19) for travelling round the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Men Hurt When Flivver Overturned West Wyalong Accident
When a railway motor Driver left the rails at Wyalong Central during the week six men were thrown heavily to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loses His License For Driving Car In Dangerous Manner First Conviction Under New Motor Traffic Act An Old-Standing Charge
FOR driving a car in a manner dangerous to the public, on August 14, 1937, Edgar Arthur Pascoe, a motor mechanic, was on Tuesday, at Forbes Police Court fined £5 by Mr. J. A. S. Balmain, relieving P.M. Although the offence was committed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed by Motor Cars Colossal Figures
"War is hell"—but the motor car is worse, according to statistics just issued by the American authorities. The figures are almost unbelievable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Orange Aerodrome
Captain V. Burgess, district superintendent of the Civil Aviation Board, on a visit to Orange, stated that he was satisfied with the 100-acre…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist's Mishap Brake Fails on Corner Unpleasant Experience
To feel the brakes respond and then suddenly fail while negotiating a sharp corner was the unenviable experience of Mr. Jack…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Railway Pioneer Mr. Edward Millard. in Reminiscent Ve
Mr. Edward Millard, of Bim has been a patient in the You [?]trict Hospital since a fortnig fore Christmas, is 81 years[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Swept Away By Severe Ice Jam (By Wire) Sydney
A cable from New York states:— One or the worst ice jams in history swept away the Niagara Falls view bridge, linking the United States and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Motor Deal Claim for Repairs on a "Trade-in" Coles and Cannon Successful
In the local Small Debts Court on Tuesday, Coles and Cannon, garage proprietors, Forbes, were given a verdict for £0126 and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Rubber Number Plates
Number plates made of rubbers are now obtainable in England. Their advantages are that they will not rattle, that they do not reflect the…
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