Road Safety the Motorist (No. 2)
In the modern car the motorist has placed in his hands an instrument that can be of immense benefit and enjoyment. He can move from place to place…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1937
936 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 10 of 47
Road Defects As Accident Causes
In the report on the Administration of the British Road Fund for 1935-36 there is given an analysis of tho causation of 760 accidents on roads in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Settlers' Road Meeting at Topi Topi
There was a very enthusiastic meeting at Topi Topi hall on Saturday night, 13th March, when the new settlers of the Wootton brush and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cement Dryer to Speed Up Road Making
Setting concrete is one of the trickiest tasks facing road-makers and bridge-builders. A new method has now been perfected whereby wet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring Cause of Clutch Slip
Most drivers of cars equipped with four speeds make a habit of omitting first gear, and starting away from rest In second, unless the car is facing a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Both Legs Severed Seaman Under Railway Truck Sydney
Joseph Carroll, 28, a seaman on the steamer Port Brisbane, was knocked down by a railway truck at Darling Harbour last night. Both legs were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motorist Pays
Australian motorists paid to the various Stare Governments. £5,562,580 in registration, license, and other fees during last financial year, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Waste of Time
One hundred and fifty "man-hours" a day are estimated to be spent by the London Metropolitan Police in attended courts to give evidence in motoring…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed by Train. Sydney
Daniel McArthur, a steelworker, was struck by a train and killed instantly at Port Kembla last night. Deceased and two other men were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trespassing on Railway Property
At the local police court on Saturday morning last, before Messrs. Thomas and Newton J's.P., three young men, Allan Lee, Joseph Allen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Children Injured by Motor Car Serious Accident Near Craven
At about 12.30 o'clock ;on Sunday morning, Patricia King, aged 11 years and Marion King, aged 10, were struck by a motor car and more or less…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cases
John Frederickton Bunyan pleaded guilty to having driven an unregistered vehicle on Taree-Tuncurry Road on January 8; also with having in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Men Praised by Commissioner
The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) told members of the Women's Guild of Empire at luncheon in Sydney last Friday that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trespass on Railway
Roy Donovan, charged with trespass on railway property, was fined £1, in default two days' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Worker's Death Labourer Convicted of Manslaughter
James Wears (46), labourer, was acquitted of murder, but was found guilty of manslaughter, "with an extreme recommondation for merey," at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety Hints for Children. (Article 4.)
Hope for the solution of the road accident problem lies largely with the rising generation. It is proverbially difficult to teach an old dog…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →International Over-land Tour. 25,000 Miles by Road
In the spring of 1937 there is due to leave Australia an overland tour which will circle the world and cover more than 25,000 miles by car…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Happy Easter? Assistance of Motorists Sought
With the Easter holidays around the corner, the great majority of our citizens will be straining at the leash of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety. The Pedestrian. —(3)—
Road safety is a problem that will confront the pedestrian throughout his life, and, without exaggerating the position the length of his life…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forster to Tiona Road Letter to Stroud Shire. Council
At the recent meeting of Stroud Shire Council the following letter was received from the secretary of the Forster Urban Committee:—…
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