Road Accidents Increase Last Year Excessive Speed a Major Cause
The toll of road accidents in New South Wales for the year ended June 30 last showed an increase m the number of victims killed and insured above…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
1,100 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 55
Stacking of Wheat Allowed in Railway Buildings
The decision of the Wheat Silo Board in prohibiting the stacking of wheat in railway buildings where silos were established will be partly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Killed Machine in Second Fatality
Following his custom of going to Adelong to join his brothers, Oscar and Reginald, for Christmas, Frank Walsh, 31 years, started from Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Christmas Morning Accident Man's Leg Broken Struck by Motor Cycle
Christmas Day dawned rather disastrously for Mr. John Joyce, of Strathfield. Soon after midnight he was struck by a motor cycle and sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Women As Traffic Police
In Chickasha, Oklahoma, 23 women on the relief rolls have been appointed as traffic police. Waving red flags, they direct traffic from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways' Losses
When a railway guard with 17 years' service, was convicted at the Morec Police Court on a charge of having stolen 20 bags of maize,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Strike. Railway Men Will Not Participate. Crews From All Vessels Called Out. Miners May Decide to Strike on Wednesday. Sydney, Monday Night
Hopes entertained by the Seamen's Union, and miners' organisation, for a general strike, were dashed to the ground, to-day, when the powerful…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Washaways. Engine Capsized in Mud. a Narrow Escape. Mossgiel
The rainstorm in the Ivanhoe district on Saturday afternoon, did a great deal of damage to the railway line between Ivanhoe and Menindie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay Railway Station. Good December Business
By courtesy of the station master, Mr. Gay, we are able to give particulars of the Hay railway station business for December, a very good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Check on Sheep Stealing Motor Track Permits
When the Victorian Stockowners’ Protection Act, which was passed last season, operates throughout the State, the use of motor trucks to facilitate sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Transport Competition with Railways People Should Make Own Choice
Mr. Leslie Walton, chairman of Vauxhall Motors, London, addressed the Millions Club in Sydney last week on problems associated with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →School Train Well Patronised
Approximately 650 school children end adults travelled from Echuca to Melbourne on the special holiday train which was chartered by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Wagga Men in Motor Smash Car Somersaults Neap Chiltern
A car driven by Ernest Henrys, of Wagga, in which there were five others, crashed into a guide post about half a mile from Chiltern. After…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Motors Easy Cure for Engine Fumes
There is a vital difference between the innocuous fumes which come from the outside of the engine and sometimes are driven back into the front…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Diesel Cabs on the Railways
The Western Australian Government has agreed to buy six Diesel rail cars, to be used on branch lines to replace mixed trains, at a cost of £65,000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Victorian Railway Excursions
Particulars of tho January rail excursions to Melbourne, at greatly reduced faros, are announced by the Railways Commissioners in to-day's…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Victoria Has Moke Motor Vehicles
Increased activities of the Victorian Registration branch in 19 35 made necessary, reorganisation and expansion of its quarters. Statistics for 1935,…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Man and Child Killed Motor Cycle and Lorry Crash
Two persons—a man and a child—were killed, and a man was seriously injured, when a motor cycle and side car collided with a motor lorry at the…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →To Sydney More Railway Excursions
Advice has been received from the office of the Commissioner for Railways, Sydney, that a reasonable number of Denlliquin residents took…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Excursions to and From Sydney This Month
Following closely upon the very extensive series of excursions which served all parts of the State during December, the Department of Railways…
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