Motor Notes
Few Australian motorists are aware that the word "petrol" was not always used as a common designation of petroleum spirit. The word was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
1,100 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 55
Missing Aeroplane Rumours Concerning Southern Cloud
During the week-end the mystery of the disappearance of the Sydney Melbourne mall palne, Southern Cloud, was again brought to mind…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Koringal Road Improvements
The Hume Shire Council on Friday last, decided to contribute half the cost involved in connection with the deviation of the Keringal boundary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Old Woman Attacked While Travelling in Train. BRISBANE
Mrs. A. C. Roessler (73), of Toowoomba, who was travelling by the Bundaberg mail train, was brutally attacked and robbed. The discovery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Losses Reductions Last Yeah
Losses on Australian Government railways were less last financial year than in any year since 1924-25, and amounted to less than half the losses…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Contracts
Tenders are invited by Windouran Shire Council, closing on July 8, for two contracts for reforming, and resurfacing on the Pretty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycle Road Race in First Competitive Ride
Having his first ride in a race Frank Seymour (off the limit mark, 5 minutes), won the 5-mile road race conducted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cause of Rail Deficits Road User's Reply to Mr. Clapp
The statement made by the chairman of the Victorian Railways Commissioners with regard to the railway deficit and the effect of road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.S.W. Transport Act Report by Mr. Maddocks. Co-ordination of Road and Rail Services Favored. Experiences Gained on Recent World Tour
The Commissioner of Road Transport and Tramways (Mr. Maddocks) who recently toured the world to investigate the co-ordination of road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damaging Road Signs
Because of possible danger to motorists through damage to cats-eye signs at dangerous spots on highways, Hume, Shire Council has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed by Motor Train Walla Walla Tragedy Inquest at Culcairn
The inquest concerning the death of Alvin Wenke as the result of a collision between a railway motor train and a motor truck near Walla Walla…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Killed by Motor Train Inquest on Boy's Death Evidence at Culcairn
An inquest was held at Culcairn on Monday last into the collision between a motor truck and the Corowa motor train, near Walla, on April 13,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Toll of the Road Keeping Highways Safe Warning by Police
DURING the year 1934, 285 persons were killed and 4,867 injured in street accidents in which motor vehicles were concerned, and the figures showed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Culcairn Shire Council Report on Shires Conference Alma Park Road Tenders
The monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council was held on Monday, there being present:—Councillors P. H. Paech (president), J. H. Balfour, C. Murray, T. King, A. Ross, E. M. Thomas. L. C. Lindner, W. M. Odewahn; the shire engineer (Mr. T. B. Sheppard), and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motors Rise in Tyre Pressures
After travelling a long distance at high, speed it will be found, if a test is made with the tyre-gauge, that the inflation pressure has risen…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Railway Improvement Cootamundra-albury Section
The Railways Department announced that the completion of the laying of heavy rails between Cootamundra and Albury would cost £1,000,000, and…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Speedway Rider Killed Champion Motor-cyclist
Robert Coombes, aged 25 years, of Lithgow, better known as "Bobby Blake," a champion motor-cyclist, was killed at the Maroubra Speedway on…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Flying Motor Cars Next
Flying motor cars were envisaged in the near future by a leading American motor industry executive, Mr. J. L. Todd, who reached Auckland (N.Z.) on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Transport the Safest
Official statistics released recently show that during the past 10 years, 1,540,000,000 railway passengers were carried in New South Wales without…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Found on Railway Line Body of Naval Pensioner. Extensive Injuries. Sydney
The body of James Bigurs, 74, Naval pensioner, was found on the railway line at Chatswood this morning with both legs and an…
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