Motorists' Ordeal Car Plunges Into River
Remarkable escapes from serious injuries, although they went through a terrifying. ordeal, were experienced by members of a party of motorists on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1937
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From a Railway Carriage
FASTER than fairies, faster than witches, Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Motorist's Lucky Escape
Taking his eyes off the road to check his watch by the Monument clock at lunch yesterday, a motorist had a lucky escape from accident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Passenger Mail Motors Introduced
First of their kind to be used for regular passenger traffic in victoria. the passenger mail motors introduced on the shepparton-Dookie…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed on Road. Motor Cycle Rider. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon
George A. Faulkiner (42), of Yowie Bay, was killed this morning, when his motorcycle and side-car crashed over a culvert off Port Hack…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Programme Municipal Council to Spend £2219
THE engineer (Mr. Tombs) submitted details of the main roads programme for 1937 to the Municipal Council at last night's meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hume Shire Council 1¾d. Rate Struck Koringal Road Finished
At last Friday's meeting of the Hume Shire Council Mr. J. M, Esler, inspector, reported having notified seven landholders. Including the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Station Fatality
The taking of evidence at the inquiry into the death of Bernard John Thomas Kennedy, who was killed at the Junee Railway Station on 30th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Finley Road Aldermen Seek Improvements
At the municipal council meeting on Monday night. Ald Matthews said he noticed that no amount appeared on the estimates for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Stock Train West Moraco Agisted Cattle for Market Mathoura
A special train of 50 trucks of cattle belonging to Mr. S. Clark is being loaded to-day. The cattle were agisted at Moraoo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Napier Street Bridge New Structure to Have Two Spans of 7 Feet
At the municipal council meeting on Monday night the mayor (Ald. McFaull) said that the engineer was preparing estimates of a structure to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aerodrome at Albury
The Mayor of Albury stated that attention was being given to the provision of an aerodrome site at Albury. The main requirement for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Aeroplane For Mr. G. B. S. Falkiner
An Aeronca fight monoplane which has arrived from England for Mr. G.B. S.Falkiner of Haddon Rig near Warren will shortly make its first Flight at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Napier St. Bridge to Be Replaced by Concrete Structure
The old wooden bridge over the lagoon in Napier street is to be replaced this year by a concrete two span type of bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety Campaign. Fails to Reduce Fatalities. SYDNEY
Despite the safety campaigns and oilier means of reducing road accidents, the death roll has now attained grave proportions, and stern action…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Road Accident. Doctor and Daughter Injured. CANBERRA
Dr. R. J. Tillyard, formerly Government entomologist at Canberra, and his daughter were badly injured yesterday, when a car driven by Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Corowa Municipal Council Maim Roads Works to Cost £1757 Unemployed Still Unprovided for
At the monthly meeting of the Corowa Municipal Council held on Tuesday night last, January 12, 1937, there were present: His Worship the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Underwater Motoring
The new tunnel under the Thames, linking Dartford with Purfleet, has "been designed with a carriage—way 20 feet wide, situated about 80-feet below…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Doctor's Death a Natural Calamity Motor Accident Near Goulburn Goulburn
At an inquest concerning the death of Dr. R. J. Tiliyard, Miss Gwenda Cornforth, of Mosman, said she though the car in which Tiliyard…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways Union Conference Sydney
The first conference of the Railway Union opened in Sydney to-day. Plans for obtaining a 40-hour working week among railway and tramworkers will…
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