Road to Patong[?]
The mostly constructed road from Pearl [?] [?], which was recently opened, while not a first class thoroughfare, is in good order for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
893 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 45
Fearful Train Fire. One Hundred Deaths. CANTON
Believed to be due to the ignition of a celluloid article, a fire broke out on the Kowlcon—Canton express, resulting in 85 deaths, including 35…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Moving Train Ablaze Three Carriages Destroyed Death Roll Nearly 100 CANTON, January 17
Believed due to the ignition of a celluloi[?]d article, a fire broke out on the Kowloon-Canton express, resulting in 85 deaths,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forty-hour Week. Granted French Railway Men. PARIS
President Lebrun to-day signed a decree enforcing a 40-hour working week on the railways, as from January 25th. It is expected that this will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →1,000,000 Passengers a Day Sydney Trams and Buses
Every week day more than 1,000,000 passengers are carried to an from Sydney by trams and buses alone, requiring the use of 1500 tramcars, 173…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All-steel Train on Sydney Run
Of the important developments on the railways system during the year, pride of place is accorded the epochmaking work now in progress at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loan for Road Works
A communication was read from the Local Government Department (per Mr. Ball), in connection with the council's application for assistance to…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Australianities Along the Road
Seated in a comfortable car beside a competent operator at the wheel, with sunshine all aglow, a cool breeze blowing, occasional box trees rushing…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Motor Magnate Advises Road Courtesy Lord Austin's Success Started in Australia
Seventy years ago, on November 8th, 1866, a son was born to a hard-working farmer in the rural village of Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire,…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Electric Train Accident. Carriage Breaks Asunder. SYDNEY, Friday Noon
When portions of an empty electric train leaped the rails between Campsie and Canterbury, this morning, one carriage broke completely in two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Sulky Accident Mr. A. B. Schultz Killed Body Found on Road
The dead body of Mr. A. B. Schultz, 45, a well-known farmer of this district, and son of Mr. and Mrs. F. EL Schultz, Henry, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Loud Speakers on Trams "Travelling Radio Shops"
"Melbourne's idea of fitting tram cars with loud speakers to enable the drivers to announce stopping places does not appeal to us," says a London…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Electrification Plan New South Wales Railways £12,000,000 Outlay
A big scheme of planned electrical development, involving the expenditure of £12,000,000, spread over a period of eight or nine years, and providing…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Railway Unions Reduced Working Hours Advocated
More than 150,000 unionists in the railway service of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, were…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Fumes Kill Child in Motor Truck Was Asleep on the Floor
Carbon monoxide fumes rising through floorboards from a leaky exhaust pipe caused the death of Joyce Ellen Rees, aged two years and nine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Increased Number of Motor Vehicles
The Premier (Mr. Stevens) said that there had been a consistent and substantial increase in motor traffic during recent years. Figures which he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motors Six of Twelve Volts ?
Amateurs are often justifiably perplexed by the fact that whereas most American, car manufacturers favor six-volt electrical systems the trend in the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Motor Traffic Act. a Batch of Summonses
In the Court of Petty Sessions, on Thursday, before the P.M., a batch of summons cases under the Motor Traffic Act was heard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Notes
The fact that the older an automobile becomes, the less it is used, has been cited as a reason why some concession should be made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety Co-operation Needed
The Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner), in a speech at the annual dinner of the Motor Trades Association in Sydney…
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