Toll of the Roads 427 Killed in Victoria 7278 Were Injured Last Year's Grim Record
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 27
In Victoria last year 427 persons were killed and 7278 injured in traffic accidents in public thoroughfares. More than, half of the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Mountain Road Cost £6000 Built to Carry Telescope Reflector Miracle of Science
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 39
It will have taken years to build, and have cost over a million pounds and the result—a…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →For Motor Cars
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 14
Polished stainless stool discs which which retain their natural finish indefinitely are being introduced in England. There has been difficulty in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →£250,000 Motor Assembly Plant Erection at Sydney
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 15
General Motors-Holdens Ltd. proposes to construct a new motor assembly plant in Sydney shortly at a cost of approximately £250,000. The…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motoring Reason for Head on Crashes
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 27
In America the average motorist drives within 4ft. of the kerb at 40 m.p.h. But at 50 he is seldom closer than 8ft. and more often than not…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Portions of Junee Under Water Motor Cars in Trouble
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 9
In Junee on Sunday morning heavy rain was heralded by thunder. For some hours it continued, and at 7 a.m. a number of roads in low-lying parts…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Brakes Locked and Motor Car Overturns Occupants Escape Serious Injury
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 6
Five people, one of them, a sevenmonth-old baby and another a boy of 2½ years, had remarkable escapes from serious injury when a utility truck…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dismissals on Railways
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 6
A large number of casual railway employees in the Junoo railway district were disnissed recently owing to sickness on the railways. At…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MULWALA Motor Collision
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 3
While driving a motor truck at the intersection of Melbourne and Inglis streets, Mulwala, on Wednesday last, H. Ball came into collision with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →May be Less Money for Main Roads in Hume Shire
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 6
The engineer of Hume Shire Council (Mr. W. A. Welsh) reported to a meeting of council yesterday that there was a likelihood of a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£200 Wanted for Improving Wagga Road Recreation Reserve
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 6
Hume Shire Council, at its meeting yesterday, decided to ask the Government to make a grant of £20 for improving Wagga Road recreation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Sets New Speed Record in Austral[?] Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 10
The Australian land speed speed record of 123 m.p.h. was shattered by Arthur Senior at Liverpool, this morning when he rode a motor cycle over…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Level Crossing Accident Motor Car Derails Engine. Fireman of Train Killed. Huntington, August 13
Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 4
Travelling at 70 m.p.h. to-day, a goods train struck a stalled car on a level crossing. The entire train was derailed, the fireman being killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hot Water Bottle That Became Cold Richard Tauber’s Complaint. Reply by N.S.W. Railway Chief. SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 August 1938 · page 1
Richard Tauber’s complaint about tho cold N.S.W. trains has been replied to by the Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan),…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Faster Stock Train for New- Market
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 3
Sir,—The result or the agitation of the Culcairn District Council of the farmers and Settlers Association for better stock train services by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Race J. McMAHON Wins Again
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 2
Reproducing the good form he displayed to win the previous road race, J. Mahon (11 min.) won the Malvern Star 15 miles road race conducted by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence a Gravel-starved Road (To The Editor)
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 2
Sir,--I should like to draw attention to the unsatisfactory condition of the Corowa-Jerlideric road, within 12 or 13 miles of Corowa. This road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Killed Motor Cycles Collide Woman Badly Injured Perth
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 8
Three persons were found lying dead, and a fourth seriously injured, on the Albany road near Mt. Barker, 300 miles from Perth, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Board Examines 600 Grades of Railway Employes Job Began in January, 1937
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 8
The Victorian Railways Classification Board, of which Judge Winneke is chairman, arrived in Albury by special rail motor at 5.45 p.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Later Stock Trains New Cattle Yards Request to Railways Stockowners Discuss Plans
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 August 1938 · page 1
When Mr Roberts, live stock agent of the Victorian Railways, meets representatives of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association and district graziers at…
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