Holiday Deaths Young Man Drowned Several Road Fatalities Melbourne
Jack Holt, aged 21, of Como Parade Mordialloc, was, drowned in Port Phillip Ray to-day. A poor swimmer, Holt was hanging on to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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A’s Have It at Flemington, “Hurst Park” Says Amiable and Avenger Chosen For Big Double Pooley Bridge for Hurdle Caimsmore and Mukama Each to Score
The A’s have it. After a careful summary of the condition and form of the horses engaged in the Standish and Bagot Handicaps, Amiable and Avenger are selected to win the important summer double at Flemington to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →47 Lives Lost in N.S.W. Holiday Motoring Toll Worse Than Last Year Road Deaths Predominate Ten Persons Were Drowned SYDNEY
The death roll in N.S.W. since Christmas Eve numbers 47 persons, 23 of whom died in road accidents. This compares with a death roll of 30 in the same period last year. The preceding year the death roll was only 19…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Type of Bandit Takes to the Road Crash Victims and Then Rob Them! Sydney
Police are searching for a new type of bandits, whom they have been informed ran down a cyclist with their motor cycle and side-car and robbed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flouting Traffic Laws Minister on Some Motorists. SYDNEY
The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner. said last night that motorists who wilfully flouted the traffic laws would be given no quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chiltern Motorists Have Fortunate Escape
When his car left the highway at the western end of Conness st., Chiltern, yesterday morning, and struck a head on, Bernard Coyle, a local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Little Girl Injured in Fall From Motor Car
June Lane, aged 5, of Belmore, Sydney, who was travelling from Sydney with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. Lane, sustained a. fractured knee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety (Issued by the Road Safety Council or New South [?]
Points In driving which [?] observed by all who [?] vehicles:— 1.—When starting for a long drive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Must Know Rules of the Road Test for Car Drivers Sydney
Applicants for drivers’ permits at the Road Transport Department today were handed 12 copies of the Motor Traffic Act and regulations, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →514 Road Deaths in N.S.W. IN 11 MONTHS Minister Releases Analysis Decrease Compared With Corresponding Period in 1937 SYDNEY
Road accidents in N.S.W. for the 11 months of 1938 to November 30, decreased by 524, compared with the similar period in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Underground Streets for Motor Cars In Berlin
Plans just announced for the reconstruction of Berlin Include underground streets for motor traffic. Nine double-storey tunnels are being built…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Minister’s Warning to Care- Less Motorists Sydney
Reiterating that firmer action was necessary to deal with motorists who flagrantly disregarded traffic regulations, the Minister for Transport (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car and Motor Cycle Collide in Dean Street
The Fire Brigade was called out when a car and a motorcycle collided at the intersection of Dean and Olive streets about 1 p.m. yesterday. Neither…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Facing the Drought Policy of N.S.W. Railways Criticism From Graziers . (To the Editor)
Sir—At a meeting of the Council of the Graziers’ Association of Southern Riverina, the policy of the N.S.W. Department of Railways in respect to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorist for Trial Death of a Boy Christmas Eve Fatality Sydney
Charles Henry Reid, aged 20 described as a junior laborer at Homebush abattoir, was committed for trial on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist Fined Dozing Over Driving Wheel
On a charge of driving a motor vehicle in Cressy street, Deniliquin, whilst under the influence of liquor, John Francis Craig (39) was fined £5, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Excursions
For the convenience of those who were unable to take advantage of the excursion trains run in connection with the Christmas and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident on Redlands Road
On Tuesday evening last a car overturned on the Redlands road about tour miles from Corowa and was destroyed by fire, and the driver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety. Driving. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Points in driving which should be observed by all who drive motor vehicles: When starting for a long drive let…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Safety the Four Absolutes (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Here are what might be called the four “absolutes” for checking oneself in an effort to solve the human factor in the accident problem…
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