Lockhart Shire Council £4000 Loan for Trunk Road 57 Electricity Extensions
The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 1
At the meeting of the Lockhart Shire Council on Monday, councillors decided to apply for a loan of £4,000 to construct in bitumen the 19 miles of Trunk Road 57 (from Henty to The Rock) running through their area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Help From the Air. Lady Motorist's Dilemma
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 4
Help from the air came most unexpectedly to Mrs. Lawson (mother of Mr. J. A. Lawson, M.L.A.) on Monday afternoon, when, as she was driving…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man's Suicide on Railway Line
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 2
The Albury coroner, Mr. D. G. Padman, returned a verdict of suicide on Wednesday after holding an inquiry into the death of James Anderson,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Vehicles in Victoria
The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 3
There are 257,260 registered motor vehicles in Victoria. During January there were 1461 new vehicles registered; compared with 1749 for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How the First Roads Were Made
Riverina Recorder · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 5
One day through a primeval wood, A calf walked home, as good calves should. And left a trail all bent askew:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A.J.C. Gives Easton Permit to Train Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 8
R. G. Easton, former northern rivers jockey, who last week took over from C. A. Russel Sailmaker, Bianconi and other horses trained by Mrs. Dwyer,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Australias New Mechanised Army Motor Units Subjected to Gruelling Military Tests
Riverina Recorder · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 6
The spur, so long a symbol of the artilleryman's association with the horse, is rapidly disappearing from that branch of the service. In British…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →World's Motor Cars 42,900,000 VEHICLES
Riverina Recorder · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 6
According to the latest figure received from America by the N.R.M.A. it is estimated that the world registration of motor vehicles reached 42,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Author of “Australian Plunges” Tramps Into Albury
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 February 1939 · page 10
Mr. Sid Barber, Australia’s best marathon walker and record-breaker over 50 years of age, is an interesting personage at present in Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Connection to Deniliquin
Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 3
The Murray Valley Passenger Service advises that although the feeder service from Cobram to Tocumwal, Finley and Deniliquin has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yackandandah Shire Tenders For Hodgson’s Bridge Secretary and Engineer Appointed Full Time
Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 3
Present at the monthly meeting of Yackandandah Shire Council were Crs. A. Crosthwaite (president), F. Briggs, J. Hargeaves, J. Jamison, M. Coulstoh,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram and Car Collide Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 6
When a car collided with a cable tram ner[?]he comer of Johnston st. and Smith st. to-night. Mabel Kent 50 High st. St. Kilda, received…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cars in Collision
Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 2
Cars driven by Messrs. George Morley, of Young st., Albury, and William Anderson, of Burrumbuttock, collided at the corner of Wood and North sts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Killed When Baby Car and Motor Lorry Collide NEWCASTLE
Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 3
Two men were killed and another critically injured in a collision between a baby car and motor lorry last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.S.W. Railways No Freight Concessions to B.H.P. SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 2
“No special concessions are given by the Government to anybody,” said the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner). replying to-day to a report that while…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Killed by Train Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 4
The body of a man killed by train at Mortdale railway station last night was indentified as that of Frederick John McMahon, of Menai…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Safety Vital Need for CARE(Issued by N. S. W. Road Safety Council)
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 2
Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads, and their seventy reveals that the primary [?]ises m most of them are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety Vital Need for Care (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 4
Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads and their severity reveals that the primary cause on most…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Car Fire. On Victorian Road. MELBOURNE
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 2
Mrs. Elizabeth White, 62, of Walwa, was burnt to death when a motor car crashed into an embankment. Rescuers found White…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Careless Motorist Should Be As Unpopular As a Pickpocket at a Party (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 6
Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads, and their severity reveals that the primary causes in most of them are…
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