Motor Races and the Town
It was not even necessary to visit Wirlinga Circuit on Monday to realise that great interest was taken in the motor speed races, and that the many…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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Spectators Ac Motor Racing Trials
Although the Riverina Sporting Car Club was not anxious to have spectators present at die trials for the motor racing on Sunday afternoon the news that they were on was evidently well spread. The picture shows the crowd in the racing car pits near the finishing posts, and it was taken while the trials were being conducted. The same spot presented a very different appearance on Monday afternoon, however, when thousands of people lined each side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Types of Sporting Cars in Action at Albury Motor Races
Thi last word in speeding motor cars which streaked around die Wirlinga Circuit in the Gold Cup Race on Monday: — Top: J. Kennedy’s Singer; L. Burrow's Hudson; J. Lanham’s Bugatti. Centre: E. Ralph’s Morgan; D. Barnato’s Fraser-Nash; J. Crouch’s Alfa-Romeo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Hotels Could Not Accommodate Huge Motor Race Crowd Hundreds Turned Away to Wangaratta and Rutherglen Some Slept in Their Cars
Visitors for the motor races slept in their cars in one Albury Hotel yard over the week-end, unable to be accommodated in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death Follows Road Accident BENDlGO
James Sayer, aged 25, of View street, Bendigo, died in hospital to-day from injuries he received when his car overturned on the Happy Valley road,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Warning Road Safety at Week-end
Whenever there is a public holiday on a Monday the road accidents for that week-end in New South Wales usually increase in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sale of Motor Cars
Mr. Lethbridge, M.L.A, asked the following question in the Legislative Assembly during last week: "Will the Minister for Transport…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allegedly Failed to Close Railway Gates Youth Sent for Trial Scone
James Robert Dwyer, aged 19, of Mayfield, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of having negligently omitted to dose railway gates,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War on Motorists Who Drink Wellington (N.z.)
The Minister for Transport (Mr. Semple) is planning amendments to the law, making it an offence for a person to take liquor within a specified…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Paper Road
A road does not appear to be a very complicated construction, but modern methods of road making arc really quite complex, and make use…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety Skids Cause Accidents
Road accident reports from country centres for last month indicate that a high proportion was due to skidding and in the coming months many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →National Bridge Footpath Not To Be Widened
No further action is to be taken regarding the request emanating from the progress Association to obtain the widening of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Changed to Avoid Rail Crossing
In order to avoid the present railway level crossing in Wood street, the Main Roads Department has decided that in future the route of Main Road 388…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →European Express Train. a Fatal Collision. DRESDEN
Tea were killed and 20 injured when a Berlin—Prague express was derailed at Mittlegrund, in Sudentenland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Warning Road Safety at Week-end
Whenever there is a public holiday on a Monday the road accidents for that week-end in New South Wales usually increase in an appalling…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Warning Road Safety on Week-end
Whenever there is a public hollday on a monday, the road accidents for that week-end in New South Wales usually increase in an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Some Taxi-drivers a Menace on the Roads” Sydney
Some taxi-drivers were a menace on the road, said Mr. L. R. Morrow, owner of a number of taxi-cabs, when giving evidence before the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cycle Road Race J. Huntington Wins 15-Mile Event
Riding from the front mark, jin Huntington scored an easy victory on Wednesday afternoon in the 15 miles road race conducted by Deniliquin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Corrong Bridge. Shire Council Takes Preliminary Steps To Have New Structure
At yesterday's meeting of the Waradgery Shire Council, the President reported in a minute: With Mr. Pagan, I interviewed Mr. Newell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.K. Commissioner to N.Z. Incident When Train Travelling. SYDNEY
While Sir Henry Batterbee, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom, in New Zealand, was travelling in an express, between Christchurch…
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