Interstate Motoring Abolishing Formalities N.S.W. Minister’s Hopes Sydney
As soon as the Compulsory Third Party Insurance Bill has been passed in N.S.W. and Victoria, there should be no difficulty in abolishing all the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
1,604 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 81
Man Struck by an Electric Train Sydney
Struck by an electric train in a tunnel at Wynyard to-night, Stanley Rooke, aged 30, of Newtown, lay across the rails, where he was found…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railways and Graziers Mr. Hartigan’s Reply Starving Stock and Fodder Rebates
With regard to representations made by Mr. A. Mair, M.L.A., about complaints by the Graziers’ Association of Southern Riverina in respect of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Appalling Death Roll Big Drive to be Made This Year for Safety on the Road (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.W.)
The appalling death toll of the read during the Christmas and New Year holidays has caused on awakening of public interest in the need for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Murder Batcher is Ambushed Shot Whilst Driving a Truck Melbourne
Leslie McAllister, aged 38, of Monbulk, who ms found dying in a damaged motor van near the Dandenong Creek, in Burwood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatally Injured by Motor Car Sydney
George Fanning, aged 49, of Randwick, died in St. Vincent’s hospital early this morning as a result of injuries received when he was knocked…
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THE toll of death on the roads during the Christmas and New Year holidays has again stirred the public to a demand for more effective control of motor traffic in the interests of citizen safety. The demand is irresistible because well based. During the holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Birds Shelter in Road Culvert
So intense was the heat last week that wild birds sought shelter in places other than their usual sphere. This is not at all uncommon in a heat wave…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road to Abyssinia Italians’ Effrontery French Territory to be Traversed DJIBOUTI, January 15
A number of Italian officers, after enrolling native troops at Harran, arrived at Adagalla (Abyssinia), where they are preparing a base with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railways. Leading Officer to Visit Hay Next Week
Mr. J. A. Lawson, M.L.A., writes us under date 14th January:— "I have to advise that Mr. J. Howse, chief passenger and freight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Men Appreciate Cool Change
During the past month with an average temperature of over 100 degrees, particularly heavy transhipment work at the Albury railway station has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell Over Bridge: Drowned Kempsey
While crossing a bridge which has no handril, Terence Scott, aged 20, fell into the Upper Belmore River last night and was drowned.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorists Will Have to Watch Their Step Sydney
Additional far-reaching measurers, directed , towards securing greater safety on the roads, were outlined by the Minister for Transport (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Employe, Once Stationed at Albury, Gets £2000 a Year Job in Tasmania Hobart
Mr. M. S. Wilson, administrative assi[?] in the [?] of N.S.W., was to-day appointed Commissioner of Transport of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Drive for Road Safety
The appalling death toll of the road during the Christmas and New Year holidays has caused an awakening of public interest in the need…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Bridge at Wodonga to Open Up Stock Route to Albury
Work is being pushed on with the construction of a bridge over Wodonga Creek a short distance from the concrete bridge on the main highway. This new structure will open up a stock route from Wodonga to Albury to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Derailed Near Burrumbuttock
While a wheat special was travelling from Corowa to Culcairn yesterday, 11 trucks were derailed at 1.50 p.m., when the train was on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Drive for Road Safety
The appalling death toll of the road during the Christmas and New Year holidays has caused an awakening of public interest in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Year's Achievement Many Road Improvements
"Our work," said Cr. Balfour, "covers a large area and starts with the main roads, of which we have five, and one trunk road, the latter the one along…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Matlock Fire Victims’ Bid For Safety Arred by Blocked Roads
Further particulars regarding the tragic fires at the late Mr. [?]mes Fitzpatrickâs sawmill at Matlock on Friday last, in which [?]ned of the sixteen men at the mill lost their fives, were obtained yesterday by the âPastoral Timesâ from Mr. Don…
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