Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured Muswellbrook
James Nesbitt, aged 23, of Aberdeen, was fatally injured when his motor cycle collided with a lorry last night. The lorry was stationary on the road,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
1,604 stories in Murray's papers · page 56 of 81
Tram Employe Killed Struck by Motor Car Melbourne
Early this morning George O’Brien, aged 60, of Holdren st., Fitzroy, was struck by a motor car as he was cleaning the cable slot of the tram line in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling Road Races
Several life residents of Hay said they could not remember such a gala afternoon's entertainment as was given by the Cycling Club on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bitumen Road Survey
Mr. Bailey, a surveyor of the Main Roads Department, has arrived in Deniliquin to make surveys of Napier, Cressy, End and Crispe streets, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Notes To Hold a Saw In a Vyce with Spring Leaves
Two leaves from on automible spring form a desirable adjust to the vyce when saw-filing or when filing the edges of sheet metal. These may…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Motor Cars Average Age in N.s.w., 9¾ Years
The average age of motor cars in New South Wales is 9¾ years, according to the Department of Road Transport. The average age of road vehicles of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For the Motorist. (Issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Mr. C. N. Neale.)
It is obligatory on the owners of all motor vehicles to maintain their cars, lorries, motor cycles, etc., in a roadworthy condition. Once a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BEECHWORTH Money For Road Maintenance
The Shire Council has been notified by Mr. L. V. Diffey, M.LA, that grants amounting to £8700 have been made for maintenance of various roads in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Elderly Railway Employes to Be Dismissed First Sydney
Replying to a deputation from the Honeysuckle workshop railway, employes to-day, the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) announced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Testing of Motor Vehicles
It is obligatory on the owners of all motor vehicles to maintain their cars, lorries, motor cycles, etc, in a roadworthy condition. Once a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways and the Prevention of Fire Sydney
The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) to-day replied to a question asked by Mr. Kilpatrick (U.C.P., Wagga) on July 19, concerning the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Those Muddy Roads!
The Deniliquin district does not have matters all its own way when it comes to bad roads. This is what the Leeton “Irrigator” has to say about roads in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Widening of Bridge Footway. Department Makes An Offer
Revising its earlier decision, the Main Roads Department has now agreed to increase to five feet the width of the footway of the Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lockhart Shire Council Monthly Meeting Held Improvements to Trunk Road
The monthly meeting of the Lockhart Shire Council was attended by Councillors J. J. Nolan (president), W. K. Day (deputy president), J. W. Gooden,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Man Who Takes a Risk. (Issued by the Road Safety Council)
Although there is a general feeling of satisfaction that the death roll of road accidents was reduced by 10.9 per cent. last year, there are features of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Increased Taxation. On Motor Vehicles. SYDNEY
It has been decided to increase the motor vehicle taxation to bring in another £500,000 per year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dismissals on the Railways Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly to-day the deputy Premier and Minister for Road Transport (Mr. -Bruxner) replying to a question, said that when railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir Campbell's 141 M.p.h, Motor Boat
Bluebird II, the world's record-holding motor moat, driven by Sir Malcolm Campbell, which contains revolutionary secrets in hull design. On Coniston Lake, Lancashire, on Saturday, Sir Malcolm attained a speed of 141.74 m.p.h., using motors 12 years old…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Albury Police Guard Valuable Railway Bridge
Yesterday Albury police were [?]structed to mount guard on the railway bridge over the Murray river at Albury. Of vital military importance for the speedy transport of troops in the event of war, the bridge is one of the only two [?]railway bridges across the Murray between Melbourne and Sydney, the other being at To[?]wal. Abo[?]e: A driver of a goods train signals to the guards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →False War Report; Guard on Railway Bridge at Albury
A false report of a broadcast announcement of the declaration of war in Europe spread throughout Albury like wildfire yesterday…
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