Old Motor Cars. Average Age in New South Wales, 9[?] YEARS
The average age of motor cars in New South Wales is 9[?] years, according to the Department of Transport. The average age of road vehicles of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
1,604 stories in Murray's papers · page 57 of 81
Maintenance of Motor Cars
It is obligatory on the owners of all motor vehicles to maintain their cars, lorries, motor cycles, etc. in a road-worthy condition. Once a year such…
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The proprietors of 1600 garages, service stations and other motor rep[?] works have applied for the appointment of their premises as authorised…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hoaxer Causes Police and Ambulances to Race to Aerodrome Sydney
“Quick. A big air liner , has crashed Mascot,” was the summons which brought two ambulances and two cars of police to Mascot aerodrome…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japan at Cross-roads Doesn't Like New Pact Change of Face to British London, Aug. 25
Significance attaches to the citation by the Hong Kong correspondent of "The Times" that Japan is [?] the cross-roads and must decide…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Walla Motor Cyclist Injured
Clive Condon, aged 22, of Walla, received abrasions and shock when the motor cycle he was riding on the AIbury-Hume Dam road yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads in Culcairn Shire
Sir,—I notice in the “Mail” of August 22, a report of the Culcairn Shire Council meeting. A request from Walla Progress Association that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Improving Main Road
When the question of urging expedition in improving the condition of the State highway was mentioned at the Progress Association’s meeting on…
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Wonderful sportsmanship was shown by the crowd, who followed the road race on Sunday, by keeping back off the road and letting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Widening Bridge Footway. Progress Association’s Decision
When the Main Roads Department’s letter was read to the Progress Association on Friday night, offering to widen the Edward River bridge footway to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Municipal Council Meeting. Widening Bridge Footway Is Government Responsibility
The Municipal Council met last night when there were present: The Mayor (Ald. J. E. McFaulll and Ald. E. T. Matthews, E. C. Brown, R. J. Edwards,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Programme to Be Expedited. Council’s Main Roads Works Behind Schedule
The Deniliquin Council’s main roads programme has been almost neglected this year, because of the abnormal amount of work required in and around…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fewer Road Accidents in N.S.W. Speed Limit Praised Sydney
Addressing the annual meeting of the Road Safety Council to-day, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) declared that the death rate in road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Occupants of Motor Cars in Running Battle For Over Nine Miles Amazing Occurrence in Melbourne Melbourne
Savoring of American gangsterism, two cars sped past the East Kew tram Terminus to-night with the occupants of each exchanging shots…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brake Testing. (Issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Mr C. N. Neale.)
The driver of a vehicle should make frequent tests under driving conditions (where traffic conditions permit), by imagining an emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Items of News Fined for Travelling on Train Without Tickets
Two men appeared before the Albury court yesterday, charged with travelling on the train between Henty and Albury yesterday morning and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring on Coal Gas. New Engine Which Does Away with Petrol
British Members of Parliament are shortly to be shown new types of motor car engines driven by [?]compression coal gas which, it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Mystery. Smashed Windows in Van
No tenable explanation has yet been put forward to explain a remarkable occurrence in the early hours of Wednesday morning, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motorists Cornel [?]
Recently [?] covering the [?] on heavy [?] lights or [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Lorry Laden with Logs Cut in Half by Train Newcastle
A motor lorry hauling 10 tons of logs was cut in halves early to-night when struck by the Newcastle to Toronto passenger train at a level…
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