Police Road Patrol Praised
“The motorist police patrols in the country districts are doing wonderful work,” said Mr. H. E. Richards, assistant secretary of the N.R.M.A. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1939
1,604 stories in Murray's papers · page 62 of 81
Creeks in Flood Two Roads Covered
The flood in the creeks system beyond Deniliquin has now reached the peak stage, although the rivers are falling steadily…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Expenditure on Roads in Towong Shire
The total authorised Country Roads Board expenditure on all types of roads in Towong shire amounts to £23,243 for this financial year, apart from authorised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Worker Killed Melbourne
When working on the Ballarat road, Footscray, this morning, Robert James, laborer, employed by Footscray Council, was killed when a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fall From Train; Elderly Woman's Death Melbourne
An elderly woman, who fell from an electric train at Balaclava station late last night, and received fatal injuries, has been identified as Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appalling Road Toll Human Element Predominant Minister's Regrets Sydney
During last year, 59 men whose ages ranged from 20 to 24 years, were killed and 1130 between the same ages were injured in road accidents in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War Time Is Caution Time (Issued by the Road Safety Council)
The Government has issued a plea to the public that they carry on their duties as though there were no war. while most people are willing to obey…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Headlamps Plain - Glass Prohibited
The Department of Road Transport to-day definitely decided to enforce rigidly the regulation which operates from the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World's Motor Cars Some Interesting Figures Last War Recalled
As the world's automobile, industries figure so prominently in the economic affairs of all nations, a brief review of what happened to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TYRES. (Issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Mr C. N. Neale.)
Much has been written concerning the relative degrees of danger associated with tyres on motor vehicles, accidents are frequently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stealing From Railways Alleged Brisbane
Two men, Cecil Frederick Hilbert, aged 24. laborer, and George William Havercroft, aged 28, laborer, were to-day committed for trial in the police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →66,234 Motorists Belong to the N.R.M.A.
The annual general meeting of members of the N.R.M.A. will be held at the association’s headquarters, Sydney, on Tuesday. October 3. The annual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petrol Hoarding by Motorists
According to information received by the N.R.M.A. many motorists are laying in stocks of petrol because they fear that supplies may be restricted in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Motor Car and Truck Collide
When a motor car driven by Eric Clarke, of Hampton (Vic.). and a utility driven by Claude Theodore Witt, of Albury Common, collided at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →10 Trucks of Train Derailed Narrandera
As the result of a breaking of an axle, a [?] attached to a goods train left the line a few miles from Narrandera and line trucks following were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motorists Corner Rear Lamps Article IV
THE primary object of a red rear lamp on a motor vehicle is an indication of danger, i.e., warning to persons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TALLANGATTA Motorists Lucky Escape
When returning to Tallangatta on Saturday evening after a visit to friends at Tallangatta Valley, a car driven by Mr. William Donelan, of Eskdale, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cycling Road Races
The scratch men had a day out on Sunday last in the ten-miles handicap the three placings being scratch men. The small field of seven riders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Culcairn Shire Council a Light Day Negotiations for Henty Aerodrome
Business at the monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council on Monday was light, and was concluded in the afternoon, constituting a record for the past couple of years. This may have been brought about by the fact that the deputy president (Cr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wet Weather Traffic Windouran Shire’s Efforts to Save Roads
Replies to letters addressed to other shires and municipalities whose areas embrace the State highway from Hay to Moama, and also road transport…
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