[?] Road a “Ro[?]gh [?] Track”
A correspondent writing in a N.S.W. motor journal describes the road between Albury arid the Hume Reservoir as a “rough bush track.” In…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
1,604 stories in Murray's papers · page 70 of 81
River Bridge Footway. Petition To Department Suggested
As it seems the Deniliquin Council and the Main Reads Department are not going to take action to widen the footway of the Edward River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident on North Road. Truck Crashes Into Tree. Swerved to Avoid Child
Risking his life and also the lives of his wife and infant daughter, to avoid hitting a small boy who ran across the ro[?]d in his path, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ministry for Transport Should Be Established Says State Economic Committee Results of Railways Investigations Melbourne
The appointment of a liaison officer between the Treasury and the railways, whose task it would be to keep the Treasurer informed of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jerilderie-berrigan Road
Mr Lethbridge, M.L.A., forwards the following letter he has received from the Department of Main Roads: “With reference to your [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →20 Killed in Italian Train Accident Rome, October 30
Twenty persons were killed and many were injured when an express from Venice collided with an electric train outside Milan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Will Fight Tax on Motorists Sydney, Tuesday. '
Thirteen powerful organisations, representing business interests, motorists and the general public have combined to fight the new taxation on motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HEADLAMPS. Issued by the Commissioner for Head Transport and Tramways, Mr C. N. Neale
Every motor vehicle uses between sunset and sunrise having two front wheels, is required to be fitted with two lighted headlamps of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Claims for Compensation in Connection With the Aerodrome
The State Crown Solicitor’s office notified Albury council last night that writs totalling £10,350 had been issued by three claimants in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motorists Corner Article X (Issued by the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Mr. C. N. Neale.)
Every motor vehicle used between sunset and sunrise having two front wheels is required to be fitted with two lighted headlamps…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge of Mar Destroyed Breaks Fetlock Melbourne
Bridge of Mar, holder of the world record for two miles over [?]urdles (3.34[?]), broke a fetlock joint while schooling over fences at Flemington…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Concessions for Second A.I.F. Members Sydney
“If the Commonwealth, authorities are prepared to make representations to State authorities for railway concessions for members of the second A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Russia Warns Finns Hint of War-like Action Britain Relaxes the Blockade German Equipment for Chilean Railways To Pass Through LONDON, November I.
During the course of his speech to the Soviet Parliament yesterday the Prime Minister (M. Molotov) detailed the Russian demands on Finland as follow:— (1) Readjustments of the border to the north of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Further Tax on Motorists Under Roads and Motor Traffic Acts
In the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night a bill to amend the Main Roads Act and the Motor Traffic Act was read a first time and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists to Pay More for Upkeep of Roads Minister and Tax Increase Labor Leader's Opposition Sydney
Under the proposed, taxation on motor vehicles, the general public will be relieved of substantial taxation, paid for interest and sinking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bad Parking in Country (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
The opening of the summer motoring season has been fairly satisfactory from an accident point of view. At the end of the first month the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Taxation Outcry Against Increase of 12½ Per Cent. Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly today the Minister for Transport (Col. Sruxner) said that under the proposed taxation of motor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorists Blamed for Magpie Mortality
Urging that motorists on country roads should exercise more care to avoid running down feeding magpies the Chief Inspector of Fisheries and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Camping Park for Motorists
For some time the high state of the Murray river has prevented use of the facilities provided at Norieul Park for camping motorists, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Accusations Against British Railways London, November 2
Mr. John Marchbanks, general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, writing in the “Railway Review,” says that the controllers have…
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