Boy Who Fell From Train Shockingly Injured Sydney
Falling from the carriage of a fast moving train on to the railway line between Macdonald[?] and Redfern this afternoon, a schoolboy, Ronald…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1940
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Nurse Killed in Motor Accident
Sister Yootha Cecilia Butler (23), of St. Kilda, was killed on Sunday when a car in which she was returning to Melbourne, skidded and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorist to Pay Widow £1027 Damages Sydney
A jury in the Supreme Court to-day awarded Mrs. Annie Curran, of Parramatla, and her seven children, £1027 damages against William Tindale,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →833,000 Motor Vehicles in Australia
At the start of another decade of the 20th century, it is of interest to look back and note what happened during the last 10 years in Australia as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Safety Campaign and Cyclists
Commencing on March 1, the Road Safety Council of N.S.W., is launching a campaign of selective education for all road users. The Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sorrow of Road Accidents, (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
In accidents that have occurred on the roads of New South Wales in the last 14 days, the following tragedies are recorded:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Denies Shock Can Be Received in Electric Train Sydney
Roland Francis Hill, engineer in charge of Government electric train service, declared that His equipment of an electric train [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rumanian Railways Freight Increases Hit Germany Bucharest. February 26
Railway freight rate increases varying from 12 to 40 per cent have been imposed on exports to Germany on a number of commodities, including…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man’s Fatal Collapse on Albury Railway Station
A middle-aged man who was later identified as Edmund William McKee, of 19 de Witt st. Bankstown, collapsed and died shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorists and Petrol Rationing Use of Substitute Fuels Sydney
If petrol rationing did become es[?] a long period of warning should be given to enable motorists to convert their vehicles to the use of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Excursions for Easter
In this issue the Department of Railways announces the extensive arrangements made for Excursion travel prior to and during Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Road Safety Campaign
Plans are being completed by the traffic authorities for the launching of what is to be known as a selective campaign for road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Items of News New Train For Holbrook Line
Beginning to-day, a new train will be provided on the run from Culcairn to Holbrook, leaving the former station at 11.17 a.m., and arriving at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motorists Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. Notes by "Carbon" Trees
Decision of the Blaxland Shire Council to ban roadside hoardings by the end of this year, will at last enable us to see scenery instead…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Excursions for Easter
In this issue the Department of Railways announces the extensive arrangements made for excursion travel prior to and during Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Railway Platform Extended
A comprehensive view of the work in connection with the lengthening of the main line platform at Albury which has been extended a further 190 feet. The picture shows the retaining wall on the Victorian side nearing completion, after which earth filling will bring the central portion of the platform level. As the picture shows the new tracks are already in use on both sides of the new extension…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Capital Indebtedness of N.S.W. RAILWAYS— £151 Million SYDNEY
Capital indebtedness of the railways at June [?] was [?] according to a report by the Auditor-General (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roads in the Past To the Editor
Sir,—To judge from opinions as expressed by correspondents of your paper things generally require some righting in and around Deniliquin. In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →National Bridge Footway No Change in Dept’s. Policy
The widening of the pedestr[?] footway of the National brid[?] over Edward River was aga[?] mentioned at Deniliquin Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Electric Train Did Not Transmit Shock to Man” Sydney
The District Court to-day decided that an electric train had not transmited a shock to Frederick Gordon Pierce, of Auburn. The court found in favor…
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