Boy Trampled to Death Melbourne
Apparently trodden on by a horse, Herbert Murray Jarrett, aged 2, was found dead in the horse yard yesterday at the farm of Mr. E. J. Hutchings,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
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12 Hurt in Crash Motor Truck Overturns Three with Possible Skull Fractures Melbourne
Twelve persons, including seven children, received injuries when a utility motor truck in which they were travelling overturned on Lilydale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bandit Foiled by Motorman Melbourne
The motorman o! an electric tram was bailed up by two youths in Whitehorse road. Balwyn, at 4.20 a.m. to-day. They hailed the tram, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Road Is Danger (Issued by Road Safety Council)
On the evidence of the road accident figures for the first few months, it is likely that 1940 will go down in history as the year in which accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Termed Serious Train Dislocation Sidney
Serious dislocation in the train per vice between Sydney and Melbourne has been announced by the Victorian Railway Commissioners. Information…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Works to be Finished Shortly
On Thursday the intricate interlocking signal system at Albury railway station will be completed, after the extensive alterations which have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist Sentenced to Three Months Melbourne
Three months imprisonment was imposed to-day on Martin James Richards, aged 40. of Moonee Ponds, mechanic, when he was convicted in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Real Accident Cause (Issued by the Road Safety [?] of New South Wales.)
The question has often been ask[?] What is the most serious cause the deaths in road accidents? Actually there are more than [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ford Motor Company Surprise; Dividends Reduced London. April 29
The Ford Motor Company surprised the Stock Exchange by announcing that the dividend declared last week at 7[?] per cent., had been voluntarily reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Lorry’s Mad Escapade Sydney
A motor lorry which got out of control in Balmain mad. Balma[?] to-day crashed through a fence, ran down a steep embankment and came to rest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sticker for the Railways
A record which must on unique in the history of the Victorian Rail ways is held by Mr Oliver Ambler, one of Melbourne’s best known…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Motoring Terms
"Wee Waa Echo" puts it this way:—"Mr. Gordon Tickle expects to leave for Sydney on Monday. He will be decarbonised and have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Requests to Railways Repairs to Railway Trucking Yards
The following resolution was passed by the annual conference of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales in March…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Loading and Unloading Ramps at Trucking Yards
The annual conference of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales in March asked that the Association take, up with the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Miscellany
From April 1. 1039. to March 2. 1940, the revenue from motor vehicle duties in Great Britain was down by £1.875,000. In U.S.A. alone there are more than…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sick Leave Fob Daily Paid Railway Employes Melbourne
A bill to grant sick leave to daily paid employes of the railways service with two years’ continuous service was introduced by the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Was Society Girl Misled Into Leaving City Tram? Sydney
Theories supported in some cases by evidence bordering on tangibility that Lucy Brown Craig did not willingly leave a tram with a young tall, dark…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Liner Leaves America Loaded with Aeroplane Parts New York
The French liner, II De France, 43,153 tons, left for an unannounced destination. It is reported the ship is loaded with aeroplane parts and may…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Real Accident Causes (Issued by Road Safety Council)
[?]ports of road accidents through the State show that there is a [?]ceable increase in those caused by [?]ying stock on the streets of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parents Cause Deaths? (Issued by the Road Safely Council of Now South Wales)
Parents, more than any others, could have helped in preventing most of these accidents:-- Children under seven years of age…
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