Railway Picnic At Guyra on
Railway employees from Nemingha to Wallangarra (Group 9) will hold their annual picnic at Guyra on Saturday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
1,502 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 76
Bridge Party At Literary Institute
It has been decided that the bridge evening to augument the funds of the Movie-Radio Balt in aid of the Armidale and New England Hospital,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gates on Roads Danger to Life
Mr. G. R. Skelton wrote to the last meeting of the Yallaroi Shire Council drawing attention of Council to the seriousness of gates on roads and how…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yallaroi Shire Expenditure on Roads. Gwydir Highway Improvements
A meeting of the Yallaroi Shire Council was held on Friday, those present being Crs. L. Conway (president), Jas, Ryan, H. J. Shepherd, R. W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dangerous Driving Motorist Convicted Lawyer's Plausible Plea SYDNEY
Declaring that it was not necessary to prove that a member of the public had been endangered in order to secure a conviction on a charge of driving at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Fatality Dr. R. J. Tillyard GOULBURN
The death occurred in Goulburn Hospital to-day of Dr. Robin John Tillyard, formerly Commonwealth Government entomologist, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Trespass Two Offenders Convicted
At the Uralla Police Court on Monday before Messrs. W. Low and McRae J.S.P. Frank Gordon Fisher arm Maxwitton Russon were each fined…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brogo Bridge in Use
The N.R.M.A. touring department advises that the new reinforced concrete high-level bridge over the Brogo River, on the Prince's Highway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Severn Shire's Strong Protest Against Main Roads Board Proposal "Usurpation of Council's Rights" Question of Works Supervision "Introduction of Centralised Government"
A motion of strong protest against the action of the Main Roads Board in expressing its intention of exercising supervision of work shortly to be undertaken at its expense in the shire area, was carried at this week's meeting of the Severn Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →American Motor Strikes
Twenty plants and 56,323 employees of General Motors Corporation, Detroit (U.S.A.) are idle as a result of strikes, and an additional 15,126…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Picnic
The annual railway picnic for the Nemingha-Wallangarra section will be held at Guyra next Saturday. The usual special trains will be run from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sweden's Motor Taxes
During the past budget year 1935-36, the total Swedish State revenue from automobile takes amounted to [?] million [?] £5,324,500 at part,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Speed Limits For Motor Vehicles Public Opinion Sought Sydney
The Minister for Transport, Col. Bruxner, proposes, it is understood, to institute an inquiry to ascertain the opinion of all sections of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Armidale Aerodrome Conference Between Councils
An inquiry as to the position regarding the proposed aerodrome for Armidale was made at the meeting of the Dumaresq Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Open Road Notes on Motors and Motoring Simple Brake Tests
The inability of many drivers to visualise their speed in terms of the distance it takes to stop their vehicle at varying speeds is…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dumaresq Shire Council Rate Of in 1¾d in £ Levied For 1937 46084 in Main Roads Maintenance Programme Increase in Government Endowment Notified
At the meeting of the Dumaresq Shire Council yesterday morning, it was decided to levy a general rate of 1¼d in the £ on the unimproved capital value of all ratable land in the Shire. This is the same figure as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Collision Cyclist Seriously Injured SYDNEY
Following a collision between his motor cycle and sidecar and a car at the corner of Wentworth Avenue and Elizabeth Street, City, last night. Frank…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DECENTRALISATION Ashford-Texas Railway
J. M. O'Connor and S. J. Humphries write to the "Times":— The Australian Labor Party moves for the progress and advancement of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's News Arid Australia—Lang Defeat—British Trade—junior Farmers—New Aeroplanes— Motor Fatalities—Coronation Contingent—Leather Prices Rise—
The "invisible man" is now reported to be a reality instead of a fictional character. An Italian scientist claims to have perfected a ray which makes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colonel Bruxner Injured While Motoring Sydney
The Minister for Transport, Colonel Bruxner, appeared mt yesterday's Cabinet meting with his head in bandages. He was suffering from a gash…
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