Grasshoppers Delay Mail Train
At present great difficulty is being experienced by the Railway Department because of the grasshopper pest. At times the line…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New England · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1940
1,047 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 53
"Motorisation"
The term "motorisation" can be used to cover all the steps in substituting mechanical transport for horse-drawn vehicles. One good example is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Army on Wheels Motors Replace the Horse
"Mechanisation" of the Army has become a familiar phrase, but how many Australians hare any appreciation of the extent to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Snake Near Ross Hill Bridge
When Mr. and Mrs. W. Gilligan were in the vicinity of the Ross Hill Bridge last night, they encountered a black snake which was estimated to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell From Train Fireman's Skull Fractured SYDNEY
When a train reached Cowra this morning. Herbert Mitchell. fireman. who fell from the lender when the train was travelling at 30 miles per…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fireman of Train Falls From Tender; Skull Fractured COWRA
When a train reached Cowra this morning Herbert Mitchell, a fireman who fell from the tender when the train was travelling at 30 miles an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Pacific Highway Bridge
The N.R.M.A. reports that the construction of the new deviation from Tinonee along the southern bank of the Manning River to Taree will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Toll Grows in Country
It is the considered opinion of experts in a position to judge that the mileage travelled by the 328,000 motor vehicles in the State is less now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Safety Police to be Firm ALBURY
The Minister for Transport Mr. Bruxner, said last night that the police intended to enforce the road safety regulations and "go out for" reckless…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Jump to Escape Nazis Then a Midnight Swim How Family Won Freedom By Air Mail.) LONDON, January 13
Joseph Flatz and his family are now safe in America, after a thrilling series of escapes from the Nazis Their story reached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What English Railways Do
English railways still account for 3,000,000 journeys a day. If filled all at once, the train seats would accommodate 2,500,000 people. Train…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Smash Driving Under the Influence Wild Man at Maitland
Wilhelmus Peterus Adrianus Johnnus Van Haren (23), a laborer, was fined £15, in default 30 days imprisonment at he West Maitland Court for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday's News Tobacco Prices—Russia and Japan—Manufacture Motors—Miners' Discontent—Water Board Loan
The Retail Tobacco Traders Association have announced that the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner had approved of an increase in the retail…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Strike Bitter Attack Fettlers Been Gulled SYDNEY
A bitter attack on the Australian Railways' Union for precipitating the fettlers strike at Broken Hill was made yesterday by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Construction Premier Confident SYDNEY
Prime Minister Menzies said last night that he had little doubt that Parliament would ratify the agreement with the Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A.
Car radio has doubled in popularity during 1939, according to dealers throughout Canaca, in 1988. It is estimated, there was one [?] radio for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Test Ford V-8 Wins Gruelling Lobethal '100'
Consistently lapping the difficult Lobethal, S.A. course at over 81 m.p.h. Jack Phillips and his Ford V-8 secured fastest time and won outright from a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australian Motors Local Manufacture Interesting Figures
The subject of making automobile chasses and engines in Australia has been much in the limelight during recent weeks, and as various…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Motorisation."
The term motorisation can be used to cover all the steps in substituting mechanical transport for horse-drawn vehicles. One good example is the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"MECHANISATION" The Army on Wheels Motors Replace the Horse
"Mechanisation" of the Army has become a familiar phrase; out now many Australians have any appreciation of the extent to which it has been…
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