Two Killed Sydney Collision Motor-cycle and Lorry Sydney
William Dellahunty, 54, and his grand-daughter, Shirley Dellahunty, 3, of Buckingham-street, City, were killed, and another man was seriously injured, when a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
3,712 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 186
Soda Nitrate Ignites Motor-lorry Ablaze MELBOURNE
When eight tone of nitrate of soda burst into flames at Cumming Smith's fertiliser works at Yarraville yesterday, a number of men who endeavoured to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Injured Motor-Truck Capsizes MELBOURNE
When a motor-truck in which they were passengers skidded and overturned on the Prince's Highway, at Nar Nar Goon, at 3 p.m. to-day, the occupants were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Diesel Rail Motors
Extension of the use of the Diesel engine rail motors on the Queensland lines was forecast by the Minister for Transport (Mr. J. Dash), who said it had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain's Fast Railways
According to "Coming Events," published by the Travel and Industrial Association of Great Britain and Ireland, 15 express railway trains in the United…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Perfect One-horse Motor Runs on Corn SYDNEY,Monday
A fragment of clay tossed lightly on an aged back sets the plant at Peat's brickworks. Camden, in operation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth Falls Between Two Trams His Lucky Escape Sydney
Falling between two trams at the Intersection of King and Elizabeth Streets to-day, a youth had a remarkable escape from death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Injured in Smash Motor Cycles Collide
Two men were injured in a collision between two motor cycles at the intersection of Mailand-road and Carrington-street, Mayfield, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorist Fined
At Newcastle Summons Court to-day, failure to return an expired motor driver's licence cost Leonard P. Harris, of Munbung-road, Cardiff, a fine of 5s,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lighting of Main Roads Abolish Headlights
Speaking at the Public Works, Roads and Transport Congress in London recently, Mr. E. O. Lennox, the vice-president of the Association of Public…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Dh Comet Passengers and Mail Aerodrome Improvement London, January 6
The aeronautical correspondent of "The Times" states that work has begun on the construction of a passenger and mail version of the DH Comet aeroplane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Stock Bridge Kearsley Shire Approves
The Maitland Pastures Protection Board received from Kearsley Shire Council yesterday a letter approving the proposed site of a stock bridge across the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Newcastle Sun, for motors—for GRACE and Pace. Weekend Run to Terrigal and the Entrance Roads Are Good
A run to Gosford, via the Pacific Highway, and returning to Newcastle via Terrigal and The Entrance is suggested by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Slow Travel Train Service to Canberra CANBERRA
In criticism of the slow railway service to Canberra, Mr. C. L. A. Abbott, M.H.R., former Minister for Home Affairs, declared to-day that travellers to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Road Lighting Reform in Interest of Public Lesson From America
Statistics issued recently in the United States provide evidence that better road lighting is imperative in the interests of public safety in that country, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Maddocks in London Road Problems Abroad Methods Compared London, December 6
Mr. S. A. Maddocks, the expert whose job it is to solve the traffic problems of New South Wales, is taking a steady…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canon and Son Victims of Motor Accidents YASS
Canon W. L. Langley, of All Saint's, Woollahra is in Yass Hospital, and his son, Alan, is in Corowa Hospital. Both are victims of motor accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Indian Motor-cycle Club
Owing to the unfavourable weather conditions last Sunday, the Indian Club postponed its club run to Cessnock. The next club run will see the finish of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →MOTOR-CYCLING A.J.S. Club Proposed Camp
The A.J.S. Motor-cycle Club has cancelled its ordinary monthly club run, which was to have been held on Sunday, in favour of a week-end at Nelson's Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →For the Motorist 1936 WILLYS Mechanical Refinements Improved Coachwork
Since the introduction of the Willys 77 some three years ago there has been little need for any radical alternations to the engine or chassis, but each year…
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