Road Courtesy
A plea for greater road courtesy was made in Sydney yesterday by Mr. Rudder, a member of the Council of the National Roads and Motorists' Association…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
3,201 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 161
Site at Hexham Aerodrome Possibilities Motto Farm Proposal Abandoned
The Defence Department is investigating the possibilities of a site for an aerodrome near the, Hexham ferry but inquiries will not be completed for some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Appeal for Courtesy Holiday Traffic on the Roads
Leaders of motoring organisations throughout the State have combined in a special appeal for road courtesy among drivers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Train Our Natives" Anthropologist's Opinion Sydney
It is now too late to segregate Northern Territory natives in an attempt to keep them as they, were, but segregation to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ship Is Carrying Railway Engines
The 3300-ton interstate steamer Allara, which arrived at Newcastle last night from Queensland, has on board two locomotives for use on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grass Fire Near Railway Bridge
Wallsend Fire Brigade's first call for 1938, at 11.30 a.m. on Saturday, was for an outbreak in dried grass, between the tram-line and Newcastle-Wallsend Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Killed Four Others Injured Car Overturned on Wyong Road
A young man was killed and four persons were injured as a result of a car overturning on the Wyong-road on Saturday afternoon. The car skidded in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Dead Holiday Road Toll Inverell Smash Woman's Neck Broken
Three persons lost their lives in week-end road accidents in New South Wales. An Inverell woman had her neck broken when a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclists Crash Motor-paced Race One in Hospital Sydney
Three cyclists were injured in a crash in the motor-paced event at the Sports Arena on Saturday. The crash occurred when Norman Ives fell on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railwaymen Look Well Ahead Express Services Will Be in the Air Sydney
The railway authorities believe that within 25 years practically all interstate passenger traffic between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will be carried…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Car "Borrowed" at Kurri
A car, the properly of Mr. H. O'Keefe, of Stanford Street, Kurri, which was stolen from Hampden Street, Kurri, on Saturday, was recovered undamaged in the bush at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Straying Stock Menace to Motorists on Belmont-road
The danger from stook straying on main highways in country districts is becoming serious. During the past 12 months stook straying on roadways caused 31…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fewer Breaches "Improved Road Courtesy" SYDNEY
A number of motorists have been reported for exceeding the speed limit at the week-end, but according to police in Safety Bureau cars, there has been a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →What Is Safe Road Width? Security In Passing
What is the safety margin of clearance for a vehicle passing another on a road? A survey recently carried out…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Bus and Lorry Collide Incident On Road To Ettalong GOSFORD
Six occupants of a heavy 'bus going from Woy Woy to Ettalong last night had remarkable escapes from serious injury when the side of the 'bus was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Holidays Over Big Crowds on Roads and in Trains No Serious Accident Congestion at Peat's Ferry
The holidays ended in Newcastle without a serious accident. Thousands of people an hundreds of cars from the north and south came home last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hartley Crashes Motor-cycle T.T. Races HARTLEY
There were a number of crashes at the New South Wales Tourist Trophy motorcycle meeting, conducted by the Western Suburbs Club at Hartley Vale, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For The Motorist Trend in Design Improvements and Alterations in 1938 CARS
A review of specifications and details of 1938 model cars shown at the Earls Court (England) Motor Show, the New York Motor Show, and the Paris Salon reveals that there is definite progress in design…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Britain's Motor Industry
According to the latest automobile licenasing statistics of Great Britain, that country now has over 800,000 commercial motor vehicles (excluding agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland and District West Maitland the Holiday Railway Traffic Heavy
The railway passenger traffic from West Maitland, High-street, East Maitland and Victoria-street stations was unusually heavy during the three days…
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