Passing on Curves Warning to Motorists SYDNEY
The Department of Road Transport states that a number of complaints have been made with respect to the practice of some drivers who fall to keep to the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
3,201 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 161
MOTOR-CYCLING A.J.S. and Velocette Club
Last Sunday the A.J.S. and Velocette Motor-cycle Club visited The Entrance on a social run. It was the road captain's day out, and he arranged the programme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Killed Motor Collision at Intersection BRISBANE
When a utility truck and a heavily laden motor-lorry collided at a street intersection at Enoggora this afternoon George Bayham, 12 of Ashgrove, who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →City Council Works Committee Meets Shark Towers Sought Railway Land Subdivision
The Works and Health Committees of the City Council met last night. No important decisions were made. Any business likely to involve the council in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →In the Courts Trespassed On Railway
For having trespassed on railway premises at Teralba early this morning. Lyle Johns, 18, laborer, who pleaded guilty, was fined £2 in default four…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A.j.s. and Velocette Motor Cycle Clubs Members' Outing to the Entrance
During a run by members of the A.J.S. and Velocette motor cycle clubs to The Entrance last Sunday, a distance judging contest was won by L…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →motors for GRACE and Pace.. Lessons of Fast Travel Record Car Run in America
Wholly unexpected dangers arising from the surprise behavior of minor details of equipment sometimes threaten…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Insurance for Employees Scheme at Austin Motor Works
The Austin Motor Company has just put into operation a new insurance scheme for its employees. If they die before the retiring age…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →That Lecture To Erring Motorists
THE suggestion that the first 300 motorists who were booked for exceeding 30 m.p.h. speed limit will be assembled and lectured by the police on road safety is highly interesting. Apparently, the police really do believe that education will be even more…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Main Roads Staff Promotions from Newcastle
Several changes have been made in the staff of the Main Roads Department divisional office Newcastle The Divisional Engineer-in-Charge (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hawkesbury Bridge Tenders Called for Work
Tenders were called to-day by the Department of Main Roads for the construction of a bridge over the Hawkesbury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Workings Discovery at Tighe's Hill Foundation Problem for Bridge
The contractors Who have been driving piles for the bridge across Throsby Creek at Tighe's Hill have discovered old, uncharted mine workings. When the first…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At Peat's Ferry Bridge Over Hawkesbury Three Years to Build Two Designs by Department
The Department of Main Roads has called tenders for the construction of a bridge over the Hawkesbury River at Peat's Ferry. The closing date is March…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Court Tuesday, January 11 (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Trespassed on Railway
Lyle Johns, 18, labourer, was charged with having trespassed on railway premises at Teralba early on January 11. He was found guilty, and fined £2, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court at Hospital Youth on Manslaughter Charge Woman Hit by Motor-cycle Lismore
At a special Court in Ballina District Hospital this afternoon, Alan Holds worth, known as Alan Nixon, 19, of Ballina, was remanded by Mr. J.A.D…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Head Severed Man's Body on Railway Line SYDNEY
The decapitated body of Frederick George Walther, about 20, of Upper Bankstown, was found to-day beside the railway line at Villawood, near Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Run Down by Train Railway Fettler Killed
Run do[?]n by a Sydney-bound go[?]ts train to-day, Simon Fle[?] 42, a railway fettler, was [?]illed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wickham Council Stop Signals on Trams Ald. Grahame Congratulated
The Department of Road Transport and Tramways informed Wickham Council last night that considerable expenditure would be involved in the proposal to have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-cyclist Asleep
Bryce McDonald, of Kendall-street, Bellbird pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having, on August 25, ridden a motor-cycle without a licence…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MAITLAND—KURRI—CESSNOCK West Maitland Increased Revenue December Railway Returns
Both West Maitland and High-street railway stations showed substantial increases in revenue last December, compared with December, 1936. The increases…
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