Motor-cyclist Hurt
Neville Bush, 21, of Hillview, Vacy, sustained abrasions to the shoulders, hips, and knees when his motor-cycle collided with a push-cycle on the Vacy…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1940
2,099 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 105
Canadian Motorists Like Music on the Roads
Car radio has doubled In popularity during 1939. according to dealers throughout Canada. In 1938. It Is estimated, there was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Report on Road Conditions
In reporting on the condition of the highways between Dubbo and Coonamble by way of Narromine. Nevertire and Warren, an officer of the N.R.M.A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Found on Road Near Dungog Newcastle Motor-cyclist Injured DUNGOG
After having an accident on a motorcycle at a bend in the road near Dungog this afternoon Gordon Hilary Smith, 21, of Dawson-street, Cook's Hill, lay on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goods Train Wrecked Basle, January 29
The week of a goods train and 24 trucks at Schopfheim, near the Swiss frontier, blocked the German line between the southern end of the Siegfried…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trotting Title Many Horses Train in Perth PERTH
Keen interest is being taken in the inter-dominion trotting championship, which will begin on February 7. New Zealand is represented by Icevus,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Hundred Burned in Train Smash Tokio, January 29
Two hundred passengers were trapped and burned to death when a suburban train rammed a string of petrol-tank at as Osaka…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Motor-cars Are Dearer Melbourne
American motor-cars of the 1940 model are from £18 to £50 dearer, the Managing Director of General Motors-Holdens' Ltd. (Mr. L. J. Hartnett) said…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For the Motorist Trailer Lights Certain Type Now Exempt Strange Last-minute Change
Some two or three weeks ago, in response to an inquiry from a reader as to the effect of the clearance lights regulation on a small trailer used for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Small Debts Court (Before Mr. M. E. Soane. S.M.) Cross Actions By Motorists
The hearing was continued in the case in which George Percy Maher and William Maher. of Samdon-street. Hamilton, claimed £25 3s 10d damages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Producer Gas for Motors
Though most suburban dwellers might be inclined to lay up their cars in the event of a petrol shortage, there are many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Military Funds for Road
The Department of the Army is unwilling to contribute towards the cost of reconditioning Oakhampton Road, West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Youth Sentenced for Stealing Motor Cycles
Roy Rudd Keon, 19, was sentenced at Newcastle Police Court to-day to two years' imprisonment for having stolen three motor cycles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Society Girls As Motor Car Mechanics
Manicured mechanic. In the hope of forming a Women's Auxiliary Transport Sydney girls are learning "running repairs." With dainty fingers this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorist Injured
Thrown from his car when it overturned on the Wallsend Road near the Cross-roads to-day, Charles Horn. 45, of Toronto, escaped with severe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →65,000 Tram and Bus Passengers
On Anniversary Day 64,000 passengers were carried on trams and buses in Newcastle. The total exceeds last year's figures by 5000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fireman Falls From Train Sydney
A fireman on the Harden-Cowra train, Herbert Mitchell, fell from the tender when the train was travelling at 30 miles an hour between Noonbinna and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Plea for Starting Dockets Dismissed Road Workers
An effort to have men dismissed from the Singleton-Putty road camp last Friday issued with starting dockets for relief work to-day was made yesterday by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spider Causes Car Capsize Crashed Through Bridge SYDNEY
When a spider crawled on to him, Clarence White, 52, general manager of Gartrell. White Ltd., lost control of his motor car this morning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mass Protests Planned Road Workers' Tea Break Cabinet Stands Firm Sydney
As a result of the Cabinet's decision on the tea break, mass meetings of road workers will be held, beginning to-morrow, to demand 10…
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