Avoid the Road Through Putty, Says N.r.m.a
Motorists are warned by the N.R.M.A. touring department not to attempt to travel to Singleton by way of Putty, as a great deal of construction work…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
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MOTOR-CYCLING Newcastle Club
There were 15 starters in the event held by the Newcastle Club on Saturday. F. Walters (3½ Norton) made best use of his 2½. seconds handicap, and won…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Safer in Front Line War-time Motoring in England
During the first month of the war, the blackouts caused more deaths on the English roads than all the casualties suffered by the British Army,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Big Fillip for Motor Works Government Orders 7000 Vehicles SYDNEY
The motor industry in Australia has receive a big fillip as the result of orders placed by the federal Government The Acting Minister for Supply (Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →FOR the Motorist Reckless Overtaking Congestion Causes Danger at Week-ends
On a run on the Newcastle-Sydney road at the week-end, the writer saw several cases of criminally reckless overtaking. There was also a good deal of congestion, particularly on some of the winding hill stretches, and it was in this congestion that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →German Troops in East Galicia Occupy Railway Leading to Rumania Hungary Increases Guards on Frontier (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 22
German troop movements continue to create tensiorf in the Balkans. According to the correspondent of the "News Chronicle" at Budapest, German troops have occupied the railway leading from East Galicia to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Youth on Stealing Charges Motor-cycles Worth £265
Charged with having stolen three motorcycles, and with having driven a motorcycle cycle without a licence, Roy Rudd Keen, 19, was remanded at Maitland Police…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hot Weather Affects Motor-cars, Too
HOT DAYS, as well as days that are cold and wet, affect motor-cars much in the same manner as they affect human beings. Humans have a way of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motorist Fined
There was no appearance of John C. Shand of Miller Street. North Sydney to answer a charge of having, on October 20. 1939, left a vehicle within…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →7000 Motor Vehicles for Defence Mechanisation of Army Sydney
Orders valued at more than £2,500,000 have been placed by the Commonwealth Government for motor vehicles for defence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MOTORS for Grace and pace One to Six Miles a Minute Progress of Car Industry
The record of progress in the motor vehicle industry is reflected in the figures for speed established during the past 40 years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Loss on Country Railway Sydney
The classic example of a non-paying country railway line in this State is that between Booyong and Ballina, on the North…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holiday Train and Bus Timetables
Special excursion fares will be issue at Newcastle Railway Station at single fare for the return journey from midnight on Friday until midnight on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Want Road Built to Stockrington Pit
Employees of the Stockrington mine and business people in West Wallsend are concerned at the delay in the construction of a road to the Stockrington…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Work Stopped on Scenic Road Council Criticises Policy Of Dept
The charge that the State Government was taking advantage of Federal works programmes in order to relieve its own expenditure on relief…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Increase in Motor Car Prices Imported and Local Models Canberra
Increases in motor car prices for both imported models and those assembled locally are inevitable, it was learned to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Magistrate Saw Motor Cycles on Test Runs
For the information of the magistrate, defendants charged at the Newcastle Summons Court to-day with having inefficient silencers on motor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cycling Finishes Ran to Dead Heats
Four competitors dead-heated for second place in the general point score event held by the Newcastle Motor Cycle Club…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day in the COURTS (Before Mr. M. E. Soane, S.m.) Newcastle Police On Railway Property
William Neill, 26, ironworker, was fined £2 on a charge of having trespassed on railway properly at Cardiff. Railway Officer Partridge said that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Speed Limit for Black-outs Make British Roads Safer LONDON, January 24
The Government proposes to introduce a speed limit of 20 miles an hour in built-up areas during black-out periods. The Minister for Transport (Mr. Evan…
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