Ban Sought Solid Tyres Damage Roads
Prohibition of the use of solid rubber tyres on commercial motor vehicles is advocated by the Victorian Country Roads Board, because of the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1934
2,336 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 117
Another Bridge Tragedy Elderly Man Outwits Constable
SYDNEY, Friday:--A middle aged man, whose, body has not yet been recovered, jumped from the Harbor Bridge last night, though five special…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Concrete Road at Burns' Point
The three-quarter-mile length of the Pacific Highway from Burns' Point ferry to the Ballina-Lismore road is now being reconstructed in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terania Rates Unaltered Charge For Road-side Petrol Pumps Annual Endowment £2400
At its meeting in Lismore on Thursday the Terania Shire Council fixed its general rate for 1934 at 2½d in the pound on the unimproved capital of all ratable land within the shire…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Cyclist Injured
A young man, T. A. Ellen, sustained severe lacerations to the head and legs, and possibly a fracture of bones in the foot as the result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increase of £1999 Railway Revenue Figures for Byron Bay Station
Railway revenue at Byron Bay for 1933 exceeded that of 1933 by £999. Last year it totalled £24,147 and in 1932, £23,148…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motordom Australian Motor Industry Bright Outlook for 1934
That conditions have taken a turn for the better throughout the auto motive industry of the Commonwealth, is reflected in the fact that the sales of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Magnate
Sir William Morris, the British motor magnate, who has been raised to the peerage, has had a remarkable career. Shortly after his business…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Severe Injuries Motor Cyclist in Hospital Byron Bay
As the result of a collision between a motor cycle and motor lorry late this afternoon, between Bangalow and Byron Bay Thomas A. Ellem (26)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motorists' Week
Though the date has not yet been definitely decided upon it is probable that the combined protest of motorists throughout Australia against the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hints for the Motorist Position of Car Trade
The position of the motor trade today in many parts of Australia is anomalous in that despite a timely placing of overseas orders the shortage…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →B.H.P's. Huge Tar-spraying Lorry Tested on Lismore Road
This huge lorry purchased by the B.H.P. Company was tested on Lismore roads under the supervision of Mr. J. Cowie (manager of the by-products department). The lorry weighs 8 tons 9 cwts. and the 850 gallons of tar contained in the tank weigh an additional £ four tons.The spray pipe at the back will spray 20ft. of roadway and the controls are adjustable to spray the desired amount of tar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Dead Victorian Motor Smash
MELBOURNE, Sunday:- In a motor smash near Menzies' Creek, three were killed, the victims being Mrs. Florence Davis (55), her husband,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Killed Motor Cycle Accident Machine Out of Control Sydney
Two persons suffered fatal injuries and another was critically injured when a motor cycle crashed into an elderly woman in Cleveland-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Killed Eleven Others Injured in Motor Smash MELBOURNE
Mrs. Davis, of Gladstone Parade, Croxton, was killed, and 11 other members of a fishing party were injured when a large motor truck, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lucky Motorists Sydney
When motor cars overturned during the week-end the occupants had remarkable escapes from fatal injury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aerodrome for Evans Head Evans Head
"A site at Evans Head has been selected by an officer of New England Airways as the best position on the coast for an aerodrome, as the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Victim Over Harbour Bridge SYDNEY
Another man went to his death over the Harbour bridge to-day, despite efforts to prevent him. The body was quickly recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Escapee "Driving Me Mad" Man's Accusations Grafton
When Edward William Murray, who made a sensational jump from a train near Banyabba whilst being taken to Grafton gaol last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cr. Marks' Claim Son Willing to Permit Road Deviation
To clear a misunderstanding in regard to Mr. W. J. B. Marks' attitude in relation to the suggestion that a deviation might be made at Marks'…
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