Big Increase British Railway Freights
LONDON, Monday:--In the first nine months of 1936 the tonnage of freight conveyed on standard gauge railways in Great Britain increased…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
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Challenge to Union General Motors Strikes Menace 135,000 Workers
DETROIT, Monday:--The President of General Motors Corporation (Mr. Sloan) to-day issued a formal statement defying the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aerodrome Site
At Tuesday's meeting of Coolangatta Town Council, it was decided to get in touch with Capt. Jos. Francis, M.P., immediately and urge him to use…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Motors Strike Meeting of Parties Arranged
WASHINGTON, Wednesday:-- President Roosevelt and Mr. Perkils (Secretary of Labor) conferred twice during the day regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Traders Branch Re-formed
After being in recess for two years, the Richmond and Tweed Association district section of the Motor Traders' of New South Wales has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →General Motors Strike WASHINGTON
The Minister for Labour Miss Perkins) twice conferred during the day with President Roosevelt regarding the General Motors strike, but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Harbor Bridge Traffic 36,500,000 Passengers in Year
An average of 99,751 passengers and 15,601 motor vehicles crossed Sydney Harbour Bridge each day during the financial year ended last June. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local Goverment Tweed Shire Council Numinbah Road £3,900 to be Spent on Development
The Department of Main Roads advised yesterday's meeting of Tweed Shire Council that a sum of £3,000 had been allotted from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cars Collide
A collision occurred at a very dangerous corner on the Doon Doon road between two motor cars, one driven by the Rev. M. McCullough, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge Evening
The first of a series of bridge evenings promoted by the St. Cuthbert's Branch of the Girls' Friendly Society, Tweed Heads, was held in the Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Special Fruit Train
Consignments of bananas by the special fruit train from Murwilliumbah on Friday for Melbourne and Adelaide only were:--…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reported Sos From Aeroplane Authorities Mystified
MELBOURNE, Friday:-- Mystery surrounds the report that a wireless amateur in Brunswick intercepted on Thursday a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For Road or Rail'
This passenger car—an American inno vation—is adaptable for use either on road or rail. It has rubber tyred w heels for road work and metal wheels adjustable for travelling on the lines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Petition Leave Tomki Shire? Hogarth Range Road Costs Casino
In a letter to the Tomki Shire Council meeting to-day the secretary of the Hogarth Range branch of the P.P.U., relative to an…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Importance of Signals Only Three to Learn Motorists Should Always Comply
"Correct signalling by the driver of a vehicle is a most important matter, and if all motorists realised this fact, motoring…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.S. Social Security Pensions Motorman First Recipient
NEW YORK, Thursday:--A message from Cleveland says that Ernest Ackerman (65), a street car motorman for 33 years, is believed to be the first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cycle Trade Boom New Tram Fares Was Reason BUDAPEST
A boom in the cycle trade was started in Budapest recently, when the tramway company announced a new schedule of fares…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hints for the Motorist Uniformity of Car Controls
Much has been accomplished internationally by the standardisation of various units and designs to provide greatest safety and effciency for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Skilled Engineers Shortage In Britain Motor Trade
THE sudden expansion of the engineering trades in Great Britain, as the result of the Government's rearmament programme,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Fruit Train
Consignments of bananas by the special fruit train from Murwillumbah on Saturday were:-- To Sydney: Murwillumbah 1,150…
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