Motorist to Pay £1,000. Judge Awards Full Damages
Finding that there had been negligence on the part of a driver whose car collided with a bicycle, and that the claim for £1000 by a cyclist was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
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Motor Transport In Modern Warfare
Recent happenings in Japan and Spain have served to emphasise the fact that, in modern warfare, speed is a decisive factor, and to-day, all the great nations of the world are concentrating on the mechanisation of their forces. Vast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lighthouse Road Explanation to Council Ballina
Referring to statements made during the recent by-election that the Ballina Municipal Council had refused to accept an unconditional…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Badly Hurt Explosion on Motor Yacht
Two women and a man were seriously injured when an explosion occurred in the 21-ton motor yacht Odtaa IV. while it was being refuelled in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Sydney 10 Motor Vehicles Damaged
SYDNEY Sunday--A fire, which began either in the battery charging room of Rose Bay Motors Ltd. or the workshop of Austral…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Taxation and Roads
AUSTRALIAN motorists are not alone in their contention that, of the millions of pounds they contribute each year…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Notes. Coraki Bridge Club
Mrs. and Mr. Elphinstone won first and second prizes at Thursday night's pivot, the former with a card of 2681 and the latter with 2586. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mussolini Entertains Aeroplane Stunting
LONDON, Sunday:--A message from Mussolini states that Signor Mussolini took out his three-engined plane for a two and a half…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Open Column Road Development
Sir, -- Some 25 years ago I selected land situated at Cawong[?]a, Hanging Rock Creek, lived in a tent and a slab nut for a number of years, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Very Far Roads to Tablelands Via Grafton
The trip to Grafton, thence across to Glen Innes and return to Lismore through Tenterfield, can now be made over roads that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trespassed on Railway CASINO
At the Casino Police Court Frank Farrell (44), Leonard Harris (27), and George Hayes (23) were each fined £3 for trespassing on railway property in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Over Richmond Woodburn Scheme Public Meeting to Be Called
A Public meeting at Woodburn decided to ask Gundurimba Shire council to arrange a special meeting at Woodburn on February 12 to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lessening Road Peril Better Lighting Urged
Defective lighting undoubtedly contributes to the toll of the road, says the annual report of the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Warning to British Bombardment of Hong Kong- Canton Road
LONDON, Tuesday:--According to the Hong Kong correspondent of "The Times," the Japanese have informed the British Ambassador in Tokio (Sir Robert Craigie) of their keeping the road from the border of the new territories…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Racing Motorist's Death
LONDON, Tuesday:--Roy Hector Eccles, the well known racing motorist, aged 36, has died in hospital. His wife, with whom he had entered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fewer Railway Passengers Kyogle Figures KYOGLE
The fact that additional excursion trains are being run for the 150th Anniversary celebrations is considered by local railway officials to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Traffic Act
Lismore police stated yesterday that there were numerous owners of motor trucks in Lismore who did not have painted on the right hand side of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Improved Roads
STRIKING evidence of the value of good roads to the Kyogle district was provided during the week. As a result of torrential…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Problem
Ratepayers of Woodburn Shire, and electors generally who do any travelling on the main roads of the area, are beginning to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roads Blocked Mullumbimby
Despite the change in the direction of the wind this morning, heavy rain continued to fall in the Mullumbimby district for several hours. The…
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