Railways' Problem with Missing Cups and Saucers London (By Mail)
The London Midland and Scottish railways are experimenting in the hope of finding the perfect cup and saucer for the hard life of tea trolleys,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1939
1,676 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 84
Revenue Lower Motor Registrations
For the first time in many years, revenue at the Lismore motor traffic office was lower in 1938 than it was in the previous year. The collections…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →World's Smallest Motor-cycle London (By Mail)
Claimed to be the world's smallest, a motor-bicycle, exact in every detail, Is being perfected by Reginald Crothall, a 22-year-old unemployed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tomki Shire's £65,000 Roads Programme
The construction of bridges and culverts under the £65,000 roads improvement programme laid down by Tomki Shire Council has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety the Four Absolutes
Here are what might be called the four "absolutes" for checking oneself in an effort to solve the human factor in the accident problem…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road To Success Consistency Pays in Big Business
The power of newspaper advertising was extolled by Mr. E. Stanley Leatherby, head of Costers Ltd., a big firm of drapers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minimising Road Accidents Bruxner's Talk to Taxi Men
SYDNEY, Thursday:—The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner), with the Commissioner for Road transport (Sir. Ncale), to-day called…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Taxis in 2127 Road Accidents Warning Issued SYDNEY
The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner), with the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Neale), today called into a conference…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Railway Excursions This Month
For the convenience of those who were unable te take advantage of the excursion trains run in connection with the Christmas and New Year holidays,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thousands Make Holiday Busy Scenes at Central Railway Station
No fewer than 88 trains—one every five minutes—arrived at Central Station on Tuesday between 5 p.m. and midnight, carrying home 50,000 people from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About Time, Too No Quarter for Motor Traffic Offences in 1939. Minister Determined
The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, on Monday night said that motorists who wilfully flouted the traffic laws would be given no…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man, Not the Machine Cause of Motor Accidents
When analysing the causes of read accidents it is found that the most prominent factor is the failure of the human element…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Excursions
For the convenience of those who were unable to take advantage of the excursion trains run in connection with the Christmas and New Year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell on Railway Line
When she fell crossing the railway lines at The Risk railway station yesterday, Mrs. J. A. Luck, of The Risk, suffered cuts to her right knee from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thoughtless Motorists
How thoughtlessness can endanger human life is revealed by an officer of the N.R.M.A., who recently completed a tour of the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Roads
Important road construction and improvement work is proceeding in Queensland, according to advice received by the N.R.MA. The road…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →'Bus Crashes Through The Spit Bridge
A double-decker bus crashed through the Spit bridge to-night, but the undercarriage caught in the decking and held the big vehicles above…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tour of Byron Shire Roads Mullumbimby
The tour of Byron Shire roads by Byron Shire councillors was continued yesterday. Most of the roads have now been inspected and the few…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Road Safety: the Four "Absolutes" (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
"Here are what might be called the four "absolutes" for checking oneself in an effort to solve the human factor in the accident…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →