Lorry and Tram Collide Five People Injured
SYDNEY, Monday:—Five tram passengers had to be taken to hospital when a lorry and a tram cams into collision on the Ramsay…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
1,676 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 84
£200 Increase In Motor Registrations
Indicative of the prosperity of the Kyogle district is the fact that income from new registrations of motor vehicles and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£10 Fine and Licence Suspended Motor Driver Convicted
William Walter Clifford Johnson (27), for whom Mr T. E. Rummery appeared and pleaded guilty, was fined £10 by Mr. H. Hawkins,…
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The president of the Tenterfield Shire Council (Cr. J. D. Hynes) reported to the council at its last meeting that negotiations on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Victorian Bushfire Areas Employment of 600 on Roads
MELBOURNE, Tuesday:—After discussion with the Country Roads Board, the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) announced that the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raising Duck Creek Bridge to Admit Dredge Alstonville
At the meeting of the Tintenbar Shire Council, the engineer (Mr. L. B. Watson) reported that a start had been made on raising a span…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Trams Collide Passengers Showered with Glass
SYDNEY, Tuesday:—When a tram bound for Leichhardt crashed into the rear of a tram car going to Abbotsford at the Larkin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London to Cape Town English Motorists' Trip
LONDON, Monday:—Two English motorists, H. E. Symons and H. B. Browning, arrived in Cape Town after driving 10,290 miles…
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CAIRNS, Tuesday:—What is regarded by officials as a deliberate attempt to wreck the Cairns-Mareeba rail motor was made last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deficit in N.s.w- Railways Is Forecast Sydney
A deficit of over £750,000, instead of a surplus of £30,000, may be experienced on the railways for the current financial year,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trams Collide in Sydney: Forty Injured Sydney
TWO crowded trams collided in Parramatta road, Camperdown, to-day and 40 people were injured. The front of one tram and the rear of the other were smashed in and there were scenes of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burst Water Main Floods Underground City Railway Sydney
As the result of the bursting of a water main at the Town Hall railway station early to-day low level lines between Town Hall railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sleeper Placed On Railway Line BRISBANE
A railway sleeper weighing over a hundredweight was placed on the Cairns-Mareeba line last night. The rail motor driver saw the obstacle in time…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Fees at Kyogle Kyogle
Amounting to £1671, revenue from the registration of new motor vehicles and the issue of new motor drivers' licences at Kyogle during 1938 was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Notes Coraki Bridge Club
With scores starting at 204 and then ranging from 320 to 632, Mr. N. A. Elphinstone collected first prize at Thursday night's tourney with a card…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Making The Roads Safer
DESPITE State-wide efforts to make the roads safer for both motor and pedestrian traffic, the toll during the holiday period,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road. Safety the Highway Code
The Minister for Transport and President of the Road Safety Council ef New South Walee recently had published a code comprising such information…
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Sir,—In the words of C. J. Dennis's "Sentimental .Bloke," "I dips my lid"' to the Councillors of "C" riding on the stand they took at the last meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dunoon Ass'n Dunoon v. Channon Road
Playing on the home wicket, Dunoon defeated Channon Road by 138 runs on the first innings. Channon Road batted first and scored 87, of which J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Majority Of Road Accidents Were Avoidable SYDNEY
Between December 23 and January 14 last, 31 persons Were killed and 405 injured in road accidents in New South Wales. These figures were released to-day by the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) and showed the toll to be the…
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