Accidents on Road. 31 Killed, 405 Injured in Three Weeks
SYDNEY, Thursday:—Between December 23 and January 14 last, 31 persons were killed and 405 injured in road accidents in N.S.W…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
1,676 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 84
Was Mistaken for a Tramp Wrong Man "Arrested"
Because he was mistaken for a tramp. Northants County Council (England) has made a public apology to William Maycock, 29, a tannery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Deficit Likely State's Railways Finances
A deficit of over £750,000, instead of a surplus of £30,000, may be experienced on the railways for the current financial…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One in Eight Owns Motor Vehicle State Registrations
One person in every eight in New South Wales owns a motor vehicle. This is shown in figures supplied by the Road Transport Commissioner,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Model Aeroplane Notes
This afternoon members of the Brisbane Junior Birdmen of Australia will arrive in Lismore to compete in a challenge match with the Lismore…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bathurst-Goulburn Road
A number, of large culverts on the road between Bathurst and Goulburn, by way of Crookwell, were burn out during the recent bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Amusements "The Road to Reno"
Gay scenes of comedy, romance and excitement in a dude ranch over-run by grass widows are in Universal's picture, "The Road to Reno," which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Care of Children on the Road
School vacation is drawing to a close, and many thousands of children throughout the state will be travelling by various means on the highways,…
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Australia is at least hearing plain speaking. The men and women of ibis country, apprehensive of the swift march of events in Europe…
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"The Road to Reno" will have its final screening at Murwillumbah at the Regent Theatre to-night. Randolph Scott and Hope Hampton are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Children Returning to School Remember About Road Safety
School vacation will soon be drawing to a close and many thousands of children throughout the State will be travelling by various means of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →M'bah Resident Injured Road Smashes Mile Apart
LISMORE, Sunday:— Three men were injured in motor accidents which occurred on the same road and within a mile of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclist Killed SYDNEY
Raymond Hugh Baker (19), of Crows Nest, was killed instantly when thrown from a motor cycle on the western road near Prospect yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Franco-Italian Railway Dispute
The concentration of Italian reinforcements, chiefly Askaris and Arabs, at Adagala near Djibouti and the arrival of six Italian submarines, ten gun boats, and a heavy cruiser at the Red Sea port of Massawa has again focussed public attention…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Attempt To Wreck Electric Train SYDNEY
An attempt to wreck an electric train which was crowded with picnickers and surfers was made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety Care of Children Essential
The school vacation closed today and thousands of children throughout the State will be travelling by various means of conveyance on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Ambulance Train Australia Ready For War Casualties
Designed to carry 41 seriously wounded war casualties, the first railway ambulance carriage to be built in Australia since the war was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bodies of Refugees Line Roads to France New Depths In Spanish War's Miseries LONDON
ANARCHISTS and Communists control Puigcerda, which is full of starving refugees from Spain, states a message from Perpignan (France). The Loyalist colonel commanding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Worst Xmas Toll on Record 31 Killed, 405 Hurt in Road Smashes
Between December 23 and January 2 last, 31 persons were killed and 405 injured in road accidents in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Crossings
THE Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, has announced that the Government proposes to spend £200,000 on the elimination…
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