Road Toll in Sydney SYDNEY
Three persons were killed in road accidents yesterday. Margaret Harding (9), of Drummoyne, was fatally injured when struck by a taxi…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
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Week-end Road Toll in Victoria Melbourne
The holiday week-end was marred by a number of road accidents, including four fatal smashes…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Baby Born, Fell From Train, Picked Up Alive! Brisbane
A remarkable incident was reported to the police. A mother gave birth to a child as a train was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Passenger Injured NEWCASTLE
Arthur Richards, 18, an applentice baker, of Neutral Bay, suffered a probably fractured skull while a Newcastlebound train in which he was a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →200 Killed in Jap. Train Disaster
NEW YORK, Monday:— The American Press Tokio correspondent says that 200 passengers were trapped and burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£32,000 Road Opened at Toowoomba
TOOWOOMEA. Monday:—The official opening of the new £32,000 road up the Toowoomba Range by the Minister for Works was the chief…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hundreds Dead in Britain's "Great Freeze" Rail and Road Transport Seriously Dislocated
LONDON, Sunday:—Further disclosures of Britain's prolonged "great freeze" indicate that deaths total hundreds. Thousands of rail and road travellers are marooned throughout the country in the biggest dislocation of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclist Injured MULLUMBIMBY
Dudley Estreich (27), married man, employed by Mr. P. McCarthy at The Pocket, received abrasions to the right leg and thigh when he fell from a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Japanese Railway Disaster New York
The American Associated Press Tokyo correspondent states that 20 passengers were trapped and burnedto death when a suburban…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →London Modernises Tube Railway
LONDON, Sunday:—Despite the great calls which the war has made on the Southern Railways, the modernisation of the Waterloo City…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fell From Motor Bike
Dudley Esfereich (27), a married man, employed by Mr. P. McCarthy at The Pocket, received abrasions to the right leg and thigh when he fell…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mechanisation of Our Army Motors Replace Horses
MELBOURNE: "Mechanisation" of the Army has became a familiar phrase, but how many Australians have an appreciation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ban on Motor Horns Gazetted
SYDNEY: Prohibition of the sounding of motor vehicle horns, except as a warning of danger, has ben gazetted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kyogle Thirty Years Ago Opening of Kyogle Railway
January 26th has gone, but for Kyogle that day will always have an important significance. Its birth marked the consumnation of years of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Northern Star Published Daily at Lismore, N.S.W. P.O. Box 3. Telephones (2 lines) Nos. 2 and 48 Tuesday, January 30, 1940. To Train Men For Air Force
LISMORE Technical College has one of the best machine shops in the State, equipped with lathes (centre and turret), boring,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Wreck Blocks Line BASLE
The wreck of a goods train of 24 trucks at Schopfheim, near the Swiss frontier, blocked the German line between the southern end of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Lost" Train Arrives 28 Hours Late
LONDON. Tuesday:—One of the "lost" Scottish trains arrived in London early this morning 28 hours late…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Lashes Railway Sidings Grafton
A severe storm, accompanied by terrific wind and severe lightning and thunder, lashed the small railway sidings of Koolkhan and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling J. Ellis Wins 5 Mile Road Race
J. Ellis made no mistake when he led practically throughout, to win the Lismore club's five miles event at the South Lismore course. Owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Parliament to Discuss Motor Car Industry Sydney
The Federal Government has decided that, having regard to the issues raised in relation to the agreement made by it with…
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