’Hopper Plague Holds Up Train
A mixed train from Narromine to Parkes was held up recently between Peak Hill and Parkes owing to a plague of grasshoppers. They…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
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Warren Woman's Death Western Road Fatality
The city coroner (Mr. Oram) held an inquiry into the death of Mrs. Fuller, wife of J. Fuller, station agent, of Warren, who was killed in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Repairs Sought by Residents Petition to Council
At the meeting of the Amaroo Shire Council at Cumnock on Monday last a letter, signed by several…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Royal Automobile Club. Weekly News Summary Cost of George's River Bridge
In 1924, realising the extent to which motor traffic would increase on Prince's Highway, and foreseeing the impossibility of handling the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two Bankers Robbed At Gun Point Man Detained on Train Adelaide
A daring hold-up took place at the Brighton branch of the State Savings Bank yesterday. Following bank officials into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News And Notes From The N.R.M.A. Motor Horns Must Purr
Motor horns, must in future conform to an official standard in Buenos Aires. This standard is said to te of a "soft purring sound."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OVER the Net Railway Tennis Club Tournament
The tennis season will officially open at the Railway Tennis Courts on Sunday next with an all-day open sealed mixed doubles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor World Happenings News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Strange Traffic Hold Up
Traffic was held up recently in Warsaw when a man climbed a pole carrying overhead wires for trams and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Killed In Motor Accident Woman Dies in Hospital Melbourne
Two motor accidents occurred in Melbourne yesterday, resulting in Hugh Woodbun being killed and Dorothy Coulter, aged 24 years, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cars Expert Makes Estimate Adelaide
Giving evidence before the Tariff Board, Mr. E. T. Lane, director of the Chrysler Dodge Distributors of Australasia Pty. Ltd., said that until…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Fatality On the Blue Mountains
Mr. and. Mrs. Edward Bruce and family were returning to Sydney after a holiday at Katoomba. When nearing Falconbridge the car skidded,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EUCHAREENA The Wrong Road
Still waiting on the rain. Hot dry wind which does not do the grass tiny good is the only thing that has visited us…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Safety Well-informed Public Opinion Vital
The public may go through life in safety and happiness comparatively uninformed on a great variety of subjects, but under modern traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Safety Well-informed Public Opinion Vital (1)
The public may go through life in safely and happiness comoaratively uninformed on a great variety of sub[?]ects, but under modern traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cricket Doings District Competition Five Point Wins for Railway and Balladoran Ii
As the result of matches played in the Gilgandra District Cricket Competition on Sunday last, there was very little alteration…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Motor World News And Notes From The N.R.M.A. Strange Traffic Hold-up
Traffic was hold up recently in Warsaw when a man climbed a pole carrying overhead wire for trams, and them did acrobatic stunts. At…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident Man Falls Under Truck Crookwell
When shunting at Prell's railway siding, outside Crookwell, this morning, John Glanville (42), of Goulburn, slipped and the wheels of a truck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To the Motorist Traffic Police Disobeyed
Every car driver should regard every pedestrian as blind, deaf and stupid. Until these principles are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Random Notes Underwater Motoring
The new tunnel under the Thames, linking Dartford with Purfleet, has been designed with a carriage-way twenty feet wide,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Safety The Motorist (2)
In the modern car the motorist has placed in his hands an instrument that can be of immense benefit and enjoyment. He can move…
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