Death in Train Due to Heart Trouble
When the Sydney-Melbourne express train was nearing Wagga on Friday morning last week, the dead body of a woman was found in one…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
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Toll Of The Road 554 Persons Killed in 1937
Preliminary statistics of [?] deaths during 1937 released on Thursday by the Commissioner for Transport (Mr. Neale) show that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Toll of the Road "Feet Per Second" Not "Miles Per Hour" Sydney
Mr. Justice Blair, of the New Zealand Supreme Court, who arrived in Sydney to-day, declared that there would be fewer road accidents if…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Slump In America
It is announced in Detroit that General Motors Corporation is discharging 30,000 employees on January 1. This represents the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →More Rolling Stock £1,000,000 FOR N.S.W. RAILWAYS
The Premier (Mr. Stevens) announced on Thursday night that the Ministry had decided to proceed [?] mediately with an extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Traffic Bridge Catches on Fire Last Night’s Excitement
About 11.30 p.m. last evening, Miss Lil Elliott, of Gundagai, whilst motoring across to South Gundagai, noticed flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cramm and Henkel in Accident Car Strikes Motor Cycle Canberra
Cramm, Henkel, and the manager of the German tennis players (Dr. Kleinscroth) were involved in an accident yesterday on their way to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Vehicles Collide
On Thursday evening last, a collision occurred between a motor lorry driven by Mr. B. Bertleson, of Yanco, and a car driven by Mr. D…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Road Fatalities Melbourne
During the Christmas holidays road fatalities numbered 32, while more than 100 people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Campers Killed Road Collision in Victoria Melbourne
Two campers were killed when their motor cycle and a motor truck collided in Point Nepean road, Rosebud, while they were returning to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Competition Railways Unwilling to Spend Big Sums Sydney
It is understood that the railway authorities are unwilling to spend large sums on new air-conditioned expresses on the Melbourne run, because they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Racing Thrills at Hartley Kitchen Wins Chief Event Sydney
There were several spectacular accidents which added thrills to the New South Wales Tourist Trophy motor cycling meeting at Hartley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga's New Aerodrome Work to Start Within a Week Ambitious Plans Prepared Will Accommodate Largest of Planes
Within a week work on Wagga's new aerodrome, four miles along the Tarcutta road, will be put in hand, and in a month it is expected that the work will be sufficiently advanced as to enable the Civil Aviation Department to grant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Thefts Anomaly in Law Sydney
Deploring the increase in car thefts and "joy riding" the president of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. J. G. Watson) to-day urged the imposition of heavier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Despatched From Southern Railway District Week Ended January 1, 1938
During the week ended last Saturday 46,500 bags of wheat and 55,635 in bulk were received through railway Rates in the southern railway district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga Aerodrome Accident Leads to Action Sydney
The Minister for Defence (Mr. Thorby) announced to-day that the civil aviation authorities were taking action to ensure that livestock were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terror at Hankow Aerodrome Heavily Bombed Crowds Flee Into Cellars Hankow
Terror reigned at Hankow to-day when a large fleet of Japanese "planes heavily bombed the aerodrome for the first time since the Government offices…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Speed Limit Improvement Noted in Road Courtesy Sydney
During the first nine days" operation of the new traffic regulations 200 drivers were reported for exceeding the speed limit by the police. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cyclist Fined Sydney
The first prosecution since the recent amendment to the Motor Traffic Act was launched at the Traffic Court to-day when Alexander Carlisle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Woman's Body Identified Found in Railway Tunnel Sydney
The body of a middle-aged woman which was found alongside a railway line in the tunnel between the Harbor Bridge and Wynyard station yesterday…
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