THE 1939 DODGE "Luxury Liner", of the Roads New Range of Models Announced
Now we know all about that "luxury liner" starred in recent mystery advertising. With their promise of economical,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riverina · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1939
2,045 stories in Riverina's papers · page 15 of 103
Hillston Lad Killed Griffith-leeton Road Fatality Car Overturns Comrade's Miraculous Escape
Leslie McDonald, aged 18 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. McDonald, of Hillston, was killed on Saturday night last when the car…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety Vital Need for Care
Accidents continue to happen in country towns and on main roads, and their severity reveals that the primary causes in most of them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Culcairn Shire Monthly Council Meeting Two Weeds to Be Declared Noxious Henty Aerodrome Site
A meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council took place at the council Chambers on Monday. With the president, Cr. J. H Balfour, there were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tumut-canberra Road Deputation to Sir Earle Page
At the recent Agricultural Bureaux Conference in Tumut a deputation waited on Sir Earle Page, Minister for Commerce, regarding the road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will Still Hang Fire Application For Road-Plant Loan
ALTHOUGH the Governor's approval for a loan of £1900 to the Shire Council, with which to purchase road machinery, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Motor Accident
Although the car in which he was travelling with the owner did not capsize, a youth, Leslie McDonald (17) was thrown to the road when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Reserve Motors French Order for U.S. 'Planes Washington
The French Embassy announces that 600 aeroplanes purchased from America have 900 motors of the Pratt Whitney and Wright type. The order provided…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Finances Railway Losses Largely Blamed for Present Deficit Sydney
Retrogression in railway finances was responsible for a considerable part of the State deficit of £4,813,457 for the seven months of the financial year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Third-party Motor Insurance Melbourne
A bill on similar lines to the South Australian law to provide for compulsory third-party motor insurance will be introduced in Parliament next…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Trains Railway Time-table
The following are the times of the arrival and departure of the principal trains at the Wagga railway platform…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State Finances Railway Losses Largely Blamed SYDNEY
Retrogression in railway finances was responsible for [?]derable part of the State def[?] £4,813,457 for the seven months of the financial year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia's New Mechanised Army Motor Units Subjected to Gruelling Military Tests
The spur, so long a symbol of the artillery man's association with the horse, is rapidly disappearing from that branch of the service. In British…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missed Death by Inches Railway Truck Struck Barrow, Youth Unhurt
YESTERDAY morning a youth employed at the cannery, Granville Smith, had a remarkable escape from death or serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Permit to Train Sydney
R. G. Easton, the former Northern Rivers jockey, who last week took over from C. A. Russell a string of horses including Sailmaker and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£4000 Loan For Trunk Road Henty to the Rock
At a meeting of the Lockhart Shire Council on Monday, it was decided to apply for a loan of £4,000 to construct in bitumen the 19 miles bf Trunk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Increase in Rail Fares Opposed at Leeton Question of Road Transport
"The time has arrived when the railways should be scrapped," said Councillor R. Struck, when a letter was received from Mr. S. P. Dart, secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Engineering Classes
All those intending to take advantage of the technical classes in practical automobile work and in fitting and machining should present themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Rifle Miniature Range Shooting Vs Motors Win B Series
The Wagga Business Houses' Miniature Rifle Association completed the B series teams competition over the miniature range at the Wagga Drill…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Vehicle Collision Near Parkan Fregan Bridge Young Woman Admitted to Hospital
Mrs. M. W. Cross, of 70 Thorne-street, Wagga, a young married woman, was admitted to Lewisham Hospital, Wagga, on Saturday night at about 6.50…
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