Slept on Railway Platform Fined For Trespassing
Found asleep on a seat at the railway station, Thomas Weston (31) was fined £2, in default tour days hard labour at Leeton Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Riverina · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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More Railway Excursions This Month
For the convenience of those who were unable to take advantage of the excursion trains run in connection with the Christmas and New Year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stolen Motor Car Youth Sent to Prison on Two Charges Melbourne
Three months' Imprisonment was imposed on Edward Callaghan, seed 19 years, at Prahran Police Court to-day when he was convicted of having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclist Injured
A motor cyclist on the Tarcutta road was the victim of an unusual accident on Thursday morning. Frederick Cookson, of Yathong-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fleet of 440 Motor Buses
With the calling of tenders for 89 new Diesel double-deck buses to meet the enormous demands of Sydney's travelling public, a major step…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →More Railway Excursions This Month
For the convenience of those who were unable to take advantage of the excursion trains run in connection with the Christmas and New…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Safety Driving (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Points in driving whch should be observed by all who drive motor vehicles:— 1. When strating for a long drive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Albury-Cootamundra-Cowra Road Not to Be a State Highway Reclassified As Trunk Road
Mr. M. Kilpatrick. M.L.A. for Wagga has received the following letter from the Secretary of the Department of Main Roads, regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Rescued Fall From Harbor Bridge Sydney
Mrs. Robin Foster, aged 25 years, of Palmer-street, Darlinghurst, was rescued last night after falling through the Sydney Harbor Bridge on to a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Killed by Train Fall From Platform Sydney
When John Ohlback, aged 61 years, of Blakesley-road, Hurstville, fell between the railway station platform and an oncoming train at Hurstville…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TARCUTTA - Mundarlo New Road Work Commences To-day
Work on the second section of the Tumblong-Tarcurtta deviation, commences to-day. The new section is from the Monaro Highway to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tarcutta Races Special Train to Be Cancelled Course in Good Order
At a meeting of the committee of the Tarcutta Turf Club at the racecourse yesterday it was decided to cancel the special train for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Killed on the Road Aged People Knocked Down by Car Sydney
Mrs. Ada Hicks, aged 70 years, of Croydon, was killed instantly near her home to-night, her husband, James Hicks, aged 73 years, suffered a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railwayman Killed Sydney
Charles Wood, 50, railway employee, was fatally injured today when he was struck by a train while working on the line near Hornsby. He received…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hungarian Railway Traffic Suspended Owing to Border Clash Prague
As a result of tension following the border clash, the Hungarian authorities suspended railway traffic between Czechoslovakia and Rumania, which now passes through Hungarian territory. It is officially stated that the Hungarian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motoring New Cars for 1939 Beauty of the Buick Many New Features
Out of a study of costly racing car design a new Buick was born. Five years ago the motor car entered a new style cycle. The old broad, flat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thoughtless Motorists Endanger Others
How thoughtlessness can endanger human life is revealed by an officer of the N.R.M.A., who recently completed a tour of the southern highlands. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Safety Line Yellow Strip on Main Roads
With a view to assisting drivers to keep normally on their correct side of the road the Main Roads Department is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Train-Jumpers in Trouble Seasonal Influx
EVERY summer Leeton is invaded by an army of "train-jumpers" who come to the irrigation settlement seeking work…
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