Dutch Air Liner Overshoots Aerodrome Sydney
With the Mascot Aerodrome blotted out by heavy clouds, the Dutch Lock-heed air liner from Batavia overshot Sydney by 17 miles this afternoon…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
2,045 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 103
Road Accidents the Highway Code
The Minister for Transport and President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales recently had published a code comprising such…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →European Diplomacy At the Cross Roads Germany's Offer to Poland LONDON
"European diplomacy is at the cross roads," declares "The Times" Berlin: correspondent, "The disappearance of Dr. Schacht and Herr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Roads Are Mororists’ Paradise But Driving So Easy It Intensifies Sleep Danger
German motor roads—the autobahmen—are justly famous. The general plan of their construction involves an elaborate system of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Runs Without Oil
In a series of interesting experiments to test the efficiency of upper cylinder lubrication all sump oil was drained from an engine and it was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatally Injured Man Thrown From Motor Cycle Was Riding Pillion
Fatal injuries were sustained by Victor Robert South, aged 37 years, when he was thrown from the pillion seat of a motor cycle while returning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Despatched Southern Railway System Week Ended January 21
Following is a summary of wheat despatched and stacked for the week ended January 21, 1939:— Number of bags received through…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Vehicles Collide
When a motor car and a truck collided at the corner of Wilga, and Yarran streets, Leeton, the car overturned, but the occupants, Messrs. W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Safety Children
School mention will soon be drawing to a close, and many thousands of children throughout the State will bs travelling by various means of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rough Road Blamed
The rough stale of the roadway was blamed for a fatal accident on the Giffith-Leeton road, not far from Yoogali, on Tuesday night of last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Caused by Corrugations Fall From Motor Cycle on Leeton-griffith Road
THE death of Victor Robert South, a visitor from South Australia, who sustained fatal injuries in a fall from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Callous Treatment of Stricken Leeton Man Nightmare Train Journey Follows Hospital Election Local Public Feeling Aroused
THE sheer, inhumane callousness with which a Leeton man, stricken with a dread disease, was treated on his application for admittance to a Government institution where he sought to alleviate his condition, will bring forcibly home to area residents the absolute necessity…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Snow and Floods Severe Weather in England Interference with Air Services Road Traffic Dislocated London
The flood situation over Southern England is likely to be aggravated by a heavy fall of snow which occurred during last night. The snow continued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. Road Toll Worst in State's History Thirty-one Killed in Three Weeks Sydney
Between December 23 and January 14 last, 31 persons were killed and 405 injured in road accidents in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notes
The extent to watch visibility from the seat of a motor car or truck can be improved by raising the eye level a few inches, per medium of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cars in N.s.w
Every eight persen in New South Wales owns a motor vehicle The Commissioner of Road Transport and Tramways Mr. C. N. Nealey said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ambulance Car Built by Victorian Railways Capacity for 41 Beds Melbourne
The Victorian Railway Commissioner (Mr. Clapp) has had completed a special ambulance railway carriage for use in time of emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Difficult Task for the Railways
Railway transport officials were faced with a difficult task at the week-end, when a large motor launch, weighing about 12 tons, was carried…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Week-end Competition Matches Crawford Cup (Sunday) Railway v. STOCKINBINGAL
The following players have been selected to represent Cootamundra West against Stockinbigal on Sunday: G. Leahy, K. Jeffrey, R. Brown,…
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