Safe Driving Awards for Motorists
Application forms for awards for 1947 in the Safe Driving Competition have been sent to fleet owners and safety committees…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
1,215 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 61
Motors and Motoring Simplicity of Non-Liquid Suspension Damper
Only one moving part, no valves, and no refilling necessary— these are remarkable assets in a spring suspension damper. But they have been attained in a new device called the Rotoflo, which is now being manufactured in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gundagai’s Traffic Bridge Heavily Ladened Vehicles Take Toll
The Gundagai traffic bridge has stood up to constant usage by heavily ladened transports extremely well, but is showing signs of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motorists Treated Like Schoolboys
SYDNEY. Wednesday: The Minister for Shipping and Supply (Senator Ashley i was treating motorists like schoolboys when he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Stadium to Be Demolished To Make Way For Eastern Suburbs Railway
Rushcutters Bay Stadium, scene of many historic fights, will be defolished to make way for the Eastern Suburbs railway…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Train Driver Badly Burned
Arthur Springthorpe, 60, of Penshurst, was admitted to the Illawarra Cottage Hospital at Colevale. While the train was travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Transport Workers to Stop Work
SYDNEY, Thursday: All Sydney road transport workers will stop work for 24 hours on Friday, February 27, to enforce their claims for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →S. Breasley to Train in Wagga
Former Wagga jockey and trainer, S. ("Bonnie") Breasley, has arrived to Wagga from Melbourne to begin the preparation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Road Between Kyron and Cooney's Creek
A suggestion was received from the Jindalee Shire Council that they take over maintenance of a certain portion of Demondrille Shire, between Kyron…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Union Advocates Secret Ballot
In these days of strikes and tribulations, it is refreshing to read the following advice, given to readers of The Railway Advocate," the official organ…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swiss Railway Tragedy 14 to 20 Killed
ZURICH, Monday: Between 14 and 20 people were killed in a railway crash at Waedenswil, south of Berne. The train, which was packed with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Derailing of Goods Train Police Blame Wreckers
LITHGOW, Monday: Police and railway officials investigating the derailment of a goods train on the western line between Blackheath and Lithgow early this morning believe hoodlums or fanatics were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →200 Marooned on Train; W.a. Floods
PERTH, Monday: Nearly 200 train passengers who are marooned in the Perth Kalgoorlie express because of floods which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Soldier Hit by Overhead Bridge Evidence at Inquest
A 19-year-old Victorian soldier had climbed to the roof of a Melbourne Express compartment, and had been struck by the Bundanoon overhead…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road to Cemetery Discussed by Municipal Council. Officers' Reports
At the meeting of the Municipal Council on Monday of last week the following reports were discussed; Engineer's Reports…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Railway Pay for Sporting Injuries
The effect of a recent decision by the Railway Department will make the insurance of footballers or the provision of injured players' funds more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →W.a. Floods; Worst Train Delays Ever
PERTH, Tuesday: Nearly half a mile of railway embankment, 23 miles from Kalgoorlie, has been washed away,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brisbane Trams May Stop; Rail Strike Still on
BRISBANE, Tuesday: Queensland's crippling railway strike today entered upon its fourth week with a mass picketing of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist Injured
Ronald Richards, of Murray Street, Wagga, received minor injuries when his motor cycle crashed at the Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motors and Motoring Cultivating Art of Driving Will Save Accidents
Most accidents are the result of negligence on the part of motor vehicle drivers, but mechanical failures sometimes are contributing causes. And, in most instances, these mechanical failures are again the result of negligence on the part of the operator…
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