Another Accident at Bridge Passengers Have Narrow Escape
Another accident occurred on the Broughton Mill Creek Bridge on Saturday afternoon last, when a two-seater Vauxhall motor car…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
214 stories in South Coast's papers · page 10 of 11
Looking Behind the Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Behind each of the 28 fatal accidents already reported in this State for October there is probably a pitiful story of anguish and desolation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Apprentices Mr. Hartigan’s Liberal Policy
Something quite new to a Government organisation arises out of the personal interest manifested by the head of a huge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soap and Resin. New Road Components
Interesting experiments to be conducted shortly in the U.S.A. are those of roads consisting of soap and resin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lumsden’s Road
At the Cambewarra Shire Council meeting, on Wednesday last, a request from Mr. Jas. Lumsden for the use of Council’s lorry and a driver an…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Deaths in Country (Issued by the Road Safety Council.)
Although road accidents in country towns and nural areas of .the State showed, an .8 per cent decrease in the first nine. months of this year, 34…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brighter Motoring
I’m all for a more picturesque highway and brighter motoring, and hereby pass on an idea filched from the American Press…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Notes. OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. Notes by “Carbon.")
Figures just released lend considerable color to my expressed belief that petrol rationing has put the motoring industry well and truly on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cheap-fare Trams for Christmas
As recently announced, the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T.J. Hartigan, has liberalised the opportunities for travel at excursion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Traffic Regulations. (Issued by the Road Safety Council)
A universal complaint has been made over the last few years about the danger and discomfort of glaring headlights from, motor vehicles. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motorists’ Corner (Official R.A.C.A. Notes by “Carbon”).TRAFFIC DECLINE
Figures just released lend considerable color to my expressed belief that petrol rationing has put the motoring industry well and truly on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Country Train Arrival Indicator at Central Station
In order to meet the increased train traffic al Central railway station, the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Berry Municipal Council's Fortnightly Meeting Water Supply.—Pumping Water from Butter Factory Bore.—Prevention of Fire at Bomaderry.— More About the Compressor.—Factory Manager to be Invited to Next Council Meeting.—Summons for Alleged Offence Against Hose Restriction.—Roads and Bridges.—Telephones for the Staff
In the absence of the Mayor, the chair was taken by Aid. A. J. Witchard at the Berry Council meeting on Monday night last, when others…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bemboka’s “Burma” Road. Council to Open It
At Monday’s meeting of Mumbulla Shire, there was a letter from Mr Lawson, Stewart, hotelkeeper at Bemboka, re the 18ft lane he has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motorists’ Corner (Official R.A.C.A. Notes by “Carbon”)
HEADLIGHTS If I were a betting man I’d lay a considerable shade of odds that mighty few of you have taken much…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ten Little Cyclists. (Issued by the Road Safety Council)
Six students of the Albury Public School have written and dedicated the following lines to the youth of Australia who ride bicycles, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Targett’s Road Shire Council Adheres to Previous Decision
In Mumbulla Shire on Monday, Cr Sullivan, referring to the recent visit of the Councillors to Tantawanglo to inspect road routes for Mr A. D…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ten Little Cyclists (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Six students of the Albury Public School have written and dedicated the following lines to the youth of Australia who ride bicycles, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Railway Haulage Jobs Commissioner Explains How They Are Handled
The Commissioner for Railways. Mr. T. J. Hartigan, was recently asked what he would do if he were asked to transport an armature…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Efficiency Commissioner Hartigan’s Great Record
It is a commonplace that everyone one appreciates the extent to which railway service in New South Wales has improved in recent years. The…
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