There is Motor Fuel in the Bush Charcoal Gas for Combustion Engines
Surely some more virile and resourceful attitude towards the future of motor transport in Australia should be adopted…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
155 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 8
Good Roads Save Money
WHEN one reads of the many millions raised by taxes on owners of automobiles ostensibly for the construction and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dry Weather Affects Roads. Report to Nattai Shire Council
At the meeting of Nattai Shire Council on Saturday, the Engineer (Mr. H. R. Huntington) reported as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Accidents on Roads. Parents Responsible
Request has been made by several country branches of the Road Safety Council that a State-wide appeal should be made to all parents to see…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Enlistment of Railway Unit
The enlistment of five railway units comprising 931 officers and men started on April I. The unite comprise a headquarters railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Roads. Engineer's Report
The following report of the Engineer (Mr. H. A. Leonard) was received and adopted at last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Open Road In Danger
On the evidence of the road accident figures fur the first few months, it is likely that 1940 will go down in history as the year in which accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Straying Horses on Local Roads. Danger to Motor Traffic
A mob of about fifteen straying horses which have been on the road between Oxley's Hill, Bowral, and the Hume Highway, Berrima for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Straying Stock on Local Roads Danger to Motor Traffic
A mob of about fifteen straying horses which have been on the road between Oxley's Hill, Bowral, and the Hume Highway, Berrima, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Import Restrictions Motor Vehicle Chassis
The Prime Minister (Mr. Mensies) made the following announcement in Canberra on April 12th, 1940: "The Commonwealth Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cauliflower Causes Accident. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)
Most unusual accident of the month is that of injuries caused to a woman through a cauliflower falling from a truck and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School Children—Railway Concession
In the Legislative Assembly last week, Mr. Tal[?]y, member for Goulburn, asked questions regarding railway concession…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Macquarie Aerodrome (Extract from Hansard)
Mr. TULLY; Is the Premier awards that the M[?]quarie Aerodrome, which is erected on private properly belonging…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motorists' Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A Notes New Use for Cider
I hear that a Melbourne inventor has invented an apparatus that will enable a car to run—no, not on rain, but on apple-juice. Although I have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Roads. Maintenace Works
At last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council the Engineer (Mr. H. A. Leonard) submitted the following report on the work carried out on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trees Destroyed by Burning Off. Replacement by Railway Department
The Railway Department wrote to last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire Council accepting responsibility for damage done to ornamental trees in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blackberries Near Railway Line. Commissioner and Shire Council
Following representation made by Mr. [?] M.L.A., on behalf of a [?] resident regarding the eradication of blackberries on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wingecarribee Shire Council Engineer's Report on Shire Roads
Practically nothing bat been done on Shire roads in A Riding during the past month, except essential work in Bundanoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Roads. Report to Wingecarribee Shire
We make the following extract, from the report submitted by the Engineer (Mr. H. A. Leonard) to last meeting of Wingecarribee Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blackberries Near Railway Line Commissioner and Shire Council
Following representations made by Mr. Jeff Bate, M.L.A., on behalf of a Burrawang resident regarding the eradication of black berries on the…
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