Bridge Toll Record
Last week's revenue from tolls at George's River Bridge, £1394, was a record. The heaviest day was Boxing Day, when 9408 vehicles paid £443 to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1930
13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250
Road Accidents. a Potent Cause. Narrow, Crowded Roads. N.r.m.a.'s Investigations
One of the most potent causes of the appalling list of week-end accidents is the narrow carriageway provided on the principal roads leading to the touring resorts…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bridge Two Quick Tricks
BECAUSE one should not call a suit as an original declaration without two quick tricks in the hand, it does not follow, as many players seem to think, that every…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Road Work
THE greatest length of work yet let by the Main Roads Board in one contract is tor the formation and draining of over nine miles of the new…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Respect New Roads Inconsiderate Drivers
Durning the hot weather many coin plaints have been received from rend workers of the difficulties experienced while tar-spraying operations, are in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Western Road in Penrith
MOTORISTS will be Interested to learn that the dangerously bad state of the main western road through Penrith is likely to become a memory…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →1930 Road Guide Comprehensive Book
Issued by the Herald and Weekly Times, Ltd. (Melbourne), the Herald Road Guide, 1930, now is available. Though it is compiled primarily for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Main Roads £2,086,805 Spent 5 Months' Work
IN the five months from July 1 to November 30, 1929, £2,086,803 was spent on the main roads of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Holiday Thefts Many Cases Botany Road Raid
WITH the passing of the Holidays, a number of robberies, hitherto undiscovered, has been reported to the police. Taking advantage of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Road to Success. Advice for Young Men
If a young man approaches his work in any field with the idea that his advancement depends upon "getting the breaks," upon luck and chance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unconscious on Road 2 Men at Wollongong Wollongong
Early this morning a motor lorry driver saw two men lying unconscious on the road near Flinders Street. Placing them on his vehicle he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The World of Motoring With Special Attention to Motor Cycling -- Tram Drivers Should Signal Conditional Stops Risks of Motorists
THE suggestion is made by Mr. G. N. King acting-chairman of the N.R.M.A Board of Management, that some of method of signalling the intention to stop should…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Real Estate on Pittwater Careel Bay Sites Main Road Fronts
Situated between the main Barrenjeoy-road and the waters of Careel Bay, the Roche Estate, Pittwater, will be sold by auction on the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Roads and Bridges Expenditure of Almost £2,000,000 on State Waterways and Highways. Western Division Works
Expenditure incurred on account of harbors and rivers, on Western Division roads, bridges, ferries, etc., since the present State Government took…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Notes and News. Essex First In "Tour de France"
Two Essex cars finished without a single penalty in the famous French reliability classic, the "Tour de France." One of them, driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Evening News" Motorists' Guide Amazing Metal Aluminium Solder Local Discovery
UNTIL recently attempts to repair worn or fractured aluminium or "muck metal" parts by soldering have failed, but a Sydney inventor…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sheffield Shield Match —— Big Motor Trek
READY FOR THE DEMOLISHER—Some of the old destroyers of the Australian Navy, condemned destruction and stripped of much of their gear, await their final doom at Cockatoo Island. NARROW SHAVE—Marks has a narrow escape from a ball from Hurwood. He was caught later by Hurwood off Thurlow when he was 40…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram Signals Stop Lights Needed Conditional Halts
THAT some method of signalling intentions to stop should be introduced on the trams on the Watson's Bay and other lines on which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Walked Into Tram Man's Fatal Injuries
AN old-age pensioner James Horton, 70, according to a witness at the City Coroner's Court, to-day, did not [?] a tram proceeding along…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Injured Tram : Lorry Crash Melbourne
William Stewart, 57, of Barnett-street, Kensington, suffered a fracture of a rib, and Miss Emma Pickles, 23, of Durham-street. Richmond, shock, as a result of a…
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