Two Road Pests
There are, according to the N.R.M.A., two road pests, each of whom scores 100 per cent as a double-barrelled, altogether-awful weariness of the flesh…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1930
13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250
Good Roads and Land Values
One direct result of the reconstruction of Parramatta-road in the past decade and of its conversion into a super-high-way during the last couple of years has…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Darragh's Creek Bridge. Eden
The Department of Local Government has offered Imlay Shire Council a grant of £500 towards the cost of constructing a bridge over Darragh's Creek on condition that necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Liverpool-Granville Road Councils to Approach Main Roads Board "We're Up Against a Stiff Proposition"
Diversion of traffic from the already overcrowded Liverpool-road; a more direct route from Granville to Liverpool; and the elimination of all level crossings on the road—all of these things are being sought by councils on the main southern line…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newsboy Falls Between Train & Platform
Eric Brown, 13 of Albert Crescent, Croydon, fell between a train and the platforms at Strathfield Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Safety on the Road
"There is a wonderfully human appeal in the doctrine of the road safety movement—unselfish and universal," says the acting-chairman of the N.R.M.A. board…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Another Hold-up on the Bridge
Another delay occurred on the Harbor Bridge yesterday -- this time over the dismissal of a boilermaker for alleged disobedience…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dragged on Road Runaway Horse
Dashing madly towards a throng of kiddies returning from the pictures oil Saturday afternoon, a runaway horse attached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Open Road Chance-taking
"Rarely is the chance-taking way on the road the easiest, the quickest, the most efficient way; never is it the safe way. And what are the stakes…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Sydney Bridge. Discussed in Japan. Mr. Vowell's Tour
Mr. R. Vowell, deputy director of Public Works in New South Wales, and one of three Australian delegates to the recent world's engineering congress at Tokio, had the honour…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Floods. In Northern Queensland. Train Services Suspended. Brisbane
The railway services in North Queensland are still suspended as a result of the floods, but weather conditions improved to-day, and resumption of the services is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →State of the Roads Week-end Route Jenolan and Wombeyan Latest Conditions
THE splendour of the country around the Jenolan Caves, the picturesque hills near the old gold mining town of Tuena, and the valley and mountain scenery around the Wombeyan Caves, are among the features of an…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →No Preference Albury and Railways Motors Cheaper ? ALBURY
The Municipal Council negatived a resolution giving 10 per cent, preference to railways as against road transport…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Swift Death Ten Children Killed Train Hits 'Bus Cleveland (Ohio)
Swift death overtook 10 children and a 'bus driver when the New York Central mail flier, bound for Chicago, crashed into a 'bus on a level crossing. Children were tossed into a nearby…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spit Bridge. Abolition of Tolls. N.R.M.A. Seeks Legal Opinion
Both the Government and municipal authorities concerned appear to be reluctant to disclose to the public the position in regaid to the Spit Bridge toll account. According…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wanted to Farm But Road Too Bad "We've Spent Little"
Having bought property on the Cowpasture-road with the object of engaging in dairy farming, shearing and scouring, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Abandoned Motor-Cycle
On Monday evening, Vincent Auschan of Hassall-street. Harris Park, was walking along a bush track near a creek at Smithfield when she came across the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Expensive Trip Took Employer's Car Motor Driver's Lesson
James Keogh and his friends could have gone a long way in a taxi for £37/6/6—much farther than they did go on the trip that will cost Keogh that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →First Sale of Motor Show Claimed by Whippet Salesman
Mr. Witt on the Whippet—Willys-Knight stand, claims the credit of the first sale made at the Motor Transport Show. Immediately the gates opened at…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a
The N.R.M.A reports that the repair work on the main western highway over the Blue Mountains, which has been in progress for some months, is now…
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