Rough on Council. "Spoilt Roads," Says Writer
Mr. W. T. Charlwood, of Smithfield, in a letter told Fairfield Council that for two days last week he saw two of the staff, with a roller,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
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New Goulburn Road. Canberra
The new Federal Highway between Canberra and Goulburn, which has been constructed at an estimated cost of £250,000, and which will reduce by nearly an hour the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Notable Bridge Builder Dead Sir Arthur Dorman
ADVICE had been received from London of the death of Sir Arthur Dorman, chairman of Dormon, Long and Co., Ltd., builders of the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crossing Tragedy Lorry Driver Killed By Express Train
FRANCIS COYTE (31), of Borenore, (near Orange), was killed yesterday when the Broken Hill express crashed into his lorry at the Borenore…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lorry Collides with Train Fractured Skull Orange
When his motor lorry collided with the Broken Hill express at Borenmore (near Orange) to-day, Francis Coyle, 31, of Bornmore, received fatal in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss to Dairymen. Cecil Park's Bad Road
Cecil Park Dairymen's Association in a letter to Fairfield Council, drew attention to the bad state of roads and bridges at Cecil Park. Dairymen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayoress Acts As Organiser Successful Bridge Party For Hospital
MRS. A. MOVERLEY, the Mayoress of Randwick, was one of the busy committee which helped to make such a success of a bridge party held…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Wed in Pink Veil With Two Maids and Train-bearer
Not only did Miss Madge Marshall have two bridesmaids to attend her at her wedding on Saturday evening, but she also had her…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Aeroplane That Can Safely Land Itself No Help Won't Do Stunts Fool-proof New York
An aeroplane which will do almost anything but crash or do tricks was demonstrated to-day at the Curtiss air-port…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Notes and News a Mammoth Roadster Studebaker Provides a Startling Sight
If the average motorist, were to find parked in an enclosure by the wayside a roadster that was 13½ feet high and 15 feet wide, true to scale and accurate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Views Why Freights Cannot be Reduced
Included in a number of resolution passed lately by a Country Chamber of Commerce was a request that the railway freights on fat stock, wool, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"On Thirds" Share-farming with Railways Wheat-growers' Position To-day
"THE wheat-growers are now sharefarming with the Railway Commissioners on the thirds system," declared Councillor D. Kelly, when, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The T. P. Motor Car
Young: With regard to your enquiry as to the protection that the Moratorium Act gives to purchasers of motor cars under hire-purchase…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Drastic Tramway Cuts
It was officially announced to-day in reply to alarnust reports, that there was no intention on the part of the Government drastically to retrench men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Driver's Death
Martin Loffberg, 21, motor driver, residing at Moree-street, Gordon, was taken by the Central District Ambulance to the Royal North Shore Hospital yesterday, suffering from…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Cycling. World's Record. Wright's Great Performance
When J. S. Wright, the greet English motor cyclist, regained the world's record for a mile in Ireland, not only did he ride one of the extraordinary powerful O.E.C.-Temple machines with a…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Boating. Eastway Shield. Power Boat Association Replies
The action of the Australian Motor Yacht Squadron which disputes the right of the Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales to promote the races for the Eastway Shield championship of New…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railwaymen Rationed. Adelaide
Employees at Islington railway workshops decided by a substantial majority to continue to take a day a week off without pay…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sisters Fined. Railway Prosecutions
At the Campsie Police Court yesterday the Railway Commissioners prosecuted Hilda Berne on a charge of having failed to pay her fare on the railways, and Esma Berne,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wage Reductions. Refund to Railway Employees. Result of Cabinet Decision
The Railway Commissioners have given effect to the Cabinet's decision, announced in the "Herald" last week, that no employee should have his wages reduced in consequence…
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