Commissioners and Railway Policy
In our report of the railway situation yesterday, it was inadvertently state that Mr. Tannock had roundly condemned the past policy of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
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Cut Own Salaries Melb. Tram Heads Down By From 10 to 25 p.c
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The chairman of the Tramways Board, Mr. A. Cameron, has volunteered to cut his salary by 15 p.c…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blamed the Cure for His Trouble Motorist Who Took Anti-Liquor Drug
CHARGED at. Manly Court yesterday with being drunk while driving a car at Manly on January 23, Roy William Sandford, clerk, pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Trams After Midnight Show
Special trams will take home patrons of to-night's midnight performance of "Topsy Turvy," at St. James Theatre, for the New Zealand 'quake…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trip in Tramp Steamer Studies Abroad by Woman Doctor
"Men can go on ships as surgeons, so why should not women?" asked Dr. Leila Kealinge yesterday at the United Associations…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Tram- Bus Battle Transport Monopoly Only Remedy, Says Gosling
CHARGING the 'buses with deliberately ignoring regulations in order to take passengers from the trams, a deputation from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Concession Railway Fares
Recently Cabra-Vale Council applied to the Railway Commissioners for excursion fares to be granted passengers from Campbelltown and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads Blocked Auckland
Yesterday's earthquake was very severe in the Taupo and Rotorua areas, and chimneys and fences collapsed in all directions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Harbour Bridge. Proposed Exhibition
An exhibition is to be held at Maroubra on a 79-acre site prior to the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The exhibition is designed to gather from every part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Western Australia. Train Excursions
The Commonwealth Railways Department announces that arrangements have been completed with the State railways authorities for cheap excursion tickets to be issued to and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Registrations Fewer Motor Cycles and Cars on the Road
The registrations of motor cycles in Australia worn 17,000 lower on 31st December last than in 1920 and the number of cars registered was 3000 less…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Aeroplane Trade Australia Buys Fewer Machines From Great Britain
The depression in Australia has seriously affected Great Britain's aeroplane export trade. Australia, hitherto, was one of Great Britain's best customers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bridge Law of Probability Bad Tactics
Deals frequently occur in which game can be secured by two or three different plays, and those who judge by results are never able to say…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Due for Pension Old Timers Still Clutter Roads
IT is estimated that there are more than 30,000 old-time motor vehicles on Australian roads. They are long overdue for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coast Road Q'land Flood Damage Deviations
During the recent floods in Southern Queensland, bridges at Currumbin and Burleigh, on the main coast road between Tweed Heads and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Everyday and Everybody on Road to Recovery
MR. R. JAMES, M,H.R., WHO UNderwent a major operation in Kurri Hospital on Wednesday, is reported to be progressing satisfactorily…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Only Hope Is in Low Wages Must Choose the Road (To the Editor.)
Sir,--In every scheme of civilisation there are three stages--the beginning--the crisis--the end. It is so with the human body with [?] and with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Motor World N.R.M.A. NOTES
During 1930, according to Police Department returns made available to the N.R.M.A., 19990 motor vehicles of all types and 417 motor cycles were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four Hurt in Collision Tram and Van At Randwick Driver Escapes
FOUR persons were injured when a tram and a furniture van came into collision in Belmore-rd., Randwick,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Selling the Railways To the Editor of the "Evening News."
It would not be a bad idea, but finding purchasers would be a difficulty at the present time. The following applies to all railways in the Commonwealth:— The position of the Commissioners and the general public…
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