New Scenic Road. Lithgow
The new scenic road from Bilpin to Mount Irvine and Mount Wilson will be officially opened by the Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham) on January 12 next…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1935
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Held Back Bridge Fence Drama Man Saved
WHEN slowly sliding down the suicide - prevention fence, and almost on the point of falling from the Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bradfield Highway, Approach to Sydney Harbor Bridge
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Continued on Trove, page 11 →Some Queensland Notes Road-building Activity
AT the present time in Queensland road construction is proceeding at the rate of one and a half miles of completed road each working day. This great activity is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Through Bridge Three Hurt When Steering Gear Failed
PENRITH, Tuesday.--Three men were injured through failure of the steering gear of a car in which they were travelling along Wallacia Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fell Under Train Woman's Escape From Death at Penrith
PENRITH, Tuesday.--Mrs. Rebecca Allen, 53, of Wentworthville, had a miraculous escape from serious injury to-day in alighting from a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swingin Danger at Construction Job Warms Motorists
After having considerable trouble with motorists not noticing a warning sign set up in a street while repairing it, the contractor rigged…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Commonwealth Railways Section. Organiser J. F. Smith's Report
As a result of an accident at Naretha last August, two young boys were severely injured by an explosion of detonators. They were both sons of fettlers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Wilhelmsen Motorships
Messrs. Wilh. Wilhelmsen have ordered two new motorships, one to be built by Kockums mek. Verkstad, Malmo, and the other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motoring The Motor Trade in 1935 Great Latent Demand for New Models
In the following contribution our correspondent reviews the statistical position of the local car market and points out that there are to-day so many obsolescent models in use that, provided the buying power of the public is sustained, the market should be exceptionally active this year.—By "Spotlight." [?]TWELVE-MONTH ago we ventured the…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Railway Men Up in Arms Filching of Wages Wollongong, Mon
THE stubborn refusal of the Stevens Government to sanction any move to restore to railway employees their awards and the wage cuts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Man in the Street (To The Editor.) This Motor Madness
Sir, -- Day after day I read in your paper the painful news -- news that raises murderous feelings within me -- the story of what is virtually a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Went for Doctor Motorist Left After Old Man's Accident
KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--As midnight was striking last night an elderly man, Edward Dowdell, of Freelander Avenue, Katoomba, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casualties. Boy's Fall From Tram
John Jourdian, 7, of Rofe-street, Leichhardt, received injuries to his scalp and probably a fractured skull, when he fell from a tram at the intersection of Marion-street and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Accidents. Crowded Truck Overturns. Child Killed. Adelaide
A motor truck with 10 occupants clashed through a fence and overturned at Nettles Hill, about five miles from Victor Harbour, to-day, and Rosemary Bennett, 4, of Myponga,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Real Estate Railway Lands. Important Sales During 1934
Sales of land vested in the Railway Commissioners aggregated about £260,000 during 1934. The Real Estate Agent for Railways (Mr. H. C. Wilson) has made available the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycling. Western Suburbs Club
The Western Suburbs Motor Cycle Club will hold a handicap bill climb at Ryde on Saturday afternoon at 2.15. The final reliability trial for the Omodel trophy…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →MOTORING. Centenary 300-miles Race. MELBOURNE
The Australian Light Car Club's 300 miles Centenary race on the Phillip Island course to-day resulted: Murphy (M.G., P. Model), 4 hours 32 mins…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Racing. 300-Miles Centenary Event. MELBOURNE
The centenary 300-miles motor race at Cowes to-day produced some of the most sensational racing ever seen in Australia. Two men were killed when their car overturned, and two others had a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Struck by Motor Car. Katoomba
William Dowdell, 56, while walking along Bathurst-road, near the Convent, Katoomba, was struck by a motor car. He was found by a passing motorist. Katoomba District…
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