Hampton-oberon Road
Motorists who do not wish to travel by way of Jenolan Caves to Oberon may follow a short cut by way of Duckmaloi River. About two miles…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250
Train Fireman Injured. Richmond
Herbert Wilkinson, a fireman, was on the engine of a train coming to Richmond from Kurrajong last night, and, it is surmised, was leaning out of the cab approaching Richmond…
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COWS at Burringbar, by rubbing their backs against a post on Monday, held up a Government train, for an hour, caused endless confusion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For Women Gardenias. Flowered Train. Afternoon Wedding
An unusual and charming effect was achieved in the gown worn by Miss Betty Chisholm at her wedding late yesterday afternoon to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Main Roads Cost £29,124,000 in Ten Years
The Main Roads Board, in its 10 years' existence, has spent £29,124,000. Of this sum, £12,960,994 came from motor taxation, and £5,457,119 from the petrol tax…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bush Children Find Train Too Slow. BRISBANE
Children from far western Queensland, who had their first ride in a train on their way to the Bush Brotherhood seaside camp at Coolangatta, were unanimous in the opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Dazed Boy Is Struck by Train Coroner's Finding: Accidental Death Half Asleep Wollongong
AN inquiry into the death of Charles Stanley Warren, 18, of Erskineville, who was struck by a moving train at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Don't Train Men -- Pinch Them! Practice That Has Grown Up In Business Short-Sighted Policy That Must Have Ending
HAS the cost of training executives become too great in business, or is it too risky to be undertaken? The question is provoked by a growing commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →16 Lives Lost As Gale Sweeps British Isles Seven Die In Raging Seas Floods Extend Farmers' Ordeals Big Bridge Rocked London
SIXTEEN lives were last--seven of them at sea--in a great gale which swept the British Isles last night. THE sole survivor of the crew of six of the 200-ton cargo boat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Toll of the Road Face Hit by Side of Lorry Youth Travelling Pillion Killed Instantly at Gunning Goulburn
DON BRANNAN, 19, of Nelanglo Street, Gunning, was killed instantly, when a passing lorry struck him as he was riding pillion on a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heard by the Way First Chaplain — Breaking and Entering Charges — Darwin on the Nepean — Only the Bull—" Crushed " by the Crusher, etc. Road Terrors
"YOU can take it from me that motor cycles are the bane of car motorists and of pedestrians," said Mr A. G. Hardwick, P.M., at Penrith…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Turned Ninety Old Railway Man Worked on Early Construction
INTERESTING, is the railway career of Mr Samuel Greenhalgh, a very esteemed resident of Mt. Druitt, who has turned ninety…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motoring in 1936
"There is no reason why the motoring world should not look forward to the year 1936 with the greatest confidence," said Mr J. C. Watson,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor World N.R.M.A. Notes Lamps for Pedestrians
When walking along unlighted highways in Normandy, France, pedestrians must carry lamps, says a new official ruling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Case Christmas Eve Happening
It was only an ordinary charge of drunkenness but it was a case of much interest in railway and other circles, when, at Penrith Ploice Court, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Springwood Motor Cycle and Taxi Collide Cyclist Seriously Injured
James Rutledge, aged 22 years, was riding his motor cycle along the Main Western Road near Woodford, travelling towards Lawson, on Saturday last,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Egyptian Railway. Strategic Line to Be Built. Cairo, Jan. 10
The Cabinet has decided to appropriate £94,000 towards the building of a 50 miles stategic railway from Fouka to Mersa Matruh, which at present has no railway…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Race Plan Across Australia Motor Sport
A SUGGESTION has been made by a leading Australian rubber company that a motor race should be held…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lloyd Ross Forum When Tom Hartigan Sent Out His Christmas Card! Reaction Of N.S.W. 39,000 Railway Employees Mr. Lloyd Ross Acknowledges Commissioner's Seasonal Greetings
COULD Mr. Hartigan do this? The "this" is restore pre-depression standard of pay and give a 40-hour week to railway employees. Certainly, says Mr. Lloyd Ross, if he were not so…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →New Zealand Railway Contracts London
Contracts tor £72,000 worth of railway material have been placed by the New Zealand Government with five British firms…
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