Motoring News Golden Rule For Road Safety
"Let every motorist drive with even greater care and concentration than he does at present, remembering how often he himself is a pedestrian…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250
Proposed Road Clock
Messrs. Berger and Sons have applied to the Rockdale Council for permission to erect an advertising clock in Prince’s Highway, at the entrance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warwick Farm Crossing Railway Overhead Bridge (To the Editor, "The Biz")
Sir,—It was reported in the press on January 8 that Liverpool Council plan for the utilisation of district relief labor. How encouraging. But how many relief…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lansdowne Bridge Centenary of Opening
Most travellers along the Liverpool-road know the L[?] Bridge over Prosp[?] creek but comparatively few know the beasuly of the arch of the bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Smash Toll London
THE number injured in the disastrous train smash, when the Night Express from Penzance crashed into trucks which had become…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →George's River Bridge Record Toll Collections
In his annual report, the tollmaster of the George's River Bridge (Mr. J. W. Macfarlane) stated that last year was the best year in the collection of revenue since the bridge was…
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The Manning Shire Council has agreed to find £4000 for bitumen treatment of the road between Wingham and Taree. The Main Roads Board will provide £8000 as a subsidy…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →World Their Table International Bridge MELBOURNE
An international bridge contest between teams representing Australia, Britain and the United States will be played simultaneously in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Fatalities. Swindon Train Wreck. London, Jan. 16
Two people—the driver of the PenzanceLondon night express and a woman passenger —died from injuries received in the collision on the Great Western Railway, about five miles…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Animals on the Road. Swerving to Avoid Dogs
The natural instinct of almost every motorist is to swerve abruptly and brake hard in order to avoid a dog which has rushed suddenly in his path, but, unfortunately, such…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Toll of the Road Cyclist Killed Outright Skull Crushed By Lorry Wheel Many Hurt
A REPORT from Lithgow yesterday said that another life had been lost in a motor mishap before daybreak, when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bogged Motor Cars Simple Device that Will Help Motorists
Motorists in many districts have been finding great difficulty in crossing areas that have become rain-soaked. Some of the roads in black soil localities are now impassable…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Motors and Motoring for Countrymen Looking into the Future Liens on Which Car Design Is Likely To Develop
ALTHOUGH car manufacturers seem to have settled down to a policy of continuing existing designs without radical alteration (a policy which will become gradually obvious to readers as the 1936 models are announced one by one), it would be silly to blind one's self to the fact that a lot of quiet work is going on behind the scenes…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →General Motors Show the Way to Returning Prosperity
WITH a record Christmas and a general improvement in trade convincing the man in the street that the long-awaited prosperity has definitely returned to this country, General Motors-Holden's Ltd. has already…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mates in the Bush In all parts of the bush are to be found men who are mates in the true sense of the word. In this article "Murrungurry" tells of some of the friendships he has known among those who tramped the bush trails
STICK to your Mate! was the slogan of the bush that held men together through thick…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Olympia Motor Show. Commercial Vehicles
The Commercial Motor Show, held recently at Olympia, London, was even more interesting than the motor car show which preceded it mainly because in the design of the chassis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Morris Commercial Vehicles. Long and Short Wheelbase
Two new models of the well-known Morris commercial were announced recently by the New South Wales distributors, York Motors, Ltd., 101-111. William-street, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Livestock Attendants. Railway Concessions Extended
The Commissioner for Railways has decided to give stockowners more liberal facilities for having animals attended to whilst in transit in railway trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →TRANSPORT. Developments in England. Trolly Buses Replacing Trams. Brisbane
In England electric trolly buses are fast replacing trams, and Diesel-engined buses are ousting petrol buses, according to Mr. C. W. Reeve, chairman and managing director of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Erskineville Wants Corridor Trams
SYDNEY.—At a meeting of Erskineville Council on January 14, Alderman MCGuinness stated: “The corridor type of tramcar was introduced through the…
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