Motor Licences. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—It appears to me that there is one very important matter that has been overlooked by the traffic authorities in their endeavours to minimise the number of motor…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250
Motor Accidents. Seven Soldiers Injured Thrown Out of Lorry
Seven men who were travelling to Goulburn as an advance party of the Sixth Light Horse camp were admitted to hospital at Goulburn in a serious condition. They were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Boating. Saturday's Club Races
Several motor boat clubs decided events on Saturday. Starting in six successive races at Kogarah Bay, the speedboat Cutty Sark, which is raced by the reor-commodore, Mr, H. Collah, and hon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Change-over. Newcastle Railways. Faster Travel Possible. Newcastle
To-day's change-over in the Newcastle railway system represents the culmination of the biggest work carried out by the civil engineering and signal branches of the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soviet Railways. Far Eastern Schemes. Two Completed. (From Our Special Representative.) London, Jan. 4
Two great Soviet railway construction schemes of importance in the international situation in the Far East are nearlng completion. They are the doubling of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One Licence For All Motorists Experts' Opinion
A published suggestion that two types of motor drivers' licences should be issued, one for use only outside the metropolitan area and one for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →French Motorship
On her first visit to Sydney, the French motorship, Charles L.D., arrived to-day to load for European ports. Built in 1934, the Charles L.D…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →For Motoring
A DESIRABLE beige outfit, recently created for the beautiful Marlene Dietrich by Travis Banton,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Everyday And Everybody Motors In Britain
IT is estimated that in 1934 there was one motor vehicle for every 19 persons in Great Britain, and one driving licence for every 14 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Falls From Tram
William J. Nash, 54, of West St., North Sydney, suffered concussion, scalp wounds and a probable fracture of the skull when he fell from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Census London's Underground Travellers London
The London Passenger Transport Board is taking a census of passenger traffic on the underground railways next week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Progress America's Recovery From the Depression
An increase in the value of motor vehicles produced by America from 750,000,000 dollars at the depth of the depression to 4,000,000,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Aeroplane. Under Construction in Britain
A new aeroplane, capable of attaining a speed of 190 miles an hour, and of climbing to 19,000 feet, is now under construction in Great Britain. Captain Follett, of Adastra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Visitor Deplores "Cheapjacks" on Harbor Bridge
BRISBANE, Monday.--On arrival at Brisbane to-day from overseas, James Lawson, chairman and managing director of Lawson and Co., Ltd, Glasgow, building contractors,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motorists Taxed Millions Why Relief From Crippling Burdens Is Long Overdue Petrol Imposts Reduction And Money For Roads
CANBERRA, Monday.--Without giving anything in return to motorists the Commonwealth Government obtains about £4,000,000 from the Petrol Tax, which goes annually to consolidated revenue…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Toll of the Road Three Hurt In Collision Cars Met Head-On
THREE young men were injured--two seriously--last night when the car in which they were riding came into collision with a second car in Edgecliff Road, near Wellington Street, Woollahra. The sufferers' vehicle, travelling west, negotiated a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CHARLES L.D. New Motor-Ship at Sydney
Under charter to Messageries Maritimes, L. Dreyfus & Co.'s fast new motor ship Charles L.D. arrived at Sydney yesterday to load…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missing Teacher. Motor Cycle Found. Melbourne
In a letter dated January 21, which was received in Melbourne to-day, the Rev. H Griffiths, of the Alice Springs patrol of the Methodist Inland Mission, stated that Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Interstate Railways. Brisbane
Qucensland Railways met victorian Railways [?] Perry park to-day in an interstate contest for the Mick Simmons Cup. Victoria in its first innings, scored 162 (R. Baggott not out 43. W. Flynn 25…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Interstate Tramways
North Sydney Tramway Depot team, will a score of 135, beat a South Australian side by 21 runs in a match at North Sydney Oval yesterday. For the local eleven. E. Heath, with a…
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