Motor Trade Rides on Prosperity Wave
DARWIN, Thursday.--Last year was the best yet experienced in the motor industry. Lord Nuffield, the noted British…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1936
10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 250
Motorist's Lapse of Memory
A resident of Ingleburm purchased a new car during last week, and conveyed his family to the Liverpool show on Saturday. After the show concluded his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ryde Bridge Tolls
A new schedule of toll charges for the Ryde-Concord bridge over the Parramatta River was announced last night as follows:--…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Maintenance Workers' Pay
Application woe made to the Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. Baker, yesterday by the commissioner for Main Roads, for a reduction in rates of pay of maintenance…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mt. Druitt Road
It is safe to say that not for a very long time has Mt. Druitt Road been in such a satisfactory condition as at present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Murder. Hickey's Appeal
Edwin John Hickey, who is under sentence of death for the murder of Montague Henwood, conciliation commissioner, said in the Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday that one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Bridge Team Chosen London
The team captained and selected by Colonel Beasley, to represent Great Britain In the international bridge tournament In March, against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Bridge Near Lismore. Lismore
Ironbark piles, 74 feet long, are being driven to carry the decking of the new bidge which will span Hanging Rock Creek on the Lismore to Cawonga road. The bridge will…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Marino To Train With Leo Kelly
AMERICAN "Babe" Marino, who is to fight colored American Tommy Jones at Rushcutters Bay on February 24, is to train with Leo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Head Injured Leaning Out Of Train
While leaning out of a moving train at Strathfield railway station to-day, Gus Leaney, of Highclare-street, Punchbowl, struck his head against…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hand Off Fall by Woman Under Train
MRS. Ilma Mabel Foskett, 37, Roslyn-street, Ashbury, fell beneath a moving train at Canterbury this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Toll of the Road Two More Killed by Motors Lorries Collide At Bondi Fatal Jump
ADDITION to the appalling toll from road accidents during the year were the deaths yesterday of a man following a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Works at Lismore. Lismore
Lismore Municipal Council's proposal to plant avenues of trees along the four main roads leading into the town has been approved by the Main Roads Department…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Toll Bridge Is Opened Long Suspension Span Brisbane
USING a gold knife to cut a ribbon stretched between the two pylons, the Governor, Sir Leslie Wilson, to-day officially opened the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Vehicles "Taking Charge of Roads." Judge's Comments. Brisbane
Mr. justice Brennan, in the Circuit Court I at Bundaberg to-day, said truck-drivers must make up their minds that they did not own the roads…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Spread Wage Cuts Bridge-workers Prefer Them Little by Little
Maintenance workers on the Harbor Bridge are willing to accept lower wages, provided the reductions are spread over three years and limited…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Safety. Lighting of Vehicles. Coroner's Appeal. Richmond
The Coroner (Mr. H. S. Johnston) conducted an inquest into the death of George Turner, aged 49, who was killed on December 30 as the result of having been knocked down by a bicycle…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →New Toll Bridge Spanning Brisbane River. Promoter's Diverse Tasks. Brisbane
The Indooroopilly toll bridge—the first toll bridge to span the Brisbane River—was officially opened by the Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Chapel Road Church, Bankstown Celebrates its Golden Jubilee An Historical Sketch and Report of Jubilee Services
THE writer thinks of those early days of Methodism in the little church on the hill at Bankstown, and of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Motor Fare
The fare from Penrith to Regentville by Mr W. J. Bale's motor service has been amended, and will now be 6d per passenger…
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