From Galveston. New Motorship Tasmania
The new Danish motor ship Tasmania, which was launched at Nakskov last August for A/S Dot Ostasiatiske Kompagni has arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1936
10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250
The Shark Will Bite Books Tasty Morsel Should Take the Others For a Ride In H.P. Tramway Ivy's Rock a Danger
THE shark won't hold any terrors for punters at the Harold Park trots on Monday. As a matter of fact he is going to be a very tempting morsel, for though he hasn't hit the bright spots for some time, he's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cyclist Injured. Tweed Heads
William J. Wilkinson, son of Mr. T. R. J. Wilkinson, storekeeper, of Murwillumbah, received a fracture of the left leg at the border gates when the motor cycle he was riding…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railway Excursions
The Department of Railways will run the first of the 1936 series of State-wide excursions during the third week of January. It has been customary to run excursion trains…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Cheap Trips Railway Excursions
The Railway Department announces the running of the first of the 1936 series of State-wide excursions during the third week of this month…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorists' Losses
A motor car belonging to Mr. Benjamin Phillips, of Bourke-strect. East Sydney, which was stolen from George-street, city, on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →N.s.w. Railway Team for Q'land
New South Wales Railway Institute team to play against Queensland and Victorian Railways at Brisbane in February was chosen yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Merger Of Motor Bodies
"I HAVE no knowledge of any suggestion of amalgamation of the N.R.M.A. and the Royal Automobile Club, and if il were, made,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Always One Way Surprise for Motorist at "Peculiar Corner"
"I have been driving along this street for five years, and this is the first time I have met, oncoming traffic," David Stanley McDougall (58),…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Registrations Motor Revenue Increases in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A substantial increase in registration figures in Victoria for 1935 was disclosed in a report issued by the Motor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contract Bridge Card Placement
TWENTY-SIX out of the fifty-two cards are always known to every player and card placement is the ability to determine as far as possible…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →The River Road
The long bush road close close by the river. It follows the track of the gipsy sun;…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Not Always the Motorist Cause of Accidents on Road
Motorists should be required to have brakes of their cars tested, at times convenient to themselves and without the imposition of irksome…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Stopped in Nick of Time Unconscious Men on Railway Line Auckland
A railway disaster was averted by two vouths, James Leathern and Walter Russel, farmhands, of Pokeno. They were having a cud of tea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inches From Train Wheels Unknown Passenger's Close Call
An unknown man had a narrow escape from serious injury early last night, when he crashed to the permanent way between two moving…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →It Is Costly to Cut Corners on the Road
TWO accidents were narrowly averted because of failure to observe traffic regulations, according: to evidence at the Kogarah…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Train Is Tossed Into Mud Fireman Dug Out with Spades Ivanhoe
CAPSIZING on a washawak a train consisting of engine, tender and brakevan, was thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Killed Motor Cycle Runs Into Van Man and Child Dead
TWO persons were killed and one was seriously injured When a motor cycle and sidecar outfit in which they were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seriously Hurt in Fall From Tram Identity of Unknown Man Sought
An unknown man was seriously Injured yesterday when he fell from a tram in New South Head-road, near Newcastle-street, Rose Bay. Eastern…
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