British Aerodrome Lighting for Adoption at Mascot
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 3
NIGHT VIEWS OF CROYDON; AERODROME. (Above): An Imperial Airways liner taking off. The Kingsford' Smith aerodrome at Mascot will shortly have the same lighting system installed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Body Found On Railway After Raid On Train
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 2
THE body of a man known as James Duddie, about 40, was found on the railway line between Kingswood and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railwayman Killed. Stepped in Front of Train, JUNEE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 4
Bernard Kennedy, a railway employee, aged 31, was killed at Junee last night, when he was run down by a shunting engine in front of the Junee Railway Refreshment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Born on Train. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 8
When a western mixed goods train was within half an hour's run of Westwood, Central Queensland, to-day, a young woman resident of Anakie gave birth to a son…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dutch Cyclist On The Road
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 14
Van Vliet, visiting Dutch cyclist, did some road training yesterday with Duncan Gray, Australian Olympic representative…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →ROAD REPORTS.d Routes to Forster
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 4
Because of the fact that extensive road work is in progress on the direct road from Bullahdelah to Nabiac by way of Coolongolook, motorists bound for Forster or Tuncurry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Blown Up. Government's Claim. Madrid, Dec. 31
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 7
The Madrid Defence Committee, in a communique, says: "A rebel train of 25 coaches, carrying troops and munitions to the Madrid front from Talavera, was blown up with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Transport. Restrictive Legislation. Amendment Urged. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 2
In the opinion of Mr. Harry Witty, secretary of the Victorian Transport Advisory Board, the Governments of Queensland and Victoria, in the neat future, will have tod…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car of Future. Designer's Ideas. Higher Road Speeds
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 4
Captain J. S. Irving, designer of the late Sir Henry Segrave's one-time world record-holder, Golden Arrow, and president of the British Institution of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Transport. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 4
Sir,—Referring to the letter by Mr. John H. Dooley which appeared in your columns on the 29th instant, relative to the above. Mr. Dooley apparently assumes that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Higher Speeds. Road Costs Rise. Reforms to Meet Modere Needs
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 5
The expenditure of the Main Road Department of New South Wales to the financial year ending next Jun will be approximately £3,300,000, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Toll of the Road 15th Death Since Xmas Bathurst Tragedy
The Labor Daily · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 5
THE fifteenth tragedy since Christmas occurred last night near Bathurst when a car overturned and killed John Thomas Stewart, 67, a retired railwayman, of Bathurst. Two others--a man and his son--escaped with minor injuries. Stewart, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RAINSTORM Sweeps Over Auckland. Rivers and Roads Flooded. Holiday Makers' Ordeal. Auckland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 7
Auckland experienced further heavy rain to-day. Strong nor'-easterlies approaching gale force swept over the province, marring all the holiday fixtures and causing campers to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Over 150 Hurt on New Year's Eve Woman Dies From Injuries Record List of Road Accidents
The Sun · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 8
ONE death resulted from injuries in traffic in which more than 150 casualties were reported last night. A record was established for the number injured on New Year's Eve…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motors and Motoring Spark, Plugs Play Important Part in Engine Performance
The Land · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 16
I SUPPOSE not one car owner in ten really appreciates the importance of the sparking plugs in his engine nor understands what a profound influence they have on the performance of his car…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motorist Punished. Drove Car While Intoxicated. AUCKLAND
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 8
"The woman will spend a month in hospital. This man will spend a month in gaol," said the magistrate to-day, when a clerk, aged 27 years, was convicted of intoxication while…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Railway Accident. Penrith
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 5
A man, believed to be James Duddley. about 35, whilst riding on the truck of a goods train leaving Penrith, fell on the line between Kingswood and Werrington, and was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Railway. Denman
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 5
It is expected that Work on the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway line will commence here early in the year, All unemployed have been called up for classification…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Touring Motorists. Compact and Efficient Guide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 4
A comprehensive and useful touring guide to the roads of New South Wales and the main interstate routes has been produced by the Shell Oil Company. It can be obtalntd free…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leaky Tyre Valves. Reminder to Motorists
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 4
For some very obscure reason, tyre manufacturers have ceased to send out their tubes (on new cars at least) equipped with the old familiar form of valve cap, slotted at one end…
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