Nut Falls 140 Feet Narrow Escape Under Bridge
A nut weighing 4¾oz. which fell 143 feet from the Harbor Bridge at, the northern pylon narrowly missed Miss Janet Stafford and Mr. Harry…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250
Child Falls From Train. Slight Injuries. HOBART
Because of the absence of communication cords on trains in Tasmania, Mr. F. Gordon, of Hobart, had to smash a carriage window to attract the attention of the guard when…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Petrol Bowsers on Main Roads. Council Disagrees That They Are Dangerous
“The high-handed, semi-government measures of the Board will have to be tested,” Ald. Ferry told Kogarah Council last Monday night, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Painting the Bridge. a Six Years' Job. 42 Men Kept Busy
Painting the Sydney Harbour Bridge is a six years job, which keeps 42 men busy all the time. Each year it costs about £16,000, and about 4200 gallons…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motors and Motoring Will Rear Engined Car be Design of the Future?
IT is a most interesting possibility that perhaps sooner than most people realise, the rear engined car will be an accomplished fact. Since the war a great many experiments have been made with cars of this…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Life Railway Pass. Mr. Casey Qualifies. CANBERRA
The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Casey), having completed three years of Ministerial office, has become eligible to receive a life pass over the railways throughout Australia. Only two…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Car Insurance. N.R.M.A. Premium Rates
The chairman of directors of N.R.M.A. Insurance, Ltd. (Mr. J. C. Watson) said yesterday that, in view of the publicity given to rumours of a proposed increase in motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Motor Cycling
The miniature Tourist Trophy race on the new course at Penrith attracted a large attendance. Results:- Castlereagh junior scratch race, 20 laps, approx…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railway Workers. Request for Holidays
A deputation from the railway unions yesterday asked the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) to give the members of the wages staff three weeks' annual leave, thus…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letters to the Editor Railways and Russia. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—"The Railroad," the Communistic organ of the Australian Railways Union, which is anti-British and strongly pro-Russian, devotes considerable space to enlarging upon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Street Lighting. Sydney's Systems Criticised. Motorists' Views
The haphazard and inefficient methods of street lighting in Sydney and its environs have come in for a great deal of adverse comment from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring New Ambulance. Roomy Design. Provision for Three Patients
The very smart ambulance vehicle illustrated has been supplied for use in the Manly-Warringah district. Its basis is the well-known Chevrolet 18cwt…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Recruits and the Railways to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—One hopes that recruiting officers are paying attention to the occupation of the men who are being enlisted into the Militia. About thirty years ago the Government of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Refusal to Collect Fares. Tram Conductors' Strike. PARIS, Jan. 7
Tram conductors in the Montpellier district are threatening a new kind of strike, in order to accelerate the introduction of a 40-hour week. They presented an ultimatum to the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →American Motor Strike. Detroit, Jan. 7
The projected conference on the strike of employees of General Motors, to have been attended by an executive of the corporation (Mr. William Knudsen), and by union…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Five Indicted Fake Tramway Nominations
SYDNEY, Jan. 6.—The committee set up by the tramway executive to investigate the fake tramway nominations of the Land…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Section Up In Arms Against Lyons Govt. 80,000 Motor Owners Protest
The time will come when motorists will have to take a very strong and united stand against further encroachment and victimisation by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Page Three Trammies Fight For Better Treatment Rosters and Awards Broken Demonstration Call
SYDNEY.—So serious is the view taken by the newly-elected Tramway Union executive concerning the trust’s method of rostering the men, particularly over the Christmas and New Year holiday periods, that a strong campaign will immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seek Increased Holidays Deputation of Railway Workers
A request for increased annual and longcervice holidays for railway employees on the wages staff was made to the commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N.s.w. Tramways Band
The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Mr. Maddocks, announces that the New South Wales Tramways Band will render its…
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