A Good Team, a Dusty Road, and a Long Way to the Hay Stack
Hay-carting in Central-Western New South Wales, where a good deal of fodder has been conserved this season…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250
Increased Road Toll of 1936: 539 DEAD 19 Traffic Fatalities During Christmas Week Alone
ROAD fatalities in New South Wales during 1936 numbered 539, compared with 463 in 1935, an increase of over 16 per cent. Figures (not yet quite complete) for December show 55…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →539 People Killed Last Year In Road Accidents Increase of 16 p.c. Speed Given As Main Cause Tragic Month
NOTWITHSTANDING the efforts being made by the traffic authorities to reduce the appalling death toll of the road, figures released by the Commissioner of Road .Transport, Mr. Maddocks, last night reveal that during the twelve months ended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blames Speed for Most Road Deaths Prosecutor on Tragic Toll Accidents Increased By 16p.c. .In 12 Months Speed Limit Question
" DURING the past year 539 people have been sent to their graves through road accidents, mostly caused by speeding motorists," said Sergeant Davis, Police Prosecutor, at the Traffic Court…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →330 Miles Dead Straight on the Trans-australian Famous Railways By Michael Glenne—No. 5
ON only one railway in the world is it possible to travel for 330 miles "on the straight." This is the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Story of the Motor Car
FOR many centuries men have striven to solve two problems: flying and mechanical propulsion. Regarding the latter, innumerable attempts and experiments were made before the advent of the modern automobile. which turned their dreams into reality. Towards the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Boy Frozen in Railway Van
A 14-year-old boy was rescued recently at Baltimore, after spending 10 days "on ice." Glen Boldlan, of Minnesota, became…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Circular Quay Railway; Sea Cadets Leave for Tasmania
Preparing for the Circular Quay (Sydney) railway, which will connect St. James Station and Wynyard Station. The picture shows the work of demolishing the Manly Ferry wharf. The Manly steamers have been provided with berthing accommodation adjacent to the wharf now being demolished. Sea Cadets from the Nelson Training School, Darling Point, who left last week for Tasmania. The lads…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sussex Launched New Motorship for Australian Trade
The launch of the twin-screw motorship Sussex took place last month at Clydebank. This is a sister ship to the Essex, launched in September. Both these ships are being constructed by Messrs. John Brown & Co., Ltd., to the…
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The Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Maddocks) said yesterday that an analysis of transactions handled by his department during the recent Christmas and New Year…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Lack of Protection. Railwaymen at Junee. JUNEE
The opinion that railway employees were Insufficiently protected at Junee was expressed by the district coroner at the adjourned inquest an B. J. T. Kennedy, a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram on Fire. Incident Near Circular Quay
Passengers left a tram hurriedly when it caught fire in George-street, near Circular Quay, yesterday afternoon. The fire was due to a short circuit in one…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Shaft Mystery. Tramp Theory Disproved. MELBOURNE
The original police theory that the skeleton found in an abandoned mine shaft at Wedderburn on January 4 was that of a tramp, has been abandoned as the result of an expert…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Want Railway Built
The Minister for Health. Mr. Fitzstmons, and the Assistant-Minister. Mr, Shand, will lead a deputation on Monday next to the Premier, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dulwich Hill Motor Cyclists
Dulwich Hill Motor Cycle Club is conducting a novelty trial at Bass Hill on Sunday. Members and friends will leave Clouting's Garage at 9 a.m. A week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Training Police in Motor Safety British "Caution" Plan
LONDON, Tuesday.--Traffic patrol police in London are to be trained in the rapid recognition of dangerous or negligent driving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder Victim Dressed Well Tramps Theory Dropped Melbourne
Early theories that the Wedderburn murder victim was a tramp have been discarded. "An expert has proved that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Spares New Issue at Par
The directors of Motor Spares, Ltd., announce a new issue of 22,349 ordinary £1 shares at par to ordinary shareholders registered on January 21, on which date…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Subdivision Roads
A suggestion was made at this week's meeting of Bexley Council by the Kingsgrove and West Bexley Progress Association that the new…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Closing Pyrmont Bridge
The N.R.M.A. touring department has been advised that Pyrmont Bridge will be closed to road traffic from 12.30 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Sunday next, January 10, while…
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