Camel Struck by Tram
A tram car bound from La Perouse to Chcular Quay collided with a straying camel between Yarra Bay Junction and La Perouse on Friday night. The camel was thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1937
9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250
Motor Boating. Results of Club Races
ROYAL MOTOR YACHT CLUB, at Rose Bay.— K. A. Morris trophy, point-score handicap for speedboats. 2m.—First heat: Miss Judith E. G. Glass), 1; Suzanne (F. Pointing), 2; Neryda (C…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Accidents. Three People Killed
There were numerous motor accidents in Sydney during the week-end, three of which were fatal. Mrs Lillian Parker, 56, of Lyons-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Truce Sequel. American Motor Industry. Strikers Vacate Plant. Settlement Negotiations. Detroit, Jan. 17
As a result of the truce declared in the automobile strike, pending negotiations for a settlement, "sit-down" strikers who occupied the Fisher motor body…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Faulty Vision. Cause of Motor Accidents. Ban on One-eyed Drivers Urged. Science Congress Papers. Auckland
Defective vision of drivers was described as a much underrated cause of motor accidents in papers read to the opticians' division of the physics…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Traders' Annual Meeting
Mr. D. M. Goldfinch will retire from the presidency of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales at the association's annual…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Child Is Killed by Motor Lorry
William Mitchell, aged 5, of Avoca- street, Bondi, who was struew by a motor lorry in Bondi-road, this afternoon, died in the Eastern Districts…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In the Same Ambulance Tramguards Taken to Hospital
INJURED in "footboard" accidents, two tramguards were taken to Sydney Hospital to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Couldn't Get a Doctor Police Story Of Motorist Liquor Charge
POLICE had been unable to obtain a doctor to examine an arrested motorist, it was stated to-day at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Industrial News Conference Is Sought Tramwaymen's Claims
In an endeavor to have a conference of the parties convened to discuss the claims of tramwaymen for improved wages and working conditions, representatives of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Benefit to Blind Tramwayman
An audience of over 1000 last night attended the benefit performance at the Doncaster Theatre given by the Troubadours' Concert Party,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Mail Train
Soothing lullaby, droning song, With comforting, ceaseless refrain; Song of the traill as it rumbles along, Past river and mountain and plain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pram Thrown Across Road by Motor
NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- A car ran into a group of five pedestrians, one of whom was pushing a baby in a pram, as they crossed the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Child's Road Death
William Walker Mitchell (5), Avoca Street, Bondi, was knocked down by a motor lorry and fatally injured while he was running across Bondi Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Astronomy's Value. Helped Bridge Builders
The Government Astronomer (Mr. J. Nangle), speaking yesterday at David Jones's at a luncheon arranged by the Builders' Exchange and Master Builders' Association, at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pyrmont Bridge. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Your issue of the 13th instant reports that the City Council is actively interested in the question of the closing of Pyrmont Bridge, doubts being expressed as to the necessity for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Safety. Position Examined. Four Steps Suggested
The announcement last week from the office of the Commissioner for Road Transport that 539 fatal accidents occurred on the highways of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Govt. Plan Condemned by Unions Scheme To 'Train' Unemployed
CHARACTERISING the State Government's so-called scheme to "train the unemployed" as stupid in the extreme, officers of building trade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Toll of the Road Three More Fatally Hurt Lorry Accidents
MOTOR lorries fatally injured a man and a little boy in the city and at Bondi yesterday afternoon, while a third road victim, who was injured on Sunday at Peat's Ferry on a motor cycle, the rider of which was killed instantly, died at Gosford last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washaways Stop Mail Train Splendid Rain In Far West Broken Hill
Extensive washaways on the railway line have blocked the express train from Adelaide, and it is now on its way back to Adelaide, carrying…
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