Oddities of Motoring
On a railway crossing in North Dakota, a man was frantically trying to crank his stalled car when the train crashed into it…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250
Preference Act Attacked Railway Service
A strong protest was yesterday made by the secretary of the A.R.U., Mr. L. M. Ross, against the extension of the preference to returned soldiers in the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Everyday --And-- Everybody Trammie's Honesty
TRAMWAY men have always held the esteem of the travelling public in Sydney, but an incident on Saturday, which has been brought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Motorist Fined
Mrs. Patricia Roma Howard Clark, of Gunt[?]abah. via Bugaldie, was lined £10 at the Traffic Court yesterday on a charge of having driven on…
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Called "death planks" by tramway men, tram footboards were responsible for two accidents that occurred within a few minutes of each…
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The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) has informed the Parramatta Progress Association that a bridge across the Hawkesbury at Peat's Ferry…
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JUDGING by last last report issued by the New South; Wales Department of Road Transport, it seems as if we shall have to resign ourselves to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Road Safety. Co-operation Needed. Mr. Bruxner Addresses Motor Traders
The Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner), in a speech at the annual dinner of the Motor Traders' Association at David…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Road Signs. Commissioner's Powers. Councils Suggest Curtailment
The North Sydney Council was informed last night that the Commissioner for Main Roads (Mr. Newell) had told a deputation from the Local Government Association that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Russian Ballet. The Position in Spain. San Francisco Bridge. Sydney Mail Features
A fine series of photographs of the Russian Ballet occupy the whole of the double page in the main illustration feature of this week's "Sydney Mail." The photographs show most…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Issue Temperance Pamphlet Women's Plan To Reduce Road Accidents PERTH
As a means or minimising street accidents, the Western Australian W.C.T.U. has decided to issue a pamphlet denouncing the drinking of…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Toll of the Road Two Injured by Lorries Both at Camperdown
AN elderly woman and a boy were seriously Injured by motor lorries about the same time in different parts of Camperdown late…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Express Struck by Goods Train Impact Hurls Seven Vehicles Off Line AUCKLAND
A goods train crashed into the Auckland-New Plymouth express as it was walling at a platform. Three cars of the express were…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Test Men Must Not Fly V.c.a. Fears "Risk Element" Train Trip
ANYBODY else can travel by air, but Test cricketers-- no. There's risk enough in a Test Match without them taking what…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Actor Is Not Too Old at 65 Scott Alexander On The Road
AT the mellow age of 65, Mr. Scott Alexander, founder and director of the Sydney Kursaal Theatre, is planning the most venturesome…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Great San Francisco Bridge The Story of America's Addition to the World's Great Bridges
"THE money is ready, get busy with the bridge!" Beneath their rather hard-boiled exteriors our American cousins are…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Opinions Differ on Road Safety Vital Problem of Taxation Further Restriction Not Wanted
"WE cannot have more police and more equipment unless somebody foots the bill. We are loth to increase taxation."--The Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner)…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Moving Camera Clicks Along the Road From Sydney to the Lachlan No. 3 — A Day in the Federal Capital. Next Week: Gunning to Grenfell
While still in poetic mind, we made for the National Library, and there inspected the wonderful archives we hope some day to get to know better. St. John's Church, built in 1841, we found as quaintly…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →The Romance of the World's Famous. Railways No. 6
IT is a far cry from Lambeth Hill to South Africa. Years ago a boy crouched over a brazier fire on Lambeth Hill night after…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Death by Motor Accident of Dr. R. J. Tillyard
Dr. Robin John Tillyard, M.A., D.Sc, one of Australia's best-known scientists, died in Goulburn Hospital on Wednesday morning last, the 13th January, as the result of a motor accident, in which he received very severe injuries on the previous…
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