Train Went Wrong Way
PASSENGERS bound for Goulburn from Sydney last evening travelled north instead of south for a couple of miles…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250
Broke Leg But Caught Train
GOULBURN, Friday. -- Running along Komungla station platform to catch a Sydney-bound train today, John Dubber. 16, of John Street,…
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Mrs. Helen Solan, of Belves-street, Penshurst, suffered injuries to her face last night when fragments of a bottle, shattered when thrown from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speed Limit Opposed No Contribution To Road Safety
A speed limit would not, in itself, contribute to road safety, but would unnecessarily deprive motorists of the benefits of the modern car…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Harbour Bridge. Volume of Traffic. 36,509,000, Passengers in Year
Taking an average, 99,751 passengers and 15,601 motor vehicles crossed Sydney Harbour Bridge each day during the financial year ended last June…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Train Took the Wrong Line Rare Incident Caused 50 Minutes Delay
The Goulburn-bound passenger train which was turned north at Strathfield last night was about 50 minutes late in resuming its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge Tolls Tell Prosperity Record £871: and It Was All Good,- Clean Fun
THIS New Year prosperity, measured by the Harbor Bridge toll receipts, is a record--the toll-takers took £871 on New Year's Eve. Yesterday's receipts totalled £500 to noon, and although…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Toll of the Road 16 Fatalities Since Xmas Long Injury List
THE new year was ushered in with a very heavy road toll. Knocked down by a car at Bondi, a woman died a few minutes before midnight on New Year's Eve, making the sixteenth road tragedy since Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Year's Road Toll. 35,708 Killed in U.S.A. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1
It was announced yesterday that 35,708 persons, the largest number in history, were Killed in automobile accidents in 1936…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Proposed Speed Limits on the Roads Conference Is to Discuss Placing Onus on Driver Objections Of Automobile Club STATEMENT
ALTHOUGH no definite date has yet been fixed, the Road Safety Conference will meet early this month to consider further the…
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Norman Martin, 50, of Casino, received extensive lacerations to the arms and legs, and shock, when he was pinned to the ground for nearly an hour after his car overturned…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Straying Horse Struck by Tram. Traffic Delayed in Oxford-street
Tram traffic along Oxford-street to the eastern suburbs was delayed about 20 minutes last night, when a straying horse was knocked down in Paddington, and had one of its legs…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Trade. Strikes in United States. DETROIT, Jan. 1
Three more plants of General Motors Corporation have been affected by strikes. Twelve factories are now idle, involving 33,400 employees…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fewer Trams. But More to Beaches
Tram traffic yesterday showed a slight decrease of 45 tram loads compared with that of New Year's Day last year, when 1280 trams were required. Traffic was heavier to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →St. George Motor Boats
The first two heats of the Commodore's Speedboat Handicap were closely contested at the St. George Motor Beat Club's regatta this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cricketer's Mother Dies in Motor Accident London
MRS. FLORENCE FARNES, 58, mother of Kenneth Farnes, the Essex fast bowler now with…
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The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways advises that holiday timetables, commencing and finishing at the same time as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Seeking New Railway Commissioner Brisbane
The Minister for Transport to-day advertised in newspapers in all capital cities of Australia for applications for the position of Commissioner of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holiday Tramway Traffic Not As Heavy As On New Year's Day Last Year R'wick Drop
HOLIDAY tram traffic in Sydney yesterday, despite the fact that the sun shone for the greater part of the day, was not as heavy as on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Far North As Sheep Country Suggestions Made By Big Grazier For Development Build Railway Melbourne
THE development of the far north of Northern Australia as a sheep country was suggested to-day by Mr. M. J. Durack, of Perth, who…
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