Workers Still Hold Motor Shops
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Federal attempts to end the automobile strike down completely when Alfred Sloan, president of General Motors…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250
Darwin Murder Charge Alleged Struggle In Motor Car DARWIN
George Chandler, a half-caste, was alleged to have been injured in a struggle in a motor car on Saturday night and died in the Darwin…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Tariff Board Motor Inquiry
Official dates for Tariff Board sittings in its inquiry into the Federal Government's proposals for manufacture of complete motor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murder Charge at Darwin Alleged Fight in Motor Car Darwin
IN an alleged fight In a motor car 4 on Saturday night George Chandler, a half-caste, was so seriously injured that he died in hospital this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1000 Pickets at Motor Offices
DETROIT, Monday.--General Motors' offices in Detroit were picketed by 1000 strikers today. They threatened action if the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Safety First At Aerodrome Plea At Graveside
A STRONG plea for the introduction of safety-first principles at Mascot and other aerodromes was made by the Rev. R. O. Todd yesterday in his address at the graveside of the late Miss May Bradford, who was incinerated in an aeroplane crash at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Nightmare Road
WHEN the Clarence River was the port of the New England Tablelands, and 300 teams plied to and fro, the road from Glen Innes to Grafton was considered the…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Remove Death From The Roads
THE fact that there has been a falling-off in the toll of the road since the holiday season must not be seized upon by the Road Safety Conference, which reassembles to-night, as an excuse for another adjournment. There has already been a surfeit of talk and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Law Report. Federal Arbitration Court (Before Mr. Justice Drake-Brockman.) Tramways Award. Railway Commissioners v Australian Tramways and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association
By consent of the parties, the powers of the Board of Reference under the award made in 1927, covering traffic employees of the Transport Department, weie extended to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Engineering in Ceylon
TOP: A fine example of engineering. The lowest portion of the overhanging rock is 9ft from the roadway, and the highest portion of the rock is 12ft from the roadway. The rock is 55ft thick...BOTTOM: One of the many tunnels made on mountain roads. Some of the roads are thousands of feet above sea-level…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Roads and Mines. Organiser Pumfrey's Report
Since last reporting I have visited the following places: No. 14 Highway, 24 miles from Wagga, 9 men on D.M.R. maintenance and culverts; Sid Hale, Rep. No. 14…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Deaths Precede Bridge Fatality Widow's Sad Story
Patrick Navin, 42, of Pitt Street, Waterloo, who was killed in a fall from the Harbor bridge on Monday, had buried his sister that day…
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Stanley Schwertzer, 27, a butcher, died in Grenfell Hospital as the result of shocking injuries to the head suffered when his bicycle was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pyrmont Bridge. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Of all the approaches to the city, that over Pyrmont Bridge is the worst. From Lyons-road, at Drummoyne, right to the bridge, converging streams of traffic lead to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreckage Seen. Believed to Be Large Aeroplane. Southern Cloud Theory. YASS
A report was received by the Yass police to-night that a resident of Gunning had sighted what appeared to be the wreckage of a large aeroplane,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Moving Camera Clicks Along the Road From Sydney to the Lachlan No. 4—Gunning to Grenfell Next Week: In the Country of the Bushrangers
If Hums was leader, Hovell (above), originally a sea-faring man, undoubtedly played a big part in the expedition, and was rewarded by Governor Brisbane for his effort. Twenty miles to the south we stopped to have a look at…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →The Indian North-west Railway Last of the World Railway Series
TWO men stood on a lonely mountain top. They…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Reckless Motorists
IN view of the heavy mortality lists for which the motor-driven vehicles on our roads are responsible, the warning issued by Police Magistrate Farrington at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motoring Pride of Ownership: Reviving a Trait that is Fast Disappearing
ONE of the very big differences between motoring in Australia and a country like England is that the bulk of car purchasers here find that they must confine their choice to a very small group…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Mice, Maids, and Motors Wanaaring
DEAR CINDERELLA,—I was delighted to see my letter in the C.P. a short time ago. I always get a thrill out of seeing my name in print…
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