Bridge Surplus Expected Holiday Revenue Up On Last Year
The Harbor Bridge shows every sign of a surplus for the year ending June 30. From December 24 to January 2,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250
Farnes's Mother Killed in Motor Accident. LONDON, Jan. 2
Mrs. Florence Faroes, 58 years, mother of K. Faroes, who is a member of the English cricket team at present in Australia, was killed in a motor accident yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Boating. Results of Club Races
Eagle champion motor boat of New South Wales has been reconstructed since last season and won her first race this season at Kogarah Bay on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Letters Those Non-paying Railways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I have seen a good deal of comment on this subject in the columns of the "Herald" of late, and from a railway point of view alone this criticism is justified. But there are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cycle Hits Calf. Grafton
Edgar Allen Cavanagh, 23, of Oliver-street, Grafton, was returning home from Yamba last night on a motor cycle, when he ran into a calf on the South Grafton side of Swan…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. D. Disher Killed. Motor Car Crash. Adelaide
Mr. D. Disher, of Thornbury, Victoria, was killed instantly, and his wife was seriously injured when a motor car which Mr. Disher was driving crashed into a heavy motor truck…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Wanted. Eastwood to St. Leonards. Premier Asked to Receive Deputation
The Premier (Mr. Stevens) has been asked to receive a deputation, which will advocate the construction of a railway from Eastwood to the St. Leonards railway. The Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Casualties. Knocked Down by Tram
Elenor Gopolski, 42, of Marian-street, Bankstown, was knocked down by a tram near Chalmers-street last night, and received scalp wounds, fractured ribs, concussion, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motorist's Escape. Tamworth
When his car failed to take a bend in the road near Tamworth, Karl Gordon Williams, station owner, of Barraba, emerged from the wreckage, after the car had turned over…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Season Cars May Be Scarce Strikes In American Motor Plants
Shortage of new season's car models is possible in Australia through strikes in motor plants in America. The effect might be felt in a few…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Hit by Tram
Eleanor Tovolski, 42, of Marlon Street, Bankstown, was struck by a tram while crossing Chalmers Street, City, near the Repatriation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorists Fear New Regulations London, December 14
MOTORING and road transport organisations are perturbed over the Minister of Transport's draft regulations empowering police constables and other authorised persons to test any motor vehicle for braking, steering, or silencing defects. It Is feared that this will add…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tear-gas Bombs to Dislodge Strikers Largest U.S.A. Motor Factory Held Up Detroit
A FORCE of 200 police is making ready to remove "sit-down" strikers from the Fisher Motor Body plant by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Densely Vehicled Roads
Britain is now the most densely vehicled country in the world, said Mr. Alfred Bead, President of the Institute of Transport, in a speech delivered at a recent meeting in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The River Road
[?]ere is a road by the river, With a song in my heart I would go here the water is silvered by sunshine, and whipped into spray like the snow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jail for Train Pilfering Heavy Loss Reported
During October and November £200 worth of goods had been stolen from goods trains on the Strathfield-Hornsby section…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hits State Control Change Sought in Road Aid
OBJECTION is taken by the State Ministry to several provisions in the draft of the new Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Toll of the Road Motor Cyclist Killed by Submarine to N. Pole Wilkins Seeks to Raise Capital ("The Labor Daily" Special.) LONDON
SIR HUBERT WILKINS, the famous Australian explorer, has reached here in an effort to raise another £10,000 towards the £35,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alarming Road Toll Figures One Child in Four A Victim PREVENTION
Every fourth or fifth child born in Great Britain is, according to present figures, destined to be killed or injured in a road accident…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A.L.P. Executive Elections Tramway Nominations
SYDNEY, Dec. 29.—The names of eighteen tramway men whose names were wrongfully nominated to vote in the Land Transport…
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