Heavier Penalties In Traffic Cases a Hint to Courts Road Safety Measures
A STRONG hint to magistrates regarding adequate penalties for traffic offences is contained in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250
Motor Efficiency. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Having been on the roads much of the time during the last week, I feel I must make a protest against the mechanical inefficiency of many of the cars on the roads…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Buses For Troop Transport. Artillery Exercises
About 250 officers and men of the 14th Field Brigade of the Royal Australlan Artillery (militia forces) were employed yesterday to demonstrate the value of rapid…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Boating. Strelitz Cup Race
New boats raced in the Royal Motor Yacht Club's fixture on Saturday. One of them, Mr. H. Harford's Bess, won a class handicap. Mr. F. Harris in his cruiser steedy Hour won the Strelitz Cup…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Country News. Clearing Railway Lines. Dorrigo
The Railway Department, which used to rely upon the burning of grass and weed to keep the lines clean, is now using poison sprays. This obviates the danger of fires. The poison being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Country Railway Lines. Graziers Seek a Connected System. COONAMBLE
At a meeting of the Coonamble branch of the Graziers' Association a resolution was unanimously carried that the expenditure of large sums of money by a Government on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Accidents. Woman Killed. Thrown From Truck in Collision. Wollongong
Matilda Victoria Pearson, an aged woman, of Crown-street, Wollongong, was killed this evening as a result of a collision between a motor lorry and a car at the intersection of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Registrations. 768,634 for the Commonwealth
Mr. J. S. Strong, Australian representative of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, London, said yesterday that statistics supplied to him from the registering authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Found Dead on Railway Line. Wollongong
The mutilated body of Alfred Ja[?] Dunn, single, aged about 27 years, was found [?] th[?] Port Kembla railway line yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fog on Mountains Slows Up Cars Motorists Get Home At 2 a.m
Motorists returning from the Mountains last night were delayed by a dense fog which reduced visibility on the main road between [?]…
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There, was a crowd of relatives and friends on No. 1 platform at Central Station last night to say good-bye to Mrs. James. Ashton, junior, and Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Could Have Bridge Over Peat's Ferry
THE only obstacle between the motoring public and its fulfilment of its desire for a bridge to replace Peat's Ferry, would appear to be Government inaction. The present and preceding Governments have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Safety. Proposed Speed Limit. Conference Decisions
At a general meeting of the Road Safety Conference held last night it was announced by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. S. A…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Road Safety Conference Jay-walk Ban in Suburbs, Too
JAY-WALKING should be banned throughout the metropolitan area, the Road Safety Conference decided last night. This and other suggestions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Only Road to Darwin." Mail Man Complains. "Invader Could Grow a Rice Crop." Tennant Creek
Mr. Sam Irvine, who carries the mail once a month between Alice Springs and Birdum, 1300 miles, the longest mail route by road in Australia, strongly criticised this week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Three Years' Figures Steam and Motor ships Lost
The following figures show, in respect of the years 1933, 1934 and 1935, the number and gross tonnage of steam and motorships…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Search for Lost Tramper. Wellington (N.z.)
A young Wellington tramper, Elmo Bartosh, is missing in the Tararua Ranges. Police and bushmen are co-operating in a search, which began to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cricket. Tramways Match. Victoria Beats Waverley
The Victorian tramways cricket team beat Waverley Depot by 62 runs on the first innings, at Waverley Oval, yesterday. VICTORIA.—First innings; J. Dynan, b Drew, 4;…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Van Burned. Hay
A motor van was destroyed by fire on the road near Gundaline Station yesterday. The van was driven by James Skene, who vainly attempted to extinguish the fire. He…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →High Claims for French Helicopter — Draught Horses Killed in Melbourne Fire — Tram Men at Cricket
Above: The expression on the faces of the drivers in the Encourage Handicap at the Victoria Park meeting yesterday are worthy of study. The trotter on the right— Mighty Dollar—was the winner. Below: In mountainous seas in the Atlantic recently, the crew of the Trym were…
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