Railway Stamps. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In a British home paper I noticed that the railways issue cards and stamps— star ps valued at 1/, 2/, 3/, etc., which can be purchased by the public desiring to take a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
7,611 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250
Motor Boating
To-day will be club trophy day for members of the Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales at Rose Bay. The first race will start at 2.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Lower Freights. Stock From Outback. Federal Railway Plan. Canberra
Freight rates for stock and other goods carried on the Central Australian railway are to be reduced. This is a step in the plan of the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Dark Ties for Tram Men Cost Price Sale By Department
The Department of Road Transport has decided to enter the soft goods trade, in addition to controlling bus and tram services. It will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorcycle on Fire in Trial
Early thrills were provided in the Handicap Hill Climb promoted by the Western Suburbs Motor Cycle Club at Beauty Point, near Dundas,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →30 M.P.H. Speed Limit Cannot Succeed In Objective Tension Growing Among Motorists
DESIGNED to eliminate as many as possible of traffic dangers, the 30 m.p.h. speed limit for built-up areas in N.S. Wales is now on trial. Thus early "Smith's Weekly" asserts that the measure…
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TWIN souls betrayed by engineering art, Ever to wander, four feet apart; Till at infinity they meet and kiss --…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Tramp's Life
WANDERING through the scrub is a rough-looking mon dressed in very poor clothes and with a swag over his shoulder. Whoever could…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tram Men Decisive in Stand Support For Labor At Elections No Disruption
FOLLOWING the splendid practical support rendered by the Tramway Union during the Federal election campaign, members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed Leaving Tram
John Thomas Williams, 56, of Riley Street, Surry Hills, who was blind in one eye, was killed by a motor lorry yesterday, when he alighted from the wrong side…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Australians Want Tram at Door" English Landowner Thinks Hot Climate the Reason
AUSTRALIANS would not walk a yard if they could help it, and wanted their homes right on the tram line. "That is what a Perth land agent told me." Major D. D. Milne,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Today's News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents Biggest Air Raid In History 160 Japanese Planes Bomb Road to Canton Trains Wrecked, Fleeing Survivors Shot LONDON
IN a desperate effort to check the flow of munitions from Hongkong to Canton, the Japanese yesterday carried out the greatest air raid in history. Areas between the two cities were bombed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Contract Bridge The Jump Interpose
WHEN an opponent has opened the bidding, the jump interpose (one trick more than necessary) shows a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boy Rescued Under Bridge Melbourne
IN the light of torches held by people in boats on the Murray River, Constable W. W. Gale climbed 80 feet, among the girders beneath the bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Pooley Bridge the Goods Caulfield
AUSTRALIA'S No. 1 hurdler, POOLEY BRIDGE, showed his versatility this afternoon when he defeated a pood field in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special "Auto-roads" Petrol Saving Against Cost
WITH a view to seeing for themselves the wonderful auto-road development that has taken place in Germany during the last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lead by Victoria Cool Uniforms Provided For Railway Porters And Tramwaymen MELBOURNE
Victoria has given a lead to New South Wales by providing sensible uniforms for tramways and railway men, to suit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Truth About Motors and Motoring New Hudsons Arrive Attractive, Improved Range for 1938
EARLY-COMERS among the new year cars are the Hudsons; old and dependable friends in new guise, and each of alluring shape and with most complete equipment…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Truth About Motors and Motoring Payload and Overload Hints For Truck Owners Against Excess Loading
THE terms—"payload," "maximum capacity," "body allowance" and "overload"—are constantly used in motor transport operation. Overload is, all too frequently, the yard-stick of truck value applied by many…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Cycle Records
A SYDNEY correspondent, Mr. C. Hogg, writes as follows:— In your issue of December 19. 1937. there appears an article regarding P. Tarufft's…
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