More Tube Railways to Be Built London
TWELVE MILLION POUNDS will be spent in 1938 by the London Passenger Transport Board under the great £40,000,000 improvement…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
7,611 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250
Holiday Tram Services
The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways advises that holiday timetables commencing and finishing at the same times as week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Man -In- The Street To The Editor Why Are Motor Cars Dear?
Sir.--Some little time book I read a cable in the Press, in which it was stated that Germany was inaugurating a big mass production of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →45 Years in the Railways Popular Loco. Driver Farewelled
Eulogistic references to the service rendered by Mr. Robert Aldrich during his 45 years service in the Railway Department, were made at a…
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LONDON, Sunday.--The largest tonnage of motor ships since 1931 was completed in the year just closed, according to the magazine Motor Ship…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wagga's New Aerodrome Early Start On Construction
Work on the construction of a new and modern aerodrome at Wagga is expected to commence within a week, and the drome itself…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Tennis" Train For Melbourne
John Bromwich left last night for Melbourne to play in the triangular match, representing Australia with Adrian Quist, against Germany and America on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Toll of the Road Motor Cycles In Smashes
FOLLOWING a collision last night between a car and a motor cycle at the corner of Campbell and Riley Streets, City, four young men were taken to Sydney Hospital by Central Ambulance. They were:--…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Housing in the Bridge Area
The Housing Board, it was stated yesterday, is interested in the resumed Eastern side of Bradfield Highway for the construction…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gear Changing. Engine and Road Speeds
The universal adoption of synchronising mechanism in the gearbox to make easy, downward changes of gear, has certainly robbed driving of its greatest terror to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terror Against Jews After Fascist Coup Roumania at Cross-roads
Unable to check the growing discontent of the masses, the ruling class are proceeding to institute a fascist terror regime, with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Busiest, Hottest Holiday Congestion On Rail And Roads Races Popular
YESTERDAY was the hottest day of both the Christmas and New Year holidays. It was also the busiest day for traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Right-of-way for Faster Cars New Regulations For Passing On Roads
REGULATIONS shortly to be gazetted will require motorists to pull as far as possible to the left of the road and not to increase their speed, when an overtaking motorist wishes to pass…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Toll. Many Injured on Holiday. Car and Cycle Collisions
Many persons were injured in road accidents yesterday Four persons were injured last night, when a motor cycle and a motor car collided at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Extra £41,000 for Road From St. Leonards To Epping
Work on the new main road from St. Leonards to Epping will be started within the next few weeks. The total cost is estimated at £141,000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →These are Real Peoole Iv. Mystery and Adventure in New Guinea. Dramatic Scene on Bridge Above Crocodiles
THE plantation house stood on a lise from which the forest had been cleared. Immense red poinsettias made an agreeable background. I had an impression of whitewash and a wide verandah…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Doesn't Know Owner Dalton Instructed By Letter From N.Z. To Train Miltiades Nursery Win Reveals Improved Stamina
FRANK DALTON, trainer of Miltiades, which won the colts' division of the Warwick Farm Nursery yesterday, has never met the owner of the horse. Last winter Dalton received a letter from Mr. R. B…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Law Case. Studebaker Distributors, Ltd. v. Charlton Steam Shipping Company, Ltd. Motor Car Not a Package
This case was heard in the King's Bench Division before Mr. Justice Goddard, and concerned two points of law which, under the direction of Mr. Justice Porter, had to be decided as a preliminary issue…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Unusual Tanker. Delivering News Ink. More Efficient Service
An interesting development of the commercial tank waggon is the special vehicle (illustrated) which has been put into service in Melbourne by a well…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured Motor Cyclist Dies. Wollongong
Carl Muller, 22, of Rosemont, died in the Bulli Hospital yesterday afternoon of injuries suffered when his motor bicycle collided with a motor car at Woonona…
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