Fierce Storm Derails Train
BRISBANE, Monday.--A goods train was derailed by a washaway, several houses were damaged by lightning, and more than 100 telephones were put out…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
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Route of New Road
The new St. Leonards-Epping Road will branch off Pacific Highway near the Lane Cove fire station, cross the Lane Cove River above Fig Tree, and then…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Danger Spot on Road. Lithgow
The District Coroner, Mr. James Bamber, after an inquest into the death of Harold Nonnenmacher, of East Orange, who died after being thrown from his motor cycle, at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Council Depot. Road Brooms Destroyed
Damage estimated at about £2,000 was done by fire at the Petersham Council's head depot, opposite the Petersham raliway station, yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Road Stability. Important Factors. Steering and Springs
Most accidents in which cars run off the roads and overturn are blamed, with some justice, on the drivers; but there is another undoubted cause of such…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria's New Train Praised. "Features Will be Copied." ADELAIDE
"Railways throughout the world will soon be copying features of the air-conditioned allsteel Victorian train, 'Spirit of Progress,'" said Mr. G. R. Taylor, a director of Britain's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Toll Of The Road Two Men In Lorry Capsize
THROWN. to the ground from their seven tons motor lorry after it skidded and hurled its cargo of sandstone over the thoroughfare, two men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Inspection of Cars Urged Better Street Lighting As Safety Measure
BETTER street lighting and frequent police inspection of vehicles on the road will be recommended by the executive to the Road Safety Council at its quarterly meeting on Friday. The executive will recommend:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railways Unions Plan Mass Meetings
Mass Meetings BRISBANE, Feb. 4.—At a meeting of the Combined Railways Unions committee today a motion was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Political Motive, Say Unionists Railway Clerk Suspended
BRISBANE, Feb. 4.— A well-known railway junior clerk in printing room at Roma Street railway station was suspended the General Manager (T. E. Maloney) following a personal interview at 10 a.m. Wednesday. At present the case seems to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Motorists Fined 120 Each
Two men were each fined £20 by Mr. Harrison, S.M., at Balmain Court to-day for having driven the same motor lorry within a few minutes of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Striving for Prestige Politics In Motor Car Racing
Development of the racing car of to-day is taking place almost entirely in Germany and Italy, declared Mr. R. A. Railton, addressing the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motoring New Daimler Fifteen. Attractive Model. Independent Front Suspension
The 1938 model of the Daimler Fifteen embodies the customary Daimler features—the fluid flywheel, soundness of conventional design, and general…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Registrations
At December 31, 1937, a grand total of 830,362 motor vehicles of all sorts were registered in the Commonwealth of Australia, as compared with 775,329 at the corresponding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unusual Tram Turn. Obligation to Warn Traffic. Judge's Comment
"Motorists are entitled to expect that trams will keep to their fixed groove along the roadway and not change their direction unless a clear indication of that Intention is given,"…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Two Men Killed. Motor Truck Overturned. Ten Persons Injured. Perth
When a motor truck carrying 19 persons, returning from a dance, skidded and overturned near Reedy, a mining centre about 350 miles north-east of Perth yesterday morning Douglas…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Model Aeroplane Competition
The list of prize winners in the model plane competition held in conjunction with the Australian Air League Exhibition at the Town Hall, was issued last night. The grand…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Belated Moves To Give Us Safer Roads
BETTER street lighting will be advocated by the executive of the Road Safety Council at its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge to Cost £150,000. ADELAIDE
The Government yesterday approved of letting tenders for the construction of the Birkenhead Bridge across the Port River. at a cost of £150,000…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Toll Of The Road Killed When Car Crashed Into Fence
So badly injured was ERNEST THOMAS CAMPBELL, 42, a commercial traveller, of Birrell Street, Waverley. when his car left the road…
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