Japanese Gains. Fast Advance. Threat to Vital Railway. SHANGHAI, Feb. 14
The Japanese advance from the north towards the Lunghai railway has covered 30 miles in two days. The Japanese have occupied the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
7,611 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250
Highways for Motors Only Recommendation To Minister
National motorways, which will avoid towns and provide direct routes from one end of the country to the other, are advocated by the British…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Powder Train
IRONBARK SMITH had disappeared suddenly, and no one in the Dorrigo district, except Little Lydia and her father, knew the real reason…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Jury Disagrees; Road Death Case
After having been locked up all night, a jury in a case at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions, failed to agree, and was discharged to-day by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hardship on School Children Told To Travel By Earlier Train Denials Given
ALTHOUGH students attending the Fort Street Girls' High School were notified that they must catch earlier trains than those which they…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dog Owners in Protest Rule for Trials Won't Train At H.P.
Protesting against the restrictions governing greyhound trials at Harold Park, many owners left the track…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Road System in Italian East Africa The First Great Work of Civilization
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →40-Hour Week Wanted Demand by Victorian Railwaymen
MEMBERS of the Shunters and Signalmen's Section of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Railways Union have served a demand on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Tramps Renamed Harpalyce and Harpagus
Two well-known traders to Australia, the steamers Harpalyce and Harpagus, owned by J. and C. Harrison, Ltd., London, have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring a Year of RECORDS: Remarkable High Speed Efforts of 1937
In sheer high speed, the high speed that is achieved in an attempt to travel in a motor-car between two given points faster than anyone else has ever done it—in short, the attempt to create a new record—there is a fascination which tingles the nerves of any man who admires human courage and the superb mechanism of the car in which such a run is made…
Continued on Trove, page 53 →Letters the Tube Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—It is now some few years since the Sydney tube railway came into operation, and apparently the thousands of long suffering citizens who make dally use of this utility…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motorists Fined For Exceeding 30-Mile Speed Limit
The first batch of prosecutions under the 30 miles-an-hour speed limit found many bewildered and indignant motorists, taxi-drivers, motor cyclists and motor lorry drivers at the Traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tre Dame "Motorizzate" Arrestate a Parigi Parigi
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Facts
IT is six years since the Sydney Harbor Bridge was opened. Here are some facts about it which Sydney may…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Toll
The Tollmaster’s report for the fortnight ending February 12th, was as under: Traffic 60,988; Revenue £1488/8/4;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colony's First Bridge
AUSTRALIA'S first bridge was bult of logs. Governor Phillip caused it to be built across the Tank Stream. Bridge Street, of to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →George's River Bridge
"Anniversary Day created a new record in revenue for the bridge," stated the tollmaster of the George's River Bridge (Mr. F. Stratford) in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →By Rail and Road Railway Department's New Service
THE Secretary for Railways announces a new arrangement for the convenience of those who wish to make's quick Journey through some of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Disappeared From Train Goulburn
Mysteriously disappearing from the fast-moving Sydney-Melbourne express last night, a woman passenger was found several hours later walking…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Holroyd Roads. Proposal to Tar Dress
On the motion of Ald. M. Wannock Holroyd Council decided to secure estimates for the top-dressing of all black roads constructed before the present loan…
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