Big Increase in Railway Revenue
LONDON, Thursday.--British railway traffic revenue in 1937 totalled £164,092,000 --an increase of £7,106,000 on 1936. The increase demonstrates the greater…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
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Railways Cricket
The 1938 interstate railways cricket carnival will be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground on February 24, 25, 28, and March 1…
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BRISBANE, Friday.--The Queensland Commissioner for Main Roads (Mr. J. R. Kemp), will be Australia's official delegate at the International Road…
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AN interesting question cropped up at Randwick on Saturday during a discussion on the survival of Alfred Hill Handicap forfeits by Cool…
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THERE is no reason why we should not have concession fares on buses and trains in suburban areas as well as on trams…
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A forced landing on Randwick Racecourse was made yesterday by Clive Jorden, in a Taylor Cub monoplane. Jorden's bringing the plane down from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First to Walk Over Sydney Bridge. London, Jan. 7
Lord Stonehaven, the former Governor General of Australia, is still proud of his claim to be the first person to walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. He thus described…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Empire Games. South Africans to Train at Cricket Ground
The South African athletes who have been training lightly each day at the Show Ground will commence speed work at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday. They have been…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Shock for Cyclists Road Races and Traffic Act
"PROVISIONS of the "slow-downor-else--" motor traffic Act apply even to bicycles, three Newcastle cycling clubs have discovered…
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W. T. COLLINS, of 8 Upper Bay View street, McMahons Point, was fatally injured…
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The Police Traffic Department it is understood, has decided that in future no cycling late will be permitted on highways where the 30 miles an hour limit applies. The decision…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →International Road Conference. Mr. J. R. Kemp Appointed Delegate. BRISBANE
The Queensland Commissioner for Main Roads, Mr. J. R. Kemp, will be the official Australian delegate at the International Road Conference to be held at The Hague in June…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →White Collar Columnist Discovering New South Wales Social Planners History In Highways Reading Stories on Our Roads
Even with a 30-miles-an-hour speed limit, we move too fast to notice the mouldering land-marks which the almost-forgotten pioneers have left upon our highways. BUT the motorist who has become…
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Figures released by the Transport Department yesterday show that there was a motor vehicle for every 8.8 people in New South Wales, and one licence to every six people…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Cycle Alight. Rider Burned
Oscar Smith, 21, of Brooklyn, was riding a motor cycle in Alfred Street, Milson's Point, last night, when a collision occurred with a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Increased Railway Revenue. Port Kembla
Coaching revenue at Port Kembla railway station increased from £1513 in 1936 to £3226 in 1937. The total number of tickets sold was 20,632, as against 13,950 in 1936, an increase…
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Kitty Stark, of Brisbane, aged about 24 years, was killed instantaneously at Burns' Point late last night, when she was struck by a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What About a Tramp-steamer Jamboree? Here's Some Real Nautical Excitement For Sydney's Celebrations 'Marie Celeste' and Flying Dutchman Would Be A Help
MR. DUNNINGHAM, Minister in charge of the N.S.W. Celebrations, announces proudly that a number of American warships are coming out to visit the festival…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Obsolete Railway Carriages Added Expense Not Justified, Says Commissioner Air Travel
DESCRIBING portion of the rolling-stock on country lines as obsolete the Railway Commissioner, Mr. Hartigan, said yesterday that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Met Death Trying to Close Tram Blind
Trying to close the blind in a tram between Gladesville and Ryde, on the evening of December 17, Frederick Charles Waddell, 42, fell to the…
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