Main Road Through Springwood Council Discusses Proposed New Route
The reported proposal of the Main Roads Board to construct a new main read through Springwood, on the northern side of the line, thus placing the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
6,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250
LETTERS. 50 Portobello Street. Holderness Road, East Hull, Yorkshire, England
Dear Gumblossom,—I expect you will be surprised to hear from English children. We read your Page regularly, until The Auntie who sent us the "Freeman's…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Mussolini's Welcome to Chamberlain Hails Peace Policy First Steps Taken Along Road Of Confidence ROME
"A new chapter of friendship and confidence" between Britain and Italy has opened, and Europe should reap the benefit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cycling News Around The States And Overseas "The Referee" Team In Noumea Barlow Wins Road Race by 11 MIN. Christison, Parsons Do Well
FROM Noumea, Alby Barlow writes of successful carnivals for "The Referee" team, consisting of himself, Jack Christison, and Jim Parsons, of Mudgee (N.S.W.), who has raced with the pair as a visitor…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →New Quarters For Railway Institute Officers' Visit
A REPORT presented to Penrith Council on Monday evening indicated that the present Railway institute premises in the town are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →RAILWAY H.T. LINE Crossing Penrith Showground on Way to Warragamba
MR HEDLEY, representing the electrical branch of the Railway Department, attended the treating of the committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MOTORS and Motoring Always Mention the "Farmer and Settler" When You Are Writing to Those Who Advertise. Motor Traders Annual Conference Country Dealers to Meet
IN connection with the annual meetings of the Motor Traders' Association of N.S.W. (Inc.), the country dealers will meet at the M.T.A. rooms…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →For Armaments G.M.H. Makes Offer Use of Motor Plant
AT a welcome to the Prime (Mr. Lyons) at the Woodville motor body works of General Motor-Holdens, Ltd., the managing director in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motoring Memos
THERE is no doubt that the great majority of drivers with recent model cars exceed in safe placet the thirty miles an hour limit in restricted areas…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Transport Two-tiered Trucks for Sheep and Lambs
THE construction of specially-designed motor lorries in recent years proves that interest is still centred in the possibility of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Same-day Service For Country Motorists Confidence Inspired
DO you sometimes feel when you deal with a certain business house that you are assured of a fair deal, and that the house will live…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Free Railway Passes for Show Judges Sought
THAT free railway passes should be granted to judges at agricultural allows is the contention of the N.S.W. Unitd Purebred Dairy Cattle Breeders'…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Our MOTORING section Workshop Hints
IT is sometimes found that an awkwardly placed nut cannot be reached with a standard tool-kit spanner without first dismantling various parts of the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railwaymen Fear Dismissals. Melbourne
Telegrams were sent to-day by the State secretary of the Railways Union, Mr. P. A. Randles, to the Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, and the leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motorist Fined £10. Zig-zagged Through Ryde
On a charge of having driven a car along Blaxland Road, Ryde, on January 7, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, Hamilton Harold Thomas Bulgin, 22, engineer,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →World's Fastest Motor Torpedo Boat. 50 Miles an Hour; 1,000 Miles Range. LONDON, Jan. 11
The worlds fastest motor torpedo-boat has just been tested for the first time at Southampton. Designed by the British Powerboat…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Bent Effect Of Heat
Train speeds on the main Newcastle - Sydney line, between Awaba and Dora Creek, have been reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Truck Crashes. Man Killed--Four Persons Injured
Last Saturday Mr. Alfred Percy Harry, of Six Ways, Miranda, was returning home in a motor truck from a holiday camping expedition at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hints to Motorists. Steering Gear. Electrical Parts
Cracked electrical parts give rise to ignition trouble, or cause faulty lighting switch or junction block connections. Slight cracks in the An accident recently investigated was definitely caused by the failure of a ball pin in the main steering arm. This was found to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →First-class Railway Tickets
The Railway Department states that refunds will be allowed to all holders of first-class tickets on the Illawarra, Bankstown. and East…
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