Man Knocked Down by Car. Police Seek Motorist
Police are searching for the driver of a motor car which knocked down Victor White, 33, of Chaplin Street, Darlinghurst, in Victoria Road, Darlinghurst, about midnight…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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Motorist for Trial. Leeton
Henry John Colman yesterday was committed for trial on a charge of having done bodily harm to Wilfred Selwyn Moy by wanton driving on January 1…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Veteran Tramp
AN exact replica of the "St. Ola," a Scottish coastal steamer, has been constructed at Denham for "The Spy in Black." It has plied between…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Police Seeking Motorist
Police are searching for a motorist reported to have driven on after having seriously injured a man who was crossing at the intersection of Victoria and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Editorial Fake Railway Union
The extent to which factional hatred will go is revealed by the action of the Inner Group in attempting to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Demands Muzzle For Greyhound On Roads
Greyhound dogs, natural hunters and killers, should be muzzled when they are on the streets, said the secretary of the R.S.P.C.A. (Mr. S. A. Lord) yesterday. "Complaints are made regularly to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.Z. Events Building New Roads On A Huge Scale
Tasmanian Treasurer, Mr. E. Pwyer-Gray, and Honorary Minister, Mr. J. McDonald, are showing great interest in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Books and Writers Model 1909 Man in the Air The Story Of The Aeroplane
The unchanging law of ceaseless change brought up the aeroplane and technicians have opened the skies and pilots have stormed them…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Vice-Commodore's Day At Royal Motor Yacht Club
MEMBERS of the Royal Motor Yacht Club and their friends celebrated Vice Commodore's Day yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →British and French Navies in Step Rebuilding Programmes Being Carried out Simultaneously Remarkable High-power Motor Boat All Steel Guns To Be Installed In Five New Capital Ships Laid Down This Year LONDON
BRITAIN AND FRANCE'S NAVAL REBUILDING PROGRAMMES ARE BEING CARRIED OUT ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE LAUNCHING OF THE RICHLIEU. FOR EXAMPLE. IN…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sun's Energy May Drive Motor Cars
Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield, one of Australia's best-known engineers, and Mr. Charles F. Kettering, vice-president of General Motors, both have been thinking lately about the harnessing of the sun's energy for mechanical purposes--an idea which presents possibilities that…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Motor Industry Plays Big Part In Defence Plans Progress Of The Trade Linked With Australian Campaign For National Safety
The growth of motoring and of the motor industry, is essential to the defence of Australia. Mechanisation of our defence forces has proceeded so far that, particularly in view of the recent- increase in…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Motor Boats: Rudder Lost-- Day of Thrills
In the most sensational day of motor boat racing for years, two Australasian championship speedboats broke down in Rose Bay yesterday, and the Commonwealth's fastest cruiser, Miss Jill, lost her rudder. The race for the Australasian…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Railway Bridge Blown Up
After gelignite had been stolen from railway works and a warning message left for the ganger, a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →H. Cooper to Train Again
Mr. Harold V. Cooper, who formerly raced and trained the 1936 Epsom winner, Capris, will resume as amateur owner-trainer this week…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Road Accidents. Pedestrians Injured
Two pedestrians were injured, one seriously, when they were struck by a car at the corner of Parramatta Road and Liverpool Road, Ashfield, late on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fatal Car Smash Overturns On Bridge
MAITLAND, Sunday.--One man was killed and four were injured when a motor car overturned on the High Street overhead bridge at West Maltiand to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Contract Bridge. Teams-of-four Championship
The final match in the teams of-four championship was played on Friday night at David Jones's Auditorium. The title-holders were captained by Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Notices Urged; Save Lives Of Fettlers
The advisability of railway authorities notifying their gangers of the running times of all trains was suggested by the District Coroner, Mr. G. R. Williams, at Hornsby Coroner's Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missing Boy Found. Train Guard's Action. Man Arrested
After the police had searched unsuccessfully since Saturday evening for a ten-year-old boy who was reported to have been kidnapped on…
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