Reducing Road Accidents Duty of Citizens
Residents of provincial and rural areas are being appealed to this year by the Road Safety Council to co-operate in the task of reducing the road…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
6,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250
Scalding Agony Man's Ordeal in Train Smash Orange
HANGING head first by his shattered legs from the splintered ceiling of a telescoped brake-van, 26-year-old Kenneth Bowman was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Into the Land of Egypt On the Road to Sinai
At 5 o'clock the next morning, Mr. Vallinis arrived to take me to Sinai. The two cars were drawn up outside the hotel. It is a rule of the Frontiers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Christmas Road Accidents
"The appalling toll of the road over the Christmas holidays demonstrates very forcibly that the time has arrived when sterner measures must be taken…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stronger Traffic Patrol More Police to Be Drafted to Duty 120,000 Miles Of Roads To Be Covered Plans for Country
The strengthening of police traffic patrols to enable them to operate on main arterial roads in the country will be authorised by the State Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lord Gowrie Aids a Motorist
That the Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, is an exponent of road fellowship as illustrated by an incident which has been reported to the N.R.M.A. One…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →False Pretences Appointing Motor Testers Also Justices of the Peace
THERE district garage proprietors were victimised a little time ago by a visitor who falsely represented himself to be an authorised…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pedestrian Struck by Motor Cycle
Mrs. Pearl Brown, of Western Road, Kingswood, when crossing the main highway near the Bringelly Road intersection on Friday hesitated and was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World N.R.M.A. Notes More Cars in Germany
The number of motor vehicles in Germany (including Austria) on 1s July was 3,364,503. Since 1933 the number has risen by more than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early Days of Railways Queen Victoria's Example
The Duke of Gloucester referred to the remarkable development of British railways when he spoke at a dinner held by the L.M.S. Railway Company…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Risked Explosion Motor-cycle Blaze
At great personal risk, Mr. Jack Garrard, of Liverpool, extinguished a fire which broke out last week in a motor cycle in Macquarie-street, Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MOTORS and Motoring Always Mention the "Farmer and Settler" When You Are Writing to Those Who Advertise. Full Equipment Modern Motor Cycles Windscreens Coming?
FOR years riders," says The Motor Cycle," in a leading article, "were content to put up with skimpy mudguards, small petrol tanks and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Same-day Service For Country Motorists Confidence Inspired
Do you sometimes feel when you deal with a certain business house that you have are assured of a fair deal, and that the house will live…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring Memos
WITH reference to the note appearing in the motor section recently about the danger of the Stoney Creek crossing on the lower South…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our MOTORING Section the Chemist and Motorist
So much attention is, quite rightly, given to the mechanical aspects of the car that the user is apt to overlook the many necessary chemical developments…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →24-Hours Motor Record. Attempt in Coorong Desert. MELBOURNE
An attempt to establish an Australian 24hours motor speed record will be made by three leading racing motorists who left Adelaide to-day for the Coorong Desert…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railways at Christmas. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The Railway Department advertised its services to the travelling public for Christmas holidays. Arriving in Sydney on the morning of Christmas Eve, we found that our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorists and Pedestrians. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I would reply to Mr. Foat, not as "a driver of a motor car for the past 14 years." but as a pedestrian who[?] despite motor car drivers, happens to be still alive after being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Engines. Company Formed in Melbourne
Pengana Motor Industries Pty., Ltd., was registered in Melbourne yesterday with a nominal capital of £50,000, to manufacture and deal in motor cars, etc. The directors…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Smash at Kogarah. Driver Sent to Gaol
An adventure on Boxing Day led to the appearance of Ronald McCarty (18), a labourer, before Mr. Wells, S.M., at Kogarah Court last…
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