Retired from Railway Service (Contributed)
Mr Walter Charles Shepherd, of Henry Street, Penrith, retired from the Railway per way service on 14th inst., having completed 29 years service…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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MOTORS and Motoring Flying Standards Independent Front Wheel Springing Notes on 1939 MODELS
THE Standard range of cara for 1939, now available in New South Wales, include the new 8/10, 10/12 and 12/16, with Australian bodies, while the new 14/18 and 20/26 Will be available later in imported body models…
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PROBABLY no industry in Australia can show a substantial and sustained increase in sales volume and value during the pst six…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our MOTORING section Side-valve Camshaft Tappet Attentions. Methods of Carrying Out Repairs and Ensuring Accurate Re-timing
On modern engines fitted with removable tappet blocks, work on the tappets, guides and tappet heads is greatly simplified. When the valve stem has…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Sailing Ships Building at Sweden
The Oskarshamn shipyard on the Swedish east coast has recently started series building of modern motor steel sailing ships…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Workers' Compensation Commission. (Before Judge Lamond.) Railway Man's Death
Henry Rowland Rimes, 76, of Regent's Park, a retired railway servant, claimed £800 from the Commissioner for Railways, as the parent and dependent of Rupert Henry Rimes,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →30 Luxury Trams Melbourne's Order MELBOURNE
Thirty luxury trams will be placed on the rails at the end of this month by the Melbourne Tramways…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tram Danger Will Compel Stops For Safety
"Conditional tram stops, which are found to be dangerous, will be made compulsory stops," declared the secretary of the Road Transport Department, Mr. J. F. Ross,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fares
I wish to refer to the increase of railway fares on the New South Wales railways. The Government think they have a perfect right to do it when they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fairfield Motor Cycle Club
Alarm clocks played their part last Sunday in getting the boys out of bed at 4 a.m. to attend the fifing quarter. The lads put up some fair times. and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →School Boy's Death. Motor Driver Acquitted
At Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, Herbert Carter, motor iorry driver, pleaded not guilty to a charge of manslaughter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cycle and Cycle Collide
When a cycle and motor cycle collided on the Cabramatta Road. Cabramatta, on Sunday last, the cyclist, Mr. Vago, and pillion rider on the motor cycle, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Reports. Lowter North Coast Roads
The deviation between Salt Ash and Anna Bay on the main road from Newcastle to Port Stephens has been opened to traffic, reports the N.R.M.A. The surface has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boy Cycles Into Train
A 7-year-old boy was killed yesterday in a level crossing accident at Lithgow. He was Brian Mays, of Calero Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hit by Train, Boy Dies
LITHGOW, Thursday.--Brian Mays, a 10-year-old schoolboy, died in the Lithgow District Hospital early to-night from injuries suffered when the bicycle he was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Useful New Road Map
A useful new road map of Victoria and southern New South Wales has been produced. The map shows the road system of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flying Risks. Blue Mountains. Aerodrome Need. Inquest on Fatal Crash. KATOOMBA
The Katoomba District Coroner, Mr. H. J. Caton, said to-day that the provision of a suitable aerodrome on the Blue Mountains would probably…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Trees as Road Safety Aids
THE judicious planting of trees and shrubs on American highways has had a marked effect on road safety, according to a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →43 Million Motor Vehicles in World
According to the latest figures received from America by the N.R.M.A. It is estimated that the world registration of motor vehicles reached…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motors and Motoring New Vauxhall Wyvern is an Impressive Car Improvements to 1939 MODELS
THE 10 h.p. Vauxhall "Wyvern" appeared in its 1939 guise with a number of improvements. Because of its excellent suspension and high power-to-weight ratio, this trim little vehicle has been responsible as much as any other car for raising to…
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