Hoardings Go Off Mountains Roads
Blue Mountains Shire Council has ordered the removal of all hoardings from roads in the shire, said the Shire Clerk in a statement…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
6,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250
Pirating Positions At Bridge Tolls
The Royal Automobile club of Australia complains that an increasing number of motorists are ignoring "Safety first" at the north-side…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Unknown Boy Falls From Tram
A boy, aged about 10'years, so far unidentified, is in Sydney Hospital, in a critical condition, suffering from a probable fracture of the skull…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Survey For British Motor Vehicle Group
Having learned French and German in Switzerland, Mr. L. C. Cunningham responded, when he was wounded in…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Motor Section Speedway Lucky Escapes When Two Fall
Youthful speedway rider, E. Phelps and veteran Lionel van Praag were involved in a spectacular crash at the Sports…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Eastern Suburbs Railway Five Councils to Seek Start From Stevens
A deputation from Waverley, Randwick, Woollahra, Paddington and Vaucluse Councils, and Messrs. Waddell, Moverly, Mutch, Thomas, Treatt, O'Sullivan and Robson, M's.L.A., who. will urge the immediate construction…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Accidents. Motor Cyclist Injured
A man, believed to be William Koen, of North Parramatta, was seriously injured when a motor cycle, on which he was riding pillion, skidded in loose gravel in Windsor Road…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cheap Road Process
The Hurstville Municipal Council has decided to purchase a new mixing machine, to cost approximately £600, to enable roads and footpaths to be comstructed in the municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Kills Aged Chinese
An aged Chinese walked in front of a train and was fatally injured near Camden on Saturday. He was Chong Sing, 70, laborer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed After Sleep Chinese Dashes Into Train
Suddenly awaking from an afternoon sleep in the sun, a 70-year-old Chinese ran in front of a train and was fatally injured at Camden on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads Cut in Far North Flood And Famine Dangers
Road, rail and air services are idle, and a food shortage is threatened, following floods which have deluged Far Northern and Central Australia for the third time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One-class Railway Tickets
The Railway Department has rejected the request of various councils in the western suburbs to [?]ttend the system of running oneclass accommodation during peak hours on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Victorian Floods. Noojee Washed Out. Motorists Held Up. MELBOURNE
Noojee, the township that was wiped out by. bushfires last month, has been flooded by heavy rain, and the homeless residents, who have…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dahlia Show. Mr. Bruxner's Praise. Tramwaymen's Society
The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, speaking at the annual dahlia show of the North Sydney Tramways Horticultural Society on Saturday, said…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Inspection of Motor Vehicles
Addressing the newly appointed police patrols last week, Mr. Bruxner urged a firm enforcement of traffic laws against reckless drivers. The campaign…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Agitation for Railway. Eastern Suburbs Move. Deputation to Premier
Members of the State Parliament who represent eastern suburbs electorates are strongly pressing the Government to begin building the eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Boy Falls Off Tram
Raymond M. Cook, 12, of Botany Street, Alexandria, fell from a tram in George Street, city, on Saturday night and fractured his skull. Central District Ambulance took him…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →British Army Team. International Motor Cycle Trials. LONDON, Feb. 25
The War Office announces that the Army will be officially represented by teams of soldier riders in the international six-day motor cycle trials at Salzburg from August 20…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Good Rain Inland. Disturbance Spreading. Drought Broken. Railway Washaways
During the week-end a tropical rainstorm of great intensity moved from central Australia into western. New South Wales causing [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rules for Testing Motor Vehicles Duties Of Examiner
Regulations have been drafted by the Road Transport Department to govern the proposed scheme for compulsory inspection of motor vehicles before registration. They were submitted to a meeting of the…
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