Dangerous Bridge
At the last meeting of the Ermington-Rydalmere Council, Alderman Dorahy said that there were two planks missing from the decking of a bridge in Bennett Street, Rydalmere…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
6,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250
Train Times
SPECIAL passenger train leaves Central Station at 10 25 a.m. to-morrow for Kembla Grange races. Horse train will leave Alexandria at 9.35 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Food Train at Hungry Town
ADELAIDE, Sunday. -- After being held up for five weeks by washaways and flooded creeks, trains carrying food supplies and 68 passengers have reached Alice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conscientious Train Traveller. Fined Himself 3d
A conscientious citizen has fined himself 3d for "defrauding the railway of 1d." In a letter to the Secretary for Railways he states: "Owing to forgetfulness. I…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Road Link. Hinterland to Coast. BELLINGEN
The new Gordonvilie cutting on the main road from Bellingen to Dorrigo was officially opened yesterday afternoon by the Commissioner for Main Roads, Mr. Newell. Despite…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Weeks Late. Arrival at Alice Springs. Food Shortage Ends. ADELAIDE
Thirty-four days late, the first train for six weeks armed at Alice Springs at 6.40 p.m. on Friday. Further trains carrying food,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Enforced Safety Doubles Road Breach Reports Fewer Warnings Decree New Patrol In Country
Traffic breach reports in January and February were double the number made in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SLOW N.Z. Workers Delay Ship. Tramp Master's Complaint. Sydney Wharf Efficiency
A complaint that much of the piont from the timber cargo carried from Vancouver had been eaten up because of slow unloading opetations at Auckland by watersiders who…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway Telephone Numbers
The Department of Railways has revised and re-issued a card showing the telephone numbers of about 40 of the principal metropolitan railway offices, with which the public do…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Motor Ship. Maiden Voyage to Australia
On her maiden voyage from Europe, via New York and Brisbane, the motor ship Kaituna (4,500 tons) reached Sydney late on Saturday night. Built at the Eriksberg yards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclist Fined. Broken Hill
On a charge of having ridden a motor cycle while under the influence of liquor. Thomas Bernard McNamara was fined £8 by Mr. A. B. Collins, S.M., in the Traffic Court…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Dead on Railway Doctors Differ As To Her Mental State
Discharged from the Reception House on February 20, Leah Caroline McViegh, 33, was found dead early next morning on the railway line at Eastwood, where she had lived…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy's Toes Crushed Under Tram
While on his way to an open-air Salvation Army meeting, Edward Miller, 6, fell under a tram in Darling street, Balmain, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Roads to Southern Highlands
Recent reports received by the N.R.M.A. touring department concerning the main road from Canberra to Cooma and Bega indicate that there are still lengths of worn surface…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fell Through Train Doorway
At the inquest at Parramatta to-day into the death of a schoolboy, Herbert Charles Carsters, 13, who fell-from-a moving train at Lidcombe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring. Road Test. Chrysler-Plymouth. Remarkable Fuel Consumption
A remarkable demonstration of the efficacy in reducing petrol consumption of the new "Dual Power" overdrive transmission as available on the latest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crowded Train. Griffith Resentment. Griffith
Resentment is felt here at the inadequacy of accommodation provided by the Railways Department for 150 militiamen, who left Griffith for Liverpool camp early this…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Road Reports. Mudgee to Dubbo
Reporting on the important cross country road between Mudgee and Dubbo, an inspector of the N.R.M.A., advises that a bituminous surface extends to a point four miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cars Catch Train When Plane Can't Fly
A 20 miles dash by road, so that six passengers from Melbourne might catch the Riverina express at Marulan, followed the grounding of a Douglas airliner at Goulburn yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →19 the Fatal Age Road Crash Victims
"Nineteen seems to be the fatal age; so many youths of that age die in accidents," said the…
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