Fall Under Tram
Frank William Stacey, 55. architect, of Moymotte Street. Randwick, had a narrow escape from death in the city yesterday when he was struck by one tram and thrown under…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
6,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 250
Motor Driver Sought
The police of No. 4 division are anxious to get in touch with the driver of a moter car which conveyed Sergeant Martin to Clarence Street police station and thence to Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Supreme Court. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Jordan, Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, and Mr. Justice Owen.) Negligence Alleged. Small v Commissioner for Railways
Norman Francis William Small appealed against the result of the second trial of an action which he brought against the Commissioner for Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →East-west Railway. Ballina
the extension of the Ballina to Booyong railway to the waterfront as originally intended, and the inclusion of this line in an east-west railway connecting the tablelands…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WOMAN M.L.A. DEAD. Miss May Holman. Motor Car Accident. Perth
Miss May Holman, M.L.A., the first woman member of Parliament in Australia, died this afternoon from injuries suffered in a motor accident…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Menu Dearer
EGGS and fruit were the only foods not increased in price on the Railway Refreshment Rooms new menu…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trapped Between Two Trams Ecapes Death
Frank Stacey, 55, architect, of Meynott Street, Randwick, had a remarkable escape from death when he was trapped between two trams in Elizabeth Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Guide to Doncaster Hamurah to Race at Rosehill in Railway Seven
LAST year's Doncaster winner, Hamurah, will carry silk in the Railway Handicap at Rosehill on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Anxious to Meet Motorist
Inspector Gilliam, of Phillip Street police, is anxious to meet again a motorist, who, on January 12, was of help during an explosion case…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Study World Railway Systems
The Chief Electrical Engineer of the New South Wales Railways (Mr. W. H. Myers) will leave by the Orion tomorrow on an eight months' tour of the world…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Allege Motorist Exceeded 80 m.p.h
Police allege that Ray Raymond Waller, 23, taxi driver, drove a sports model car on Parramatta Road, on January 13, at over 80 miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telephone Poles Danger. Kingsford Smith Aerodrome
Pilots of interstate air liners have reported that obsolete telephone poles at Kingsford Smith aerodrome are a hazard to aircraft approaching to land…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Train Travellers Fined
Twelve men and eight women were fined 10/ each, with 13/ costs, by Mr. Sher[?]dan[?] S.M., at the Kogarah Police Court yesterday, for having travelled on trains on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Controlled Road Experiment"
An account of an interesting experiment with a "control zone" as a means of reducing highway accidents has reached the N.R.M.A. from Michigan,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Broke Six Train Windows
James McKie. 33, laborer, Premier Street, Marrickville, was fined £2, with £410 costs, at Campsie Court, yesterday, for having broken six railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Killed by Train
Frederick William Cook[?] [?] of Charles Street, Parramatta, was killed when he fell beneath a train at the Harris Park railway station last night. The Parramatta Ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Ettalong Beach Bridge. Gosford
After considerable agitation for a bridge across the water from Ettalong Beach to Wagstaffe, to join Eri[?] and Woy Woy Shires. Erina Council has decided to inform the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Escapes Death in Bridge Fall
Claude Newick, 27, carpenter, of Northwood Road, Northwood, narrowly escaped death when he fell from a scaffolding of the Suspension Bridge. North Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed by Train Harris Park Tragedy
Shortly before 10 o'clock last night Frederick William Cook . (31), of Charles-street Parramatta was killed by an electric train at Harris Park…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Road To Sussex Inlet
SUSSEX INLET is a channel three miles long and from 70 to 100 yards wide, and, with an average depth of 10 feet, runs directly from the sea to St. George's Basin. There are two up-to-date guest houses on the Inlet, also cottages and motor cabins. Here the tourist has ample facilities for a delightful holiday. Fishing, swimming, surfing at the coast, tennis, golf, and hiking while away…
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