Road Reports. Prince's Highway
A report on the condition of Prince's Highway between Sydney and Bega, issued by the N.R.M.A. touring department states that from Sydney to Milton, 144 miles the highway is…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
6,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 250
Claim Bridge Coldest Place in World
"SYDNEY Harbor Bridge is the coldest place in the world -- to the man who works on it!" MR. K. Bolton, painter on the Bridge, said this…
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Colder than the English winter, colder than Kosciusko -- the coldest place in the world is the Sydney Harbor Bridge to Mr. K. Bolton, bridge painter. Before the Additional…
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In a more subdued mood, the investment market showed a further tendency to relax yesterday. Definitely weaker in the morning and…
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A conference of councils interested in the construction of a road linking Hume Highway, Liverpool, with the Great Western Road has been convened by Liverpool Municipal…
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A small army of workmen was employed on the first span of a new reinforced concrete bridge over Cook's River at Brighton Avenue, Campsie, on Wednesday. To ensure that the concrete was moulded in one section of even consistency the work was completed in one day, more than 1,100 bags of cement being used.The bridge will be 160 feet long and 66 feet wide…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Passengers, Marooned Last Week, Arrive Floods Subsiding, But Train Service Still Broken
Broken Hill railway passengers, who had been marooned by floods at Ivanhoe since last Saturday, arrived in Sydney yesterday. The floods are subsiding, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wau-salamaua Road. Miners Object to Delay. Will Build It Themselves
The Editor of the "Herald" has received the following radio message from Wau signed by the secretary of the New Guinea Mining Association:—…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →What to See in Motor Row at the "Royal" Guide to the Main Exhibits
PRACTICALLY every firm engaged in the motor industry is taking space in this year's Royal Show, and the following brief notes can be taken as a guide to some of the principal exhibits…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Motors and Motoring Among the Motors at the Royal Show Several New Models Will Make Their Debut at Big Exhibition
WHILE quite a number of the 1939 models have been in the hands of owners for several months, and are more or less well known to the motoring public, there are several makes of cars which have only recently been introduced and others which are making their first appearance at the Show…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Railway Institute at Soccer
Metropolitan Railway Institute Soccer Club is to play Dulwich Hill Scottish at Scots Park, Bay View; Avenue, Undercliffe, to-morrow at 3.15 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →D. N. Traffic Survey Shows Railway Need
IN 50 minutes yesterday morning, 7532 city-bound people were carried through Bondi Junction by trams and buses. This was shown by an independent check taken by the…
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A motorist was fined, with costs, £159- on eight charges in the Traffic Court yesterday. Thomas Guiffre, King Street, Newtown, unemployed, pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor-cycling News Fancied Riders For Bathurst
THREE SYDNEY TWO-WHEEL STARS who may be in the big prize money at Bathurst. Left to right: Eddie Wannick, Ces. Weatherby and Harry Hinton. Weatherby and Hinton are strong contenders in both Senior and Junior events, and Wannick, a private rider, is widely tipped for the Junior…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motoring News And Reviews Two New Fords Roomier, Better Looking
Two distinct Ford V8 cars for 1939 have been announced. The Ford V8 and de luxe V8 are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Free Insurance For Motorists
All motorists should avail themselves of the excellent protection offered under the Daily Telegraph free…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney Harbour Bridge Pylon
After five years of successful business, the Harbour Bridge Pylon still offers visitors a first-class entertainment. One of the main attractions is the electrically-operated camera obscur[?], which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fighting Against Road Camps Plea For Union's Moral And Financial Support
NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- "Unless we get moral and financial support from the unions, the men who waged the struggle against road camps will be left high and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tornado Sweeps Kansas Town — Migrants Pass Customs — School Crews Train for "Head of River."
An unusual photograph of a tornado moving at high speed across the town of Columbus, Kansas, USA. The whirling column demolished buildings and left a trail of destruction through the town. The rotating currents of air in the column…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Cycling. Bathurst Grand Prix
The motor cycle Grand Prix event that is to be held under the auspices of the Auto Cycle Union of New South Wales at Bathurst on the Mount Panorama road circuit on Easter Saturday, is…
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