25 A.I.F. Men "Scale" Train
Twenty-five 2nd A.I.F. men propose to travel from Sydney to West Maitland tonight without paying their fares…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 214
Two Killed When Cars Skid, Capsize Fatalities On Roads Fewer Than Those Of Last Year
Two men were killed in road accidents yesterday, making a total of only 11 road fatalities over the Christmas and New Year holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Disaster in Italy. 40 Dead; 150 Injured. ROME, Dec. 31. (A.A.P.)
A fast passenger train collided with a troop train in the station at Torre, Annunziata, on the Bay of Naples. Forty bodies have been recovered. It is estimated that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Many Deaths on Road at Week-end Tragic End to Holiday Drive Mulgoa Smash
WILLIAM JOHN KELLY, 24, accountant, of Belmore Street, Rozelle, was trilled instantly yesterday, when his car skidded and capsized over an embankment on the Mulgoa Road, Mulgoa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Deaths. Substantial Fall in N.S.W. Only Two Reported io Week-end
Two deaths caused by road accidents were reported in New South Wales in the week-end, one in Sydney and the other in the country…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Passenger Motorship for Finland
A motorship of about 3,000 tons gross was launched by Crichton Vulcan at Abo recently and was named Astrea…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters New Motor Industry and Housing. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The discussion regarding the special facilities to be offered to a particular organisation to manufacture motor cars, and the willingness of the State Government to offer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Boating
DEEPWATER CLUB.—10 miles (from Deepwater to East Hills and back): Nathalie (J. Freeman), 1; Inez (J. Brown), 2; Ailie (J. Gooley), 3. speedboat handicap, two miles:—First heat: Meteor (B…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Rescue Constable's Brave Act
Leaping in the path of an approaching train at Town Hall station early to-day, Senior-constable William C…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jobs for 10,000 MEN To Build Aero Motor Works Here
Within six months, employment will be found for 10,000 men in a new Twin Wasp aeroplane engine factory, to be established at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Trams, Buses, To-day
The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways advises that for Randwick Races to-day special services of trains will be run…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Tour For Honeymoon
Leaving the reception after her wedding at Holy Trinity Church on Saturday afternoon, with Mr. Harold Meldrum…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Toll Halved Fewer Die In Holidays
Deaths in road accidents in N.S.W. over the holidays totalled little more than half the number during the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fewer Road Accidents. Holiday Figures. Minister Awaits Report
The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, speaking from Tenterfield last night, said that he was looking forward with interest to the complete…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Soldier's Life Saved. Unconscious in Path of Train. Constable's Pluck
Sergeant John D. Honey, of Liverpool camp, was saved by Constable W. C. Plummer, of Claience Street police station, from being cut to pieces by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Many Accidents Usher in New Year One Dead in Car-taxi Crash Road Injuries
THREE minutes before the New Year was ushered in, Mervyn George Mornington Russell, 35, was so badly injured in an accident at Darlinghurst that he died four hours later in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorship for Messageries Maritimes
The Societe Provencale de Constructions Navales, La Ciotat, have, it is reported, laid the keel of a triple-screw passenger liner ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Car Manufacture General Motors' Disclaimer
General Motors-Holden's, Ltd., has again been inaccurately linked with Australian Consolidated Industries, Ltd., in discussion of the manufacture…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →£4500 Fire at Motor-body Works Adelaide
Key units of the vast plant of General Motors-Holdens, Ltd., at Woodville were menaced by a fire which gutted the big bulk store…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →All One Class on Railways
RAIL travellers who yesterday used first-class carriages for the first time found them no different…
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