Motor Driver Acquitted
At the Central Police Court yesterday, James Hendry Smith, 32, motor driver was acquitted of a charge of having driven a motor lorry in a manner dangerous to the public in St…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
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Motor Car Imports. Canberra
The Commonwealth Government has communicated with companies importing American motor car engines and chassis, asking their opinion of a 30 per cent, cut in the 1936 basic…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →British Motor Industry. Record Exports Since War. LONDON, Jan. 15. (A.A.P.)
British motor factories exported 300 vehicles on each working day in November. The exports to Austialia. India Burma, Portugal, and Uruguay in the first three months of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Trams Collide at Balmoral. Four Persons Injured
Three passengers and a conductor were taken to hospital for treatment after a col[?]ion between two trams at the Balmoral Baths stopping-place yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Victim of U-boat Modern Dutch Motorship AMSTERDAM
The Dutch motorship Arendskerk, well known in the Australian trade, was torpedoed and sunk by a…
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The annual meeting of the Motor Traders' Association of N.S.W. will be held at the association rooms on Thursday. The annual dinner will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →4 Hurt in Tram Smash
FOUR persons, injured in a collision between two trams near the Balmoral Baths yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Goods Traffic The Acting Secretary for Railways
Mr. S. R. Nicholas, said last night that until further notice, no goods traffic of any description and no parcels would be accepted for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What Are They Striking for [?] the Broken Hill-menindee Railway?
Acting in concert, the Barrier industrial Council and the Australian Railways Union have again precipitated a strike amongst railway employees…
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DOUBLE-DECKER buses will replace, the usual tram service for the Ascot meeting to-morrow, and all future…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Toll of Lightning Man, Son Struck, Tram Disabled, Clocks Stopped
A severe electrical storm struck Sydney suburbs yesterday morning. Within 20 minutes, lightning:-- Struck a man and his son in their orchard at Penrith;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Hurt in Tram Collision
Four people were injured when two trams collided in Laurie Parade, Balmoral Beach, yesterday. Suffering from bruises and shock, they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Parramatta-road Bridge
Materials for the construction of the new pedestrian overhead bridge were unloaded at Parramatta-road North, Auburn, this week…
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The Acting-Secretary for Railways. Mr. S. R. Nicholas, gave details last night of the amended services which would be run on the portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pilot Steamer to Train Boys
Cabinet decided yesterday to hand over the old pilot steamer Captain Cook to the Sydney Training Depot at Snapper Island, where it will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →R.a.a.f. Train in England
TRAINING the R.A.A.F. expeditionary force in England. Australian airmen testing machine guns before going on a flight, on January 1. Picture by last night's Airmail. SKY PATROL. Six Hurricane fighter planes of the Royal Air…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →To Employ Local Men? Big Road Job Starts at Hills
Work has started on the reconstruction of the Glenorie-Maroota-road, which is expected to last four years and to cost £60,000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Killed in Road Collision 'Bike Rider and Army Truck in Smash at Liverpool
WALTER WHITEHOUSE, 29, of Hill View Parade, Hill View, wag fatally injured yesterday when his bicycle and a military utility truck collided on Hume Highway, Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Threat to Rumania Reported Russia Allows Troops To Enter "Road To Oil Fields" LONDON
Russia is reported to have permitted German motorised forces to enter Russian Poland, which adjoins Rumania. The report, has been issued by a spokesman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rail Motors Urged Parramatta to Penrith
Pointing out that Cronulla had a half-hourly railway service, Councillor Fyall at Blacktown Council, said that rail motors should be used to provide…
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