River Road for Nepean
Motorists who visit the Blue Mountains may soon be able to take an alternate route after crossing the Nepean Bridge. The Blue Mountains Shire Council which has resumed the western bank…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 214
Leaves Hospital And Falls From Train
WAGGA, Tuesday.--Roy Winnell, 43, was discharged from hospital today, and tonight he was found lying unconscious beside the railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Workers' Morning Tea. For Part-time Men Only
The Premier, Mr. Mair, said last night that men working full time on road construction under award rates and conditions could not be allowed ten…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Motor Cycling. Blacktown Carnival
An all-day motor cycle carnival will be held on the "Poplars" road circuit, at Blacktown, on Monday. The programme embraces a series of open scratch races for senior and junior riders,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Children Struck by Car. Motorist Arrested
June Gordon, 5, of Ross Street, Forest Lodge, suffered head injuries, including possibly a fracture of the skill, and Gay Brown, 3, of York Street, Glebe, suffered cuts…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →"Deliberately Flouted the Law." Magistrate to Motorist
Robert Edmonston Bruce, 46 electrician who was said to have been warned by the police and to have had his drivers licence suspended for five years last year, was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mulgoa Road Boundary Bridge Nepean Shire Council's Refusal
At Nepean Shire Council's meeting on 18th instant, Liverpool Council forwarded particulars of the proposed new bridge over Cabramatta Creek, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aerodrome Photo Earns Fine of £2
AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--The first prosecution under the war regulations prohibiting photographing in military centres was heard at Blenheim today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Re-naming Road
At the last meeting of the B.M. Shire Council a letter was received from Springwod and District Development League advising that the League…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Military Road Alignment
The re-alignment and widening of the now much-used Military Road, in Guildford and Merrylands, is still hung up, owing to a bitch in determining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Train Late"--no Lie!
HUNDREDS of persons living on the North Shore line were late home for tea last night. But they had the perfect alibl. The 5.27 p.m. train from Wynyard,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge and Handrail. Departmental Reply
A pertinent reply was given by the Department of Main Roads to the Moorefields Improvement League to a letter sent by the league to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Lugarno Bridge Deputation to Commissioner
A deputation waited on the Commissioner for Main Roads, Mr. Newall, last Thursday afternoon, advocating the construction of a bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →5 Firemen Injured Two Smashes On Roads
Five firemen were injured to-day in two smashes in which fire engines were involved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Men Want Morning Tea
If the Premier, Mr. Mair, instructs his departmental officers not to oppose the application, the United Laborers' Union will ask the court…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Hurt in Road Collision
Three persons are in Parramatta Hospital as the result of a road accident on the Great Western Highway, Penrith, late last night, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →False Economy. Concrete and Steel Bridge Suggested
Cabra-Vale Council asked Fairfield' Council. on Monday night. to agree to pay half cost of a new timber bridge in Sackville Street, over Orphan School…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Long Train Trip Now Attractive Melbourne
An increase of nearly 37 per cent. in the number of passengers carried on the Transcontinental Railway between Sydney and Perth accounts for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tea Refines You On The Road
We live in a rough, uncouth world. Four thousand road construction workers are resentful…
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