No "Black" Ban on Roads
Mr. M. A. Davidson, M.L.A., reiterated yesterday that no black ban had been im[?]osed by the Barrier Industrial Council on passengers and their…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 214
Leaderless Legion Needless Bridge Fatality
DURING the construction of the Story Bridge in Brisbane, the authorities have constantly employed a man in a boat waiting for somebody…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Bottle Thrown Into Train Boys' Severe Facial Injuries
Two boys on a train travelling to Hornsby suffered facial injuries today when a beer bottle, thrown from a passing train, entered the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycling. Blacktown Gala Entries
The Western Suburbs Motor Cycle Club which is organising the road racing holiday carnival over the "Poplars" circuit at Blacktown on Monday has expressed satisfaction with the number…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Railways Appeals Board
The Government Gazette announced yesterday that the resignation had been accepted of Mr. Arthur Gates of his position of vice-chairman of the Railways Apneals Board and…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →[?]Ounding of Motor Horns. To Be Danger Warning Only
Motorists who sound their horns except as a waining of danger now do so illegally. An announcement enforcing the piohibition…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Motor Car Testing. Many Fail to Pass. Success of System
In the first three months of the compulsory inspection of motor vehicles, 13,430 vehicles, or 17.5 per cent, of the 76,900 vehicles examined, failed to pass…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Special Trams
Holiday timetables will operate on all tram services on Monday. Special trams will be run to Randwick racecourse from Circular Quay and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland's Worst Landlord Railway Department Puts On The Screws
USURERS, Shylock-landlords and house-agents are still babes-in-arms compared with the Queensland Government Railway Department. Departmental chiefs can teach them a lot when it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Is Pengana Motor Industries Pulling The Public's Leg? Strange Background Of This Press-boomed Company
THERE must have been a few people in Melbourne who smiled reminiscently last week when they read the ballyhoo about Pengana Motor Industries Pty. Ltd. and the all-Australian car. They would be the people who had discovered the presence in the company of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Opens War on Tram Hooligans
Working in co-operation with the place on a secret plan, Transport Department officers have succeeded in stomping out hooliganism on trams…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →13,430 Motors Fail in Tests
Curing the first three months' operation of the compulsory inspection of motor vehicles scheme. 13,430 vehicles, or 17.5 per cent. of those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Boats In 70-Mile Race
Upper Hawkesbury Motor Boat Club will hold its annual 70 miles "Bridge to Bridge" speedboat race on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Bottle Injures Two In Train
Two boys were injured yesterday when a bottle thrown from a passing train crashed through the window of a train in which they were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Crash Holds Up Wedding
On the way to his wedding yesterday Colin Stephenson, 25, was knocked down by a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New-born child falls off train lives
BRISBANE, Saturday. -- A few seconds after it was born an infant fell out of a train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Road Deaths Several Hurt in Smashes
Three were killed and a number injured in motor accidents in New South Wales yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Dead Truck and Goods Train Collide BUNDABERG
WHILE on their way to attend the wedding of a relative, three people, the occupants of a motor utility truck, were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Morning Tea for Road Men And Why Not, Mr. Mair?
NEXT week, it is reported, the State Government will decide whether it will restore to relief workers their right to a few…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Motoring News & Views Coast and Mountain By Tablelands To Nowra
SOME of the most spectacular mountain and coastal scenery lies between the southern tablelands at…
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