Motor Cycling
B.S.A. CLUB—Speed Judging: G. Thomas (B.S.A) J. J. Lynch (A[?]e 2, H. Carl (B.S.A.) J. PARRAMATTA CLUB. Hill-Climb at…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 214
Windfall for Wealthy Railway Stock Holders Scoop Up Millions Little Men Make Sacrifices London
WHILE the Commons is somewhat disturbed at the exposure of the privilege enjoyed by the landed gentry, whose park lands are not conscripted like those of the small man for national food-growing, a huge gamble in…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →"The Sunday Sun" Motor Section. the Views You Find Where You Turn Off As You Like It Car Run From Short Tour To All Day Trip
Coal and Candle Creek is Mr. Everyman's tour. It is a half-day run for the Lazy Husband, can be longer for the Energetic Adventurer, and leads finally to Palm Beach for the Day Tourer and…
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John Boyle, 19, of McPherson Avenue Punchbowl, was fatally injured yesterday when his motor cycle and a lorry collided in Canterbury…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Arthur Richards, 18, of Neutral Bay, was the victim of a peculiar accident last night on a train in which he was…
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Arthur Richards, l8, an apprentice baker, of Neutral Bay, suffered a probably fractured skull while a Newcastle-bound train in which he was a passenger was passing a goods train…
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Two men were killed in road accidents in the weekend. Four persons were seriously…
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STRUCK by a taxi as she stepped from the crowded footpath to the roadway in Victoria Road, Drummoyne, on Saturday, a nine-years-old girl was fatally injured…
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Two hundred passengers were trapped and burned to death and 100 injured when a suburban train…
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Councillor W. Hardy Morphett, of Sutherland Shire Council, says that teachers are too lazy to do any gardening…
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Someone in the 12,53 train from Sydney to Gosford on Saturday hurled a beer bottle from a carriage window as the train was between Hornsby and Cowan just as another train…
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"Surely men working in the broiling sun should get some consideration," the secretary of the Labor Council of New South Wales (Mr. R. King,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →N.Z. Still Finds Cash for Public Works Tunnel, Roads, Buildings WELLINGTON
The war, so far, has not greatly changed the works expenditure policy of the Government. Labor is determined to adhere to its public works and social programmes as long as is financially possible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Persons Killed. Many Injured. Road Accidents in Week-end
Six persons died in New South Wales in the week-end from injuries received in road accidents. Many others were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Youth Killed As Bushfire Sweeps Bulli Pass Road Lorry Hits Blazing Tree, All Traffic Diverted To Coast Route
In blinding smoke from bushfires, a youth was killed on the Prince's Highway, three miles from Bulli Pass yesterday when the motor-cycle on which he was riding pillion collided with a motor-lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Queensland Port Motor Vessel Sailed Brisbane. Gibbs, Bright & Co., agents
S Shipper, 400 crops, 400 hinds, 50 bgs, 40 bxs fr. sundries. T. Borthwick & Sons, 1,000 crops, 600 hinds fr. beef…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural News Items. Rabbits on Railway Land. Singleton
The Pastures Protection Board, has decided to prosecute landholders for alleged failure to destroy rabbits. Land owned by the Railway Department is reported also to be badly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Finance and Guarantee
Motor Finance and Guarantee Co., Ltd., reports a net profit of £2,305 for the half-year ended December 31, compared with £2,329 for the corresponding half-year of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mistakes Door, Falls From Train
GOULBURN, Monday.--Opening a carriage door which he mistook in the dark for that of a lavatory, a passenger on the Temora mail train fell on to the…
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Trevor William Bailey, of Quandialla, had an amazing escape from death when he opened a wrong door on the…
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