Bridge Dangerous to Heavy Traffic
Orphan School Creek bridge at Canley Vale is considered dangerous for heavy traffic, and a load limit of two tons has been fixed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1940
4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 214
Killed in Fall From Train
A youth who fell from a train and was killed six miles from Kempsey early on Monday was Identified yesterday as Frederick Albert Evans…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Signallers Offer To Train Girls
Ex-A.I.P. Signallers have offered to instruct women signallers who are training themselves to take the place of army signallers…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Commonwealth and Military Road
The Acting Treasurer, Mr. Spender, has informed the North Sydney Council that the Commonwealth could not contribute funds for the proposed widening of Military Road…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Danger at Peakhurst
Drivers of motor buses to Penshurst petitioned Hurstville Council at its last meeting to take action in remedying the dangerous condition at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →George's River Bridge. New Records Created
"Last week's Anniversary Day holiday traffic was the largest ever since the bridge has been opened, and thus created new records," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lugarno Bridge Deputation Hurstville Aldermen's Absence
"This council is entitled to an apology from the organisers of the deputation, in not being informed of the matter," said the Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sackville Street Bridge Councils to Construct
On Saturday last, members of Fairfield and Cabra-Vale Councils met at the Sackville Street Bridge to discuss the question of renewal of the structure…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Train Delays Growing" Shunters Observing Regulations
Goods traffic on the N.S.W. railways is not heavy at this time of the year, but the regulations strike of shunters at Enfield is gradually causing delays…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Road and in Gym
Ron Richards will be on the road at six o'clock this morning, and will work in Limutkin's gymnasium in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Morning Tea Allowed Full-Time Work On Roads
Full-time manual workers engaged by the Department of Main Roads are now allowed to have morning tea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ron Richards Fit, To Train To-day
RON RICHARDS arrived back in Sydney yesterday after ten days at Tuggerah…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two Brothers Hurt in Road Accident
Two brothers were slightly injured last night when their motor-cycle and a car collided at the intersection of Princess Street and Park Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Monk's Discovery. Road Over the Andes
A Franciscan friar's mission journey 180 years ago has done what modern engineers couldn't do, and saved the Peruvian Budget over £200,000 on the west coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Important Road Work. Widening Princes Highway. £9,000 Being Spent at Kogarah
An important piece of road construction and widening, the need for which has been felt for some years, has just been commenced by the Department of Main Roads at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shark Attacks Analysed. No Royal Road to Safety. Twenty Years of Research
For the last 20 years I have interested myself in the habits of sharks, attacks by man-eating sharks, and the circumstances in which they have taken place both in Australia and in other parts of the world. The facts and records show that the loss of life in this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Air Cadets Train at Mascot — President Roosevelt and Grandsons — Testing Sea Rescue by Airship
Copies of all pictures taken by the "Sydney Morning Herald" staff photographers may be purchased from the Art Gallery at the "Herald" Office. The scale of charges may be obtained on application…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Long Way to Broken Hill. Train and Truck. Strike Disorganises Travel. by Our Special Reporter Wilcannia
The thirty-five men who have struck on the Broken Hill-Menindee railway line have succeeded in disorganising the transport of a big area of the west of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railwaymen's Presentation Retirement of Mr. J. PERRITT
There was quite a representative gathering of railwaymen at the loco depot, Valley Heights, on Thursday last, where the men assembled to say…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Memos
IT seems advisable to issue the reminder that the majority of garages and similar businesses throughout New South Wales have been…
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