Sans Souci Wife and Her Tram-man Husband Met Other Man at a Dance
LINCOLN Holilngdale Gibson, tramman, of Frater's Avenue, Sans Souci, is a long suffering, forgiving soul—a man…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 214
The TRUTH about Motors' Who Invented Cars? Sidelights On Controversial History
THE discovery of the 4-stroke engine principle was made by a Frenchman named Bean de Rochas, who, though he held a patent, did not moke an engine and his patent later lapsed. The only reward he received was a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Pioneers Liked Motoring But It Cost Money
To-day's motorist would be shocked if he had to follow the routine of the pioneer motorist for an ordinary day's run…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Section Prime Minister To Open New General Motors Plant
General Motors-Holden's Ltd. new £270,000 offices and works will be officially opened by the Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →No Signs of Railway Strike's End
BROKEN HILL, Saturday. THE Broken Hill railway strike is now in its fourth week and there are no signs of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lappin Killed in Smash Trampled under hoofs of bunched field when mount stumbles Tragic Broadcast Heard at Home by Parents
The crack Sydney apprentice jockey, W. Lappin, 18, was fatally injured in a smash midway through the running of the Ingleburn Nursery at Randwick about 2.45 p.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New "drive-in" hotel bar for motorists
A new type of road bar, claimed to be the only one of its kind in Australia, is nearing completion at Lapstone Hotel. When the bar opens at Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Overturned by Motor Road Hog Junee
Messrs. J. H. Anderson and K. Kyle, of Sydney, were motoring to Junee yesterday in a small car, when, near Bethungra, on a hilly and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Floods Receding. Railway Bridge Still Under Water. BRISBANE
Flood-waters are falling in North Queensland, and air and rail services are being graduslly resumed. A message from Townsville to-night stated…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Accidents on Roads. Two Arrests. Car and Motor Cycle in Collision
Police yesterday arrested the driver of a motor car and the rider of a motor cycle that were involved in a collision in Parramatta Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Jail Labor On Roads Opposed DARWIN
The executive council of the Northern A.W.U. will discuss industrial action to prevent convict labor on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports. Queensland. Burns Philp Motor Vessel. Sailed Brisbane. Burns Philp & Co., Ltd., agents
J. C. Button Pty., Ltd., 3 bgs 60 cs hams, 32 cs bacon, 13 bxs 67 cs butler, 5 cs dripping, 1 cs pork, 7 cs cheese, 1 cs sausage, 2 cs hams and bacon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Boating. Saturday's Club Races
ST. GEORGE CLUB, at Kogarah Bay, [?]ans Souc[?]. —Speedboat handicap, two miles.—First heat: Le Diable (C. V. Holland), 1; Joan (F. J. Alderman), 2; Sayona (J. Sayburn), 3, Second heat: Le…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railways Strike Extended
Regulation strikes, started by shunters at Enfield last week, are spreading in the Railways Service…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Hurt In Motor Cycle-Car Crash
PENRITH, Sunday.--Jack Norquest, 23, and Patrick Collison, 25, were injured when a motor cycle they were riding collided with a rar in High Street, Penrith,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railwaymen Decide To Extend Regulations Strike
Mass meetings of railway men-yesterday decided to extend the railways regulations strike. Railway yards at Thirroul and Cootamundra will be involved…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Train For Carnival
POLICE rehearsing club-swinging yesterday for the Police Carnival on February 24…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Girl Hurt in Jump From Train
MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Alice Cornels, 13, suffered a probable fracture of the skull when she jumped from an express train as it was passing through…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crash Blamed on "Road-hog"
JUNEE, Monday.--H. K. Anderson and J. Kyle, of Sydney, motoring to Junee yesterday, allege that a "road-hog" forced their car over an embankment…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Train Set on Fire Sabotage In Nazi Army LONDON
Simmering dissension in the ranks of the German Army on the Western Front has, for the first time, been…
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