Man Unconscious on Road
James Smythe, of Loftus Street, Ashfield, was found lying beside his bicycle on the Hume Highway at Casula yesterday. The Liverpool Ambulance took him to the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1940
4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 214
"Safe From Shock" Electric Train Claim
The equipment of an electric train was so constructed that it was impossible for a passenger to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fear of Car Problem Effect Of Bridge Toll Rise
Increased toll on the Harbor Bridge may create a traffic problem on the North Shore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fast Motor Launch For Auckland Harbour
Last week harbour trials were made of the new 64ft. English-built motor boat recently imported for use by the three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unique Ocean Transport Railway Locomotives and Cars
Locomotives and railway cars are now shipped in vessels specially constructed for this unique form of transport, although for many years they were disassembled and the various parts crated and boxed for export shipment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Transport. "Tram Services Not to be Scrapped."
The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Mr. C. N. Neale, said last night that, there was no intention to scrap the tramway system in favour of buses in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tram Men Join With Passengers SYDNEY, Feb. 26
Tramway employees are joining in with passengers in protest against the reduction of services and the low standard of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorists to Have Choice Range Of Petrol Planned MELBOURNE
A range of ethylated and untreated motor spirits will be available to motorists, probably at the present price of second-grade petrol, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Curtin On Motor-Car Agreement
GEELONG, Monday.--Referring to the motor oar agreement with A.C.I., the Federal Labor Leader, Mr. Curtin, said it was of vital interest to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Dept. Sued
Standing in the vestibule of an electric train. Frederick Gordon Pierce heard a loud report, and, looking down, observed that his right…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parental Penalty on Roads
Sins of the children will be visited upon the parents in the new traffic education campaign of the Road…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bridge Aids Patriotic Fund
To augment the funds of Merrylands branch of the Lord Mayor's Fund. bridge party, organised by Mrs. Machell, and held in the Soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Aerodrome at Bankstown. Site Being Surveyed. Relieving Congestion at Mascot
A site near Bankstown is being investigated as a secondary aerodrome to relieve congestion at Kingsford Smith airport, Mascot, where Air Force cadets…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Cut To Pieces By Train
KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--Cut to pieces by a speeding train on Fimiston suburban railway early last night, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Cannot Get Shock in Train"
It was Impossible for a passenger to receive a shock while in the steel carriage of an electric train. This was stated in the District…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Court. (Before Acting Judge Badham and a jury.) Electric Train Passenger's Claim
Evidence for the defendant was begun in the case in which Frederick Gordon Pierce, an infant-at-law, by Alexander Newman Pierce, of Auburn, is suing the Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →EDITORIAL (The opinions expressed in this Journal are not necessarily those of the Master Builders' Association, unless otherwise stated).WESTERN Suburbs By-pass Road
Municipal Councils from Ryde to Leichhardt are interested in a scheme to bridge the Parramatta River at Abbotsford and to connect with a proposed new bypass road to run westward…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Accident
Attempting to board a moving train at Town Hall station on Saturday. Frederick Case (50)of Church-street. Parramatta, slipped between the train and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rumanian Exports to Germany. Railway Freights Increased. BUCHAREST, Feb. 27. (A.A.P.)
Rumania is imposing increases varying from 12 to 40 per cent, in railway freight rates on exports to Germany on a number of commodities, including oil, but excluding grain…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wynyard Trams. Overloading Alleged
Complaints of overcrowding on trams leaving Wynyard during peak business hours were made last night at a conference between the North Sydney Council and Mr. Sargeant, of…
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