Driving Under Influence Motor Engineer Bound Over On Bond
James Franklin Benson, 27, a motor engineer, was bound over by Mr. Cookson, S.M., at central Police Court yesterday on a bond of £50 to be of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1940
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Motoring News New Car Cheaper To Run
The refinements of 1940 Chevrolet trucks have been designed to broaden their range of usefulness, to lower…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →4 killed on roads
Four persons were killed in weekend road accidents in three States. Matthew Napper. 56, died at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Expected' Roads Fund Cut
News that State Governments will receive less this year for the construction and maintenance of roads, under…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →As Buses Drive Trams From The Roads Transport Revenue Rises
Success of the first real try-out of an all-motor transport system in Sydney will be followed by the expansion of bus services and the scrapping of trams as fast as finances will allow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swimmers Will Take To Road
Leeton Amateur Swimming Club will take a team by road to the country championships at Muswellbrook. In a recent trial at the Leeton…
Continued on Trove, page 52 →Hardy Old Sylvandale, Honest And Joy To Train
A SYDNEY lady was contemplating doing two things at the same time, to become a racehorse owner…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Wonder Scenic Views of new Coal and Candle Creek Road
With the completion of a new road at Coal and Candle Creek, a magnificent scenic drive has been opened to Sydney motorists. It lies just north of Sydney and can be completed comfortably in an afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Erskinville's Last Tram Leaves
ESCORTED by uniformed police as passengers, and two police cars and motor cycles, Erskineville's last tram departed at 12.11 this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Toll of the Motor
AGAIN, despite interim reports to the contrary, the final figures show an increase of accidents. Again we are told that "more than 85 per,…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Speech, Cheers For Final Tram Trip
The last trip of the Erskineville tram service, which will make way for motor transport, was marked this morning by a speech from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Encouraging the Motorist
The Government is anxious to have an all-Australian car industry. To support such an industry (and to maintain our present invaluable motor industry) Australians must be encouraged to buy cars…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Cavalry That Rides To War By Motor
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, December 10. A squadron of a famous cavalry regiment has suddenly found itself astride horse-power instead of horses. Still known as divisional cavalry,…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Motor Section Conducted by Clem Cleveson a Truck Or Car For Every Purpose
Here a bullion service, an ambulance brigade, a municipal council and a horse-carrier demonstrate their own peculiar demands on car or truck chassis. Top left: Petersham Municipal Council has been using hygienic…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Making motor cars in Australia
A staff reporter who investigated the proposal to make cars in Australia presents the following arguments for and against the plan…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motorists Asked to Aid Orphans
An appeal to motorists to help transport children from Sydney's orphanages to the Prince Edward Theatre next Wednesday was made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Toll. Child Killed at Darlinghurst. Many Accidents
Many road accidents occurred during the week-end. A child was killed at Darlinghurst, and two deaths occurred as a result of accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Grazier Claims £3000 Depreciation Through Road Work ORANGE
Relief maps of the Mitchell Highway near Orange, were exhibited in an arbitration case to-day in which Andrew Neville Kerr, of ''Wellwood."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Buses Replace Trams. Erskineville Service
After being in operation since January 25 1909, the Erskineville tram service was discontinued late on Saturday night, and yesterday morning a motor bus service took its place…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Conductors Attacked. Fight With Young Men. Chase by Policeman
After a number of young men attacked two tram conductors in Pyrmont yesterday afternoon, there was a fight between the young men and tramway employees, and then an…
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