Soldier Killed by Through Train Katoomba
About 2.30 a.m. fo-day, a tourist walking along the platform of the railway sttaion at Katoomba saw what he thought was a bundle of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 248
A New Road
IT is now possible to proceed from Springwood via a new road through Yarramundi to Richmond. This road, which was recently opened to traffic,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Falls From Train
Mr. H. A. Ellis, of Stapleton Ave Sutherland, received a fractured skill on Christmas Eve when he fell from a moving train at Hurstville station…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While Lines on Road
SAYS "Carbon" in the official R.A.C.A. motoring notes:—You have probably been mystified by the appearance of white lines on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Holiday Road Toll Less
"The holiday road toll has been the lowest for five years," declared the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner)…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Accidents. Several Persons Injured
Accidents on roads in the metropolitan area and in the country yesterday caused injury to a number of persons. A motor car swerved off the road at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Booked Out to Jan. 18 PERTH
So heavy is the demand for accommodation on the Transcontinental Express that all berths have been booked to January 18. Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Western Road. (In Memory. of the Fallen)
Swinging along the road they went, Lilting a careless stave, The thick dust rising around their feet…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →If You're a Pidestrian (Issued by the Road Safety Council of N.S.V.)
Two out of three people killed in city traffic are pedesrians. Even in rural areas, [?]edestrians comprise one out of ever three traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclist Injured
William Wardrop, of 42 Renwick Street, Leichhardt, was pushing a motor Like along the Western Road, Emu Plains, on Tuesday evening, when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring Memos
WHILST petrol rationing in Australia has had many repercussions on road transport, in some instances it has been the means of awakening the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Barellan Poultry Farmers Seek Better Service on Railways
EGG and poultry suppliers in Barellen district have petitioned the Railway Department for an improved service in goods traffic to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MOTORS and Motoring Tractors on the Farm
WHENEVER a part of the tractor is dismantled the opportunity should be to inspect any and all parts made visible…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hints to Motorists. Oil Pressure
Under certain conditions it is advisable to stop immediately. For instance, should the oil gauge return to zero or begin to oscillate to and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tempe-east Hills Railway
On behalf of the Herne Bay Progress Association, Mr. C. Monro, M.L.A., recently asked the Railway Department to provide additional…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cars in Collision
One car was completely wrecked as the result of a collision between two cars at the intersection of Princes Highway and English Street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidents of the Week. Injured in Motor Car Crash
When a motor car struck an electric light pole in Prince's Highway, St. Peters, at 5.45 a.m. yesterday it was badly damaged and two youths in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struck by Motor Car
On Christmas Eve Douglas Dargin, 49 years of age, of Mill Street, carlton, was struck by a motor car in Railway parade carlton he suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclists Injured
Two men, George Hall, 27 years of age, and Percy Power, 28 years of age, both of Botany, suffered severe lacerations and abrasions to their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier's Body on Railway Line
The body of Private John Robert Graham, 20. of Corowa A.I.F. camp (formerly of Canberra) was found at 2 a.m. yesterday on the railway line near…
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