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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 248
Most of the reports of fatal road accidents in recent months contain the significant words, "the car ran off the road," and end with such phrases as "it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian troops have been called upon to deal with 70 or 80 Italian tanks which are obstructing the British drive through Libya to Bengazi. A check has occurred at Mekili, a vital junction of four roads…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Interesting opinions on the part played by roads in a nation's defence programme are contained in an article by Mr R. E. Harper, Director of Public…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For nearly 70 years after the arrival of Governor Fhillip's fleet in Sydney Harbour in 1788, trade in New South Wales was unassisted by railways…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, at Faulconbridge, Clifford James Thomas (21), of Goulburn, riding a motor cycle, crashed into the back of a lorry driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EXTENT of the recently completed R.A.C.V. Technical Department research to determine the most persistent causes of breakdowns makes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A further landslide on the Toowoomba Range to-day hindered the efforts of the breakdown gangs to clear away the first fall of earth which caused the derailment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A meeting of 50 metropolitan sub-branch officials and representatives of the Australian Railways Union last night carried a motion, on the voices…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CAREERING along the red roads of Eastern Thailand in a truck which picked us up at Udon, we let out…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Do not neglect to place a few drops of engine oil in the bearings of the starter and generator, magneto, and motor type horn, in fact, in any bear…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →OTTAWA, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--Dr. Oscar Douglas Skelton, Canadian Under-Secretary for External Affairs, was killed today when his car hit a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A long pull strong a strong pull by girls of tin Women's Mechanised Transport Corps in Bratain, members of a party of [?], training for Ambulance duties in [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IN addition to their scenic attractions the Blue Mountains of New…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →COUNTRY [?] are not debarred from securing petrol ration [?] at post offices on Thursdays and Saturdays, according on Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Southern Railway since the outbreak of war until the end of 1940 carried 3,000,000 troops. Traffic was heaviest in June, when 12,000 special trains were run…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →“Widening of this Highway will benefit more than 10,000 motorists in New South Wales,” said Ald. Moore at the meeting of Kogarah Council on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The American Council for National Defence has challenged engineers and inventors to produce devices to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A railway carriage converted into a home for a Far West nurse will be opened at Central Station at 11.30 this morning by the Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The finals of the contest for the David Jones Bridge Challenge Cup were played last night at David Jones's George Street store. The contest comprised 90…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Commissioner for Main Roads was fined £50, with £810 costs, on five charges in the Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court yesterday…
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