Tram and Bus Collide
AN omnibus and a tram collided at intersection of Birriga and Bundarra Roads. Bellevue Hill, last night. Eight passengers were taken to St…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
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Railway Shunter Fatally Injured
MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- James Watts, 32, shunter, of Victoria Street, North Melbourne, was run over by a truck in Spencer Street rail yards…
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A hundred and twenty cars and drivers have been placed at the disposal of the Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Plan £200,000 River Bridge
Ryde and Drummoyne Councils are seeking Government support for the construction of a £200,000 bridge over the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Toll. Four Dead; Many Injured. Evacuee Killed
Four people were killed and many were injured in road accidents in Sydney and country districts of New South Wales during the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports South Australia Blue Star Motorship. Sailed Adelaide. Goldsbrough Mort & Co., td., agents
Central Wool Committee, 3025 his wool. D. & J. Fowler, 600 bxs dried fruit. Cole & Woodham, 1065 bxs dried fruit. Crowe & Newcombe, 12,716 bxs dried fruit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Motorists' Petrol
The Australian Motorists' Petrol Co. Ltd. has decided to make an issue of 100,000 6 per cent preference shares. New capital is required to meet the need…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Boating
Mechanical faults and mishaps marred the Australastan speedboat championship at Port Hacking on Saturday over the Royal Motor Yacht Club's course for the F. C. Griffith Cup. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Army Motor Drivers Defended
Soldiers who drive recklessly and are punished by civil courts are also punished by the Army, an officer at Victoria Barracks said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cost of Bridge Guard
Protection of bridges and other works in the line of communications throughout New South Wales as part of the war emergency measures had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Italians Reeling in Africa "Back Door" to Key Fortress Taken Air Raid On Addis Ababa Hits Motor Transport LONDON
On the land and in the air to-day was the best for a long time for the British forces which are conquering the Italian East African empire. In the north-west, the invaders have captured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Worker Collapses, Dies
JUNEE, Monday.--Jack McLean found his uncle David Samson McLean, 57, dying behind a ballast truck at Bethungra today…
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Representatives of Baulkham Hills and Dundas Councils will meet in conference with a view to reaching an agreement in regard to a scheme for the…
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JUNEE, Tuesday.--The story of why a goods train was 20 minutes late leaving Junee was told in Junee Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£2,000 to Re-surface Granville Roads
Stating at Granville Council last week £70,000 had been spent in constructing tarred macadam roads in the municipality, Ald. Fielding said,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Saving Trees. Road Widening at Manly
Proposals by the Main Roads Department to widen Belgrave Street, Manly, alongside Gilbert Park, to 56 feet, are being considered by the Manly Council…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cost of Harbour Bridge. Nearly £10,000,000
The capital cost of the Sydney Harbour Bridge at June 30, 1940, was £9,871,600. During the year the earnings were £391,188. After deducting administrative and operating…
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"It is a pity W. S. Gilbert, of Gilbert and Sullivan, is not still alive. He would have something to say about such a situation." Judge Nield said this today at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Annual Charge George-street Tram-line
On the motion of the Mayor (Ald. Jeffery), though against his wish, Parramatta Council on Monday renewed the annual charge of…
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A motor vessel, to be named the Nongabarra, of 9,200 tons, is now under construction for the Rederiaktiebolaget Transex, an…
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