Death at Helm, Motor Boat Speeds in Circles
With its only occupant dead, a motor launch sped round in circles at Brisbane Water yesterday. Frederick Morris, storekeper, Koolewong, who first saw the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1941
4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 248
Death Jump From Train
A deaf and dumb man, alleged to have attacked his wife with a razor in November, committed suicide on February 13, by jumping from a moving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burma Road To Health
EASTERN setting for three sick soldiers, who are sunning themselves outside the military hospital in the Burma Pavilion at Sydney Showground. From left: Corporal W. J. Illingworth (9th Provost Corps), Sister P. C. McVicar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A.w.l. Causes Train Crushes
"Soldiers cause us an enormous lot of trouble on the Brisbane and Melbourne expresses," the Railways Superintendent of Passenger Transport (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inland Road to Be Built
CANBERRA, Monday.--War Cabinet has decided to build an all-weather road between Tennant's Creek (Central Australia) and Mt. Isa…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Turkey Blocks Road to East
MAP showing the strategically important position of Britain's ally, Turkey. She blocks Germany's path to the Middle East and controls the Bosphorus and Dardanelles which link the Mediterranean with the Black Sea, where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fast Road to Lithgow Will Miss Heavy Traffic
A good, fast alternate route to Lithgow, avoiding the heavy traffic and the numerous towns on the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Road Approved. To Link Alice Springs, Darwin, Queensland. CANBERRA
The Minister for the Interior, Senator Foll, announced to-day that the Federal Cabinet had approved of the construction of an all-weather road to connect western Queensland with the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Queensland Port Line Motorship. Sailed Brisbane. Gibbs Bright & Co., agents
J. C. Hutton Pty., Ltd., 667 crcs, 50 sides baconers. Fogglit Jones Pty., Ltd., 903 cs, 350 ctns end meats…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Finance Operations
Operations of Australian Guarantee Corporation, Ltd., for the halfyear to December 31 last, state the directors, in an Interim report, were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Building Bridge Delayed
Shortage of steel and other materials has slowed down construction of the Hawkesbury road bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Harrow-road
Reconditioning the roadway in Harrow-road between Helena-street and Chiswick-road with bituminous penetration macadam would cost £1346, or,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gelignite Found Hidden Under Bridge
GOULBURN, Tuesday.--Five plugs of gelignite and 100 detonators were found by a schoolboy beneath the river bridge at East Goulburn today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early Start with Northern Road. Plans to Speed Up Work. CANBERRA
Work on the new road to connect western Queensland with the north-south road from Darwin to Alice Springs will probably begin…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Protest Against Noisy Motor Cyclists
Parramatta Council decided last week to express its indignation at the lack of official action against noisy motorcyclists…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Vehicle Sales. Satisfactory Business Reported
Several companies report that having regard to the general reduction in sales of motor vehicles, the volume of business done by them in the half-year ended…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Losses Accumulation Over 16 Years
The accumulated deficit in the accounts of the railways of the State over 16 years beginning on July 1, 1924, and ending on June…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor-drivers Wanted in Army
The Army needs as many motor transport drivers as it can secure without delay. The age limit is 45 years and men…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →George's River Bridge
In his fortnightly report at this week's meeting of Sutherland Shire Council the tollmaster of the George's River Bridge, Mr. F. Stratford, said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lemongrove Road
Lemongrove Progress Association has written to Council requesting that the horse mower be sent to Lemongrove Road, northern end, to cut the long…
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