New Leadersh[?] Camp Twenty Girls Train Gunningbland
About 20 girls from the Agr cultural Bureau branches of the western district arc attending Girls Leadership Camp which be…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1941
4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 248
For Road-making and Earth-moving
THE British Standard Machinery Co. have decided not to exhibit at the Show this year, but they issue a cordial invitation to all…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Train Disaster in Japan. Tokyo, March 27. (A.A.P.)
Two persons were killed and 140 were injured last night in one of the worst railway accidents in the history of Japan's transport service…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Finance. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—You report Mr. Hartigan as stating that "the State railways had never shown a loss." Notwithstanding that we live in a world of camouflage,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Boating
One of the longest races in the world for speedboats, the annual 70 miles from Brooklyn bridge to Windsor bridge, on the Hawkesbury River[?] will be decided on Sunday with a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Traffic Lights. System Not Yet Fully Understood. Delays to Motorists
Motorists are complaining that the new pedestrian traffic control lights in Macquarie Street are causing unnecessary delays. They point out that at times up to a score…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MOTORING Cars' Part In Iron Ration Plan
Motor transport will play an important part in the Commonwealth Government's plan for storing a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railwaymen and the U.a.p
The Railway vote in the George’s River Electorate is a very significant one. The U.A.P. Government abolished the various picnic days on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contract Bridge Argument Over High Bids
Failure to realise a high bid may be due to faulty play rather than overbidding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Neurosis Seen in Rise and Fall of Road Toll
Sydney motorists and pedestrians are suffering from war neurosis, according to the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner), whose departmental statistics show the marked effect war news has on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram and Car Collide
Three members of one tamily were injured, one fatally, at Anzac Parade. Kensington, shor[?] after 9 o'clock last night, when a tram and a car collided…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →War Knocks Motor Trade
MOTOR-CAR industry in Australia bas been hard hit by war. Import restrictions and petrol rationing, coupled with drift of skilled workmen to war industries, have created unprecedented problems. SKILLED WORKERS IN DEMAND…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canadian Railways Earn More Money
OTTAWA, Friday (A.A.P.).--Net earnings of Canadian National Railways in 1940 were £12,915,000, an increase of 116 per cent, on 1939…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Field for Motor-boat Race
A record field of 23 boats will take part in tomorrow's ninth annual race from Brooklyn Bridge to Windsor, conducted by the Upper Hawkesbury Motor…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Train Tricked Emerge
ALAN COOPER was a disappointed man after the Three and Four-Year-Old Handicap at Rosehill yesterday. It wasn't because he lost his money on Emerge, whom he races in partnership with Mrs. M. S. Duncombe, but because a series of circumstances prevented Emerge from revealing his true form…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Watch On Crooks
Police are protecting punters from crooks and card-sharpers who used to pick up "easy money" on the race trains…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Hours In Train -- Raced
Mr. Alan Cooper, part-owner of Emerge, went for a big win on the gelding in the Three-and-Four-Year-Old Handicap…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Force Picnic Sports Luncheon parties under pine trees at aerodrome
Sunglasses and sunshades were the most envied accessories to smart ensembles worn by feminine spectators at the R.A.A.F. athletic meeting at Richmond yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Where You Can Train For The Women's Air Force
READ this column carefully, for you may find the answer to your own war problem here. If not, send in your…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorists rush for petrol
City service stations report that they sold twice the normal amount of petrol yesterday. Petrol ration coupons for the…
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