Cyclist and Motor Lorry Collide
William Clarke, 18, of Narrabeen, had his skull fractured and his right eye cut when the bicycle he was riding was in collision with a motor lorry in Pittwater Road,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 248
Canadian National Railways. Improved Financial Results
The net operating revenue of the Canadian National Railways for 1940 was more than 45,000,000 dollars (£A.12,857,142), an increase of 24,152,993…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Health Clinic Now Free On Railways
THE Commissioner of Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) told the 6th annual conference of the Far West Children's Health Scheme this morning that the 6d per mile haulage cost previously charged by the railways for each clinic car attached to trains will be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railways' Big Holiday Rush
In the six-day period from Wednesday to Monday. 522 trains left Sydney for the country, carrying 127,856 people…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Trip Among Ruins
TRAMCAR runs as usual through this part of London, despite the devastation on all sides from German bombs. Under the heaviest mass raids, the city's transport services have functioned with few stoppages. BRITAIN'S newest battleship, King George V, firing a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Construction
Construction of Beaconsfield-street, between Melton and Sutherland-streets, with ballast, second grade metal and bituminous surface, would cost £1075,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wants Road Repairs
Stating that portions of Palmer and Parkes-streets, Guildford, had deep ruts, E. Cochrane, a resident of Palmer-street, last night asked Holroyd…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Easter On Roads Was Fine And Dry
Police did not arrest anyone for drunken driving at Easter. This, they say, is a record. There were other-records, according…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trainee Dies After Road Collision. Woonona
Gavin Crozier, 25, a military trainee, who was injured when his motor-cycle collided with a motor car at the intersection of the lower South Coast Road and McCauley…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Hanging on by Their Teeth" Council Complains of Overcrowded Train
Blacktown Council recently complained to the railway authorities about the overcrowding of the train leaving Wentworthville at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cyclist Fined
Charged with having ridden a motor-cycle negligently in Merrylands-road, Merrylands, on February 8. George Adams pleaded guilty at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Not Dangerous" Motor Luggage Trucks at Central
"Surely the Commissioner doesn't think these drivers have a perfect right to bump people, provided they don't put them in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Easter Traffic. Record Number on Trams and Ruses. Peak on
Traffic on trains, trams, and buses during the Easter holidays was much heavier than dunng the corresponding period of last year. It…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Liverpool Roads
At Liverpool Council meeting on Tuesday night the matter of the gravelling and grading of the roads in the district was introduced by Ald. Stenner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lennox Bridge
The engineer for the Blue Mountains Shire Council was asked to inspect the historic Lennox Bridge at Glenbrok to see if there was any cause for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Organising Bridge Party
MRS. HAMILTON KIRKLAND and MRS. H. J. DALY, who are organising a bridge party to be held at the Forum Club to-day in aid of the navy unit of C.U.S.A. Mrs. Kirkland is also president of the committee working for the Sydney Hospital Ball, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Tenders for Road Materials
At Liverpool Council meeting on Tuesday evening, tenders were received for the provision of bitumen, primer, gravel and blue metal for proposed read work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Sells Road Roller
For some time past Liverpool Council has been wondering what was best to do with the diesel road roller lying in the yard, for which there was no fur[?]ner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Landslide Near Woy Woy. Train Quickly Warned
More than 100 tons of rock crashed on to the railway line between the Hawkesbury Bridge and Woy Woy yesterday a few minutes after a goods…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Japan Can't Halt Burma Road Traffic
LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Japanese cannot block the Burma Road supply route to Chungking, says the London Daily Telegraph's special…
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