Government and MotorLorries
"J.H.": Is the Government still wanting to rent motor-lorries for the army from private owners, and, if so, where should I write?…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1941
4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 248
Riverside Motor Boat Club
On Sunday next, 20th inst., starting at 2.30 p.m., the above club will commence a series of winter racing, when a two miles handicap and a one mile handicap…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Women's Motor War Work
Thousands of young women are helping Australia's war effort by qualifying themselves to take oyer transport units,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motoring News Private Cars 70 per Cent
Seventy per cent, of the 600,000 motor cars registered in Australia six months ago have been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Road Link with Darwin
The transportation of troops to Darwin by the new road in Central Australia opens another chapter in the romance of the Australian interior…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fettlers Killed. Run Down by Electric Train
Leonard Hawkins, of Long Street, Croydon, and William Batchcldore, 54, married, of Rawson Street, Auburn, railway fettlers, were killed instantly near the Macdonaldtown…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sack Plain Clothes Men Tramway Union Complains of "Spying"
OFFICIALS of N.S.W. Tramway Union are protesting against the employment of plain-clothes officers who, they say, hide in doorways and use motor cars to spy on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →T. J. Richards' Div. Reflects Motor Trade Slump
ANY shareholder in T. J. Richards and Sons Ltd., who hadn't prepared In advance for a reduced dividend has been asleep on his job…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Burned Under Motor Truck DUBBO
William Howey, 36, has been admitted to hospital, burned badly as a result of an unusual accident. He was under a truck adjusting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Builds motor cruiser in middle of desert
KALGOORLIE, Saturday. -- Although Kalgoorlie is 300 miles from the nearest beach, Mr. A. T. Rogers, a local constructional engineer, has almost completed a 45-foot all welded steel motor cruiser…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Wrecks Stolen Car
A youth who stole a car outside a picture theatre at Merrylands last night, drove it through closed railway gates nearby and on to the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ancient Buggies to Return to the Road Brisbane
Ancient buggies, sulkies, waggonettes, and carts are making a re-appearance in Queensland country districts. With increased petrol…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Daw Report. Causes in No. 2 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Owen and a jury.) Tramway Employee's Death
The Jury found in favour of the plaintiff in the action brought by Margaret Evans, of The Boulevard, Strathfield, against Thomas Joseph Hartigan and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man's Body Found on Railway Line
The mutilated body of Robert Rodney Coleman. 55, of Virginia Street, Granville, was found on the railway line between Baanbaa and Boggabri…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.S. Stock Prices Sag. Steel and Motor Shares Affected. From Our Own Correspondent. New York, April 21
Disquieting war news from the Balkans coupled with the local coal strike and the "freezing" of steel prices, depressed the New York Stock Market, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Race on
Brendon Doyle, Australian marathon record holder, will compete in the South Sydney Harriers' three-mile road race at Erskineville Park at 3 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Bridge Party to Be Held To-day
MRS. S. D. COYLE (honorary treasurer), MRS. CHESTER HOPKINS (president) MRS. J. S. COX, and MRS. NEWMAN GANDON (joint honorary secretaries), and MRS. F. F. STRAUGHEN, who is also an honorary treasurer of the committee of managers' wives of…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →D.F.C. Winners to Train Pilots. Melbourne
Two more members of the Australian squadron of Sunderlands in England are to return to Australia to train R.A.A.F. combat pilots…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Menzies Calls for Unity. Closing of Party Ranks. Warning by "Herald's" London Manager. "Empire At Cross-Roads."
The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, in a statement in London yesterday, said: "In face of the present situation, there is an imperative necessity for a completely united national effort. I again call upon all parties to close up the ranks and form a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →From Our South Australian Correspondent ADELAIDE, Monday. Railway Strike
LAST week the daily, paid wage-earners employed by the railways struck work for the second time. It was an unqualified…
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