Improved Country Train Services
Commencing on Monday, May 12, the timing of the Riverina Express train will be altered, and the service accelerated and extended. To give a faster day service…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 248
Roads Lead Pilots To Nazi Targets
HOW do the bomber pilots find their way in night flights to targets in Berlin and other parts of Germany? While they get general direction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.s. Road Deaths Rival Raid Toll
NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.).--Motor cars killed 8110 people in the United states in the first three months of 1941…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wages Increases For Tram, Railway Men
Judge Drake-Brockman, in the Arbitration Court yesterday, granted wage increases to 28,000 New South Wales railway and tramway employees…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Invalid: Motor Oil
"Wondering":(1).Write to the Invalid and, Old Age Pension Department, Carrington St., Sydney, regarding, an Invalid pension for the young man. If he…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Motorists May Be Helped Financially. Melbourne
An exhaustive survey is being made by Commonwealth authorities to determine the best methods of encouraging the greater use of producer-gas units in motor vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Higher Wage for 27,500. Rail and Tram Employees. Agreement Ratified
In the Federal Arbitiation Court yesterday, wage increases of 3/ a week, and in some cases 6/ a week were granted to about 26,000 employees in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →St. George Motor Boat Club
Despite tile rough weather which prevailed last Saturday, Rear-Commodore’s was celebrated in good style, and the large crowd which attended was well…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World's Oddest Train
THE strangest railway train in the world has been making daily runs along 150 feet of track at the 20th Century-Fox Hollywood studios. Built…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Contract Bridge Re-bid Is Tricky Problem
Re-bidding is a problem that continually worries the average player, who usually has hazy ideas as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Will Train W.A.A.F.S.
Mrs. F. V. McKenzie, who has been appointed honorary flight-officer of the newly-formed W.A.A.F.S., is the first…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Destroyed Roads and Bridges in Orderly Retreat Cairo
Last days of the British withdrawal from Greece were marked by a dour and tenacious rearguard action designed to cover one of the largest and most daring operations of its kind since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Motors-holden's. Part in War Activities
Profits were secondary compared with the effectiveness of the company's effort to play its part in war activities in Australia, said Mr. E. W. Holden, the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Commandeering of Trucks. Motor Trade Forecasts Difficulties
Master carriers, motor trading associations, and private owners said yesterday that the Army would find many difficulties in commandeering motor…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Motor Boating. Outboard Championships
One of the last events of the season, the outboard motor boat championships of New South Wales, will be decided this afternoon on the course of the Deepwater Motor Boat Club, at…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Appeal to Motorists
In an appeal to motorists to buy petrol before 6.30 p.m., the Service Station Association has issued large posters for display at garages. The secretary, Mr. C. A. Gregory,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Petrol Cuts New Scale on June 1. Private Motoring Will Be Hit. Melbourne
A new scale of petrol rationing— planned to achieve the Government's objective of a 33 1/3 per cent, reduction on pre-war civil consumption—…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →8 Injured in Tram-Engine Collision
NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Eight persons were injured when a tram containing 30 passengers and a railway engine collided at Tunnel Crossing,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →General Motors' Defence Work
All sections of the plant of General Motors-Holdens, Ltd., are contributing to defence work. The chairman (Mr. E. W. Holden)…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Morning Train
"WHERE'S my hat?" "Oh, dear! I'll never catch the train!" "Yes you will -- if you hurry…
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