Trotters Train on Footpath
Trotting trainers were using unmade streets and footpaths in Silverwater, near Auburn, to train their horses. Ald. D. Staples said…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1957
439 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 22
Means of Access Building Roads Avoided
The following subdivision application was made to Fairfield Council:--T. A. Dalton (applicant). M…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Cabramatta Land for Road Purposes
Department of Main Roads, in a letter to Fairfield Council, referred to Council's letter of September 12, 1957, re…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Canley Heights Shopping Centre Council's Road Construction
The chief engineer reported to Fairfield Council:--"In the subject shopping centre, it has been Council's…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Friendly Road "The Curse and the Cure"
There is great excitement in our street. Little Miss Bates, who lives by herself in the small [?]reen cottage, is home…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Road Safety Body Plan to Teach Teenagers Driving
About 60 branches of the N.S.W. Safety Council next year will organise free courses to teach teenagers to drive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bus Routes Need of Road Repairs (To the Editor)
Sir,--I would like to bring to your notice, also to the public, that we are not to blame all the time if we cannot keep faith…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fairfield 0Verbridge Official Correspondence and Report The following correspondence was received at last meeting of Fairfield Municipal Council, regarding the proposed bridge over the railway line at Fairfield. Letter From Railway Department
With reference to your letter of June 14. 1957, regarding the proposed replacement of the level crossing at Fairfield with an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buses From Cabramatta Railway Station
Special show buses will leave Cabramatta railway station regularly both days of the show. It is almost certain that the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Road far Commander
Udah, at the wheel, drove with one foot hard on the floor—the foot which was operating the accelerator…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Responsibility For Road Accidents
Ever since the First World War, when the motor car became an everyday means of transport, the argument has…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Country Road Plan Review Announced
The chairman of Cumberland County Council, Cr. R. S. Luke, has announced details of a mats for review of the county roads…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Friendly Road "Treasures, Old and New"
It was while I waited for Fred that I became conscious of it all. Fred is a friend of mine who is a saleman in a…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →"Use defence vote for roads plan" Communist Alderman urges action
SYDNEY: "Diversion of one quarter of the present so called "defence" allocation would supply £50 million a year…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trading-in Motor Vehicles Payment of Sales Tax by Councils
The Local Government and Shires Associations of N.S.W. has circularised Councils as follows:…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Stand Attracts
The numerous motor displays attracted continual attention, among those with motor cars on display including A. C. McGrath…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Railway Land Council Opposed to Use for Commerce
Cumberland County Council forwarded to Fairfield Council a copy of a letter from the Department of Railways regarding…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →200 sacked in S.A. motor body industry
ADELAIDE: Over 200 workers have been sacked from Phillips Hendon during the last week. MR BIRRELL, a prominent Union Official, covering the motor body…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Braking Tests Road Safety Move
Eleven firms of brake specialists in Sydney and near-country areas have united to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Friendly Road the Way It Works
Do you like reading Other people's letters? Well, it all depends, doesn't it on lots of things? A few weeks ago I was handed…
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