Motor Notes. Watch the Spark Control
The practice of running with the spark lover in the retard position, which should only be done when starting up or climbing under load…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
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Tram Wire Breaks Showers of Electric Sparks
Serious disorganisation of tramway services occurred in Melbourne on Friday afternoon, when a contact wire broke, and the end falling on to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →East Maitland Railway Station
Mr. T. Shepherd, of the staff of the East Maitland goods-sheds, has resumed duty after his annual holidays. Mr. R. Hogan, porter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Show. Exhibits Worth One Million
Automobiles and accessories to the value, of approximately £1,000,000 arc exhibited at the show organised by the Motor Traders' Association of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Notes
Provision for a garage on the promises to hold about 400 cars is made in connection, with the latest London West End Theatre, "The Picadilly,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality Some Remarkable Evidence
An inquest was conducted at the West Maitland Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon concerning the death of George St. Clair Strickland, aged 19 years, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Morisset Railway Proposal Turned Down
Messrs G. Booth and J. M. Baddeley, Ms.P., have received a letter from the Under-Secectary, Public Works Department, intimating that the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fast Motoring London
The Paris motorist, Charland, claims the world's record for 10 miles, which he covered at an average speed of 133.53 miles per hour…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Intoxicated Motorist Fined and License Suspended
Richard Samuel Nixon was fined £5 at Dubbo Police Court for being intoxicated while driving a motor car, and his license was suspended for six…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steel Motor Carriages Clyde Company Successrul
Tenders in connection with the supply of rolling stock for the metropolitan suburban railway service were dealt with by the Railway Department…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on Motor Train Mails and Luggage Destroyed
A rail motor car, which was proceeding to Angaston from Adelaide, caught fire while standing in the Gawler Railway Station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notes. Pack Ford Coils Firmly
Misfiring in the case of the engine can sometimes be traced to the coils being loose in their metal box. Pieces of card may be used to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Top Dressing Belmore-road
The road from Belmore Bridge to the Glenarvon-road, will shortly be top-dressed and tar sprayed. This will be continued with tarred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Strikes Car. Clergyman Seriously Injured
A train collided with a motor car at the Rongotea-Longburn crossing, near Palmerston North, (N.Z.), [?] the Rev. Walter Spencer Tremain, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Tax Refund
Queensland can show a point to New South Wales in the matter of fairness regarding motor taxation, says the N.R.M.A. While motorists…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Fatality. Some Remarkable Evidence
An inquest was conducted at the W. Maitland Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon concerning the death of George St. Clair Strickland, aged 19 years, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Motor World
The N.R.M.A. reports that during 1927 motor vehicles were registered in New South Wales at the rate of more than 1200 a week. Allowing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Accidents American Visitor Killed Car Overturned
While travelling through Gisborne, Vic, a motor car overturned, owing to the blowing out of a tyre. Peter Ratcliffe, aged 60 years, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Minimbah-Morisset Railway
At a large meeting of residents of Morisset, Mandalong, Dora Creek, and the surrounding districts held at Morisset, under the auspices of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Injured. Taxi and Motor Cycle Collide. Melbourne
As a result of a collision between a motor cycle and a taxi at Richmond last night, Ronald Bailey and Muriel Henderson were seriously…
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