Record Motor Trip
A remarkable motor trip was registered last week-end by Mr. P. Donnelly. who left Sydney at 4.30 a.m. on Sunday, and reached Bourke at 2.28 p.m…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1930
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Touring Motorists
Fire at the Bedouins in the French Syrian desert and a narrow escape from being thrown into prison in Turkey, are some of the experiences of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Notes Marquette Again Victorious in Remarkable Hill Climb
General Motors (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Sydney Plant, have received advic that a Marquette Standard Touring car, owned by Mr. Ken Maslen of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News and Notes Record Motor Trip
A remarkable motor trip was registered last week end by Mr. P. Dcunelly, who left Sydney at 4.30 a.m. on Sunday and reached Bourke at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Roads. £2,086,805 Spent. Five Months' Work
In the five months from July 1 to November 30, 1929, £2,086,805 was spent on the main roads of the State. Expenditure out of the Country of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Thieves Year's Amazing Record. 2626 Vehicles Stolen
Police records show an amazing increase during 1929 in the number of motor vehicles stolen or illegally "borrowed." No fewer than 2626…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Accident Lorry Overturns Cabramatta Man Injured
About 7 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Charles Bull, of Cabramatta, Road, Cabramatta, with his wife and three children, was on his way from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor and Cycling Notes SELF-STARTERS
Starters and dynamos are now so well made and so generally reliable that the owner-driver is apt to forget their existence, and may err on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Notes News and Notes From the N.R.M.A.
The N.R.M.A. says that the bridge in course of erection over the Wagonga River on Prince's Highway at Narcoma, to replace the power…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trams Abolished. in Favor of Buses. Rome Traffic Move
The transport of the city was revolutionised in a single day, causing endless confusion. Trains were abolished from the centre of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Men. Rothbury Trains Barred. Senior Inspector on the Job
On Thursday train crews refused to take trains to Rothbury, and have asked the Commissioners to find some other means of taking goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Largest Bridge Three Years Paint Job
A three years' paint Job, Involving the use of Tsoo gallons of paint, and the covering of 210 acres of steel surface, has been completed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →1930 Road Guide Comprehensive Book
Issued by the Herald and Weekly Times, Ltd. (Melbourne), the Herald Road Guide, 1930, now is available. Though it is compiled primarily for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Killed Instantly At Wollongong Motor car Crashes.. (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening.'
Jack Brady, 19, was killed instantly Wollongong when his motor cyelfe crashed Into a car. His neck was broken and liis skull…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →UNEMPLOYMENT Some Railway Figures SYDNEY
During last year nearly 3,000 applications for employment were received by the Railway Department. During the same period it was found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Notes Melbourne Oakland-pontiac Club Arrives in Sydney on Holiday Tour
Leaving Melbourne on Christmas Day the Melbourne Oakland-Pontiac Club in a convoy of 30 Oakland-Pontiac cars reached Sydney on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Notes Oil Pressure Readings
The amount of pressure as registered on the gauge is dependent upon the speed, temperature and body, viscosity or thickness of the oil, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Riverina Wheat Yields. Railway Estimate Reduced
The Railway Department expected a wheat, yield for the Riverina district of 3,395,027 bags; but late frosts resulted in a decrease of 623,627 bags…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →That' Sunday Swim Motor Train Service Matter of Advertising
At last night's Council mooting, the Railway Commissioners wrote to the effect that they had granted an extension of the Sun…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Record Road In Ireland
During the past five years twenty seven miles of concrete road have been laid in County Antrim. The programme which has been followed has…
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