Motor Notes Fuel Starves on Steep Hills
It sometimes happens that when the car is driven at speed in a lower gear the amount of petrol sucked through the carburettor jets is temporarily in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
734 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 37
The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A.
The N.R.M.A. regards as extraordinary circumstances that during January and February of this year 1,181,602 more gallons of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alcohol Motor Fuel
A novel method of popularising al[?]ohol motor fuel has been adopted in Brazil, where spirit dis[?] tilled from locally grown…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sunday Motor Move at Molong
At the Molong Council- meeting, the matter of the proposed cancellation of the Orange-Forbes motor train was discussed lengthily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor and Cycling Notes Quarterly Registrations
It is estimated that app[?]oximately 50,000 motor cars and trucks are at present "laid up" in their garages throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Easter Railway Excursions
Whilst country people have been glad always to avail themselves of the opportunities provided by the Railway Commissioners to travel at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sunday Rail Motor
Forbes and Molong Councils are putting In a strong protest against the discontinuance of the Sunday rail service from Orange, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Euratha Notes Farmers' Protest Motor Mail to Horse
At a full meeting of farmers and residents held to protest against the alteration of the Euratha-Markey mail service from motor car to horse…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chief Railway Commissioner To Visit Ungarie
Mr. W..T. Cleary. Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales Railways, will visit Ungarie on Monday 36th March, on his annual tour of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Scheme Proposed Railway Tax To Lower Freight Costs Forbes Man's Suggestion
A suggestion that a flat rate be charged for all goods transported by rail, and that a railway tax be imposed, instead of the present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Train. Orange-Forbes Service
"The cutting out of this train is a matter of economy, and the council should not harass the Railway Commissioner," said Ald. McKenzie, at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Rocky Road to Political Wisdom
Our National recovery and progress will in the future, as it has in the past, depend not so much upon how men and women vote, as upon what…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Harbour Bridge Nearing Completion. Ready for Tracks in June.)
The Harbour Bridge, and its approaches, are fast nearing completion. It is expected that the ironwork of the bridge will be actually completed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Accommodation
In the Legislative Assembly Mr. W. J. Keast said: In the absence of the Minister for Railways, I desire to ask the Acting Premier if he is aware…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor and Cycling Notes Estimated Speed at Corners
Although it is a tribute to the good riding and general smoothness of running of the modern car, the fact that road speed is deceptive not…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Road Work Suggestions by Shire Engineer
In the course of Mr. Rigg's report at the Council Meeting last Friday the following important proposals were included:--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Notes Keep Spare Bolts and Nuts Handy
From time to time an odd bolt or nut will shorten a roadside delay considerably by making it possible for the motorist to replace some broken or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Construction and Maintenance of Roads
Considerable activity was experienced in this branch of Council's undertakings during the year. The various unemployed relief grants…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FINED 1- Boys on Railway Property Station Master Abused
Four boys, three of them small, and one big, faced Magistrate Arnold in Tuesday's Children's Court, on charges of trespassing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →CONFUSION Traffic Department's Lapse Mixed Motor Trucks Local Police Not to Blame
Confusion in regard to the registration of a motor truck again brought Patrick J. McGarry before Forbes Court on Tuesday. It…
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