The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A.
Accident figures for 1931, just issued by the Paris Prefecture de Police, show the very substantial reduction of 71 per cent. in fatal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1932
641 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 33
COLLISION. Motor-Cycles Meet
On Easter Saturday morning, about 5.45, Mr. Clem Daniels left Parkes for Sydney, riding a motor cycle, with his brother-in-law Mr, Robert…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Railways 6900 Fewer Employees MELBOURNE
Mr. J. F. Chapple, who is appearing for the Australian Railways Un ion, said in the Arbitration Court that since 1929, the number of employees…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Nofe Burden of Car Taxation
It is a strange and futile fact that the State Government so resolutely sets its face against doing anything which might even remotely be of help…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Election Soon. Possible Anti-lang Revolt. Trouble Among Railwaymen
The general opinion in political circles is that an election will be held within the next four or five months following a possible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor versus Rail
A Parkes resident writes: "It is a tall order trying to legislate a popular form of travelling out of existence, and so the Government will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News & Notes “Get Together and Bridge Our Troubles.”
Thus Prime Minister Lyons, at the R.A.S. dinner: “You know that your Premier and 1 do not agree in regard to political questions, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Happy Motoring a series of Talks by World Authorities on Driving The Well Known Racing Expert
Though nowadays nearly everyone knows how to "operate" a motor car, it is by no means true that nearly everyone can "drive" a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Racing Australian Woman Driver Enters for 1000 Miles Race at Brooklands
The Australian, Miss Joan Richmond, a member of the party which drove overland from Australia to England, has entered with Mrs. T. H…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crushed by Train
His hold slipping when he endeavored to board a moving train that was leaving the Cowra railway yards, on Monday, Edward Lovett,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A.
Early-day drivers and others in possession of historic information of Australian transport are invited by the N.R.M.A. to forward to head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struck a Stump. Motor Accident. TICHBORNE
Mr. and Mrs. Am[?] Miller, of "Hentherleigh," accompanied by their little daughter and Miss Douglas, were motoring beside the telephone line on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Repairs to Darby’s Falls Road
The Engineer was instructed fit last meeting of the Shire Council, to submit a report with regard to effecting some repairs on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tired of Life Aged Man on Railway (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Perth, W.A., states that Thomas Newson, aged 65, was discovered on a railway line at Subiaco with his foot severed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Tourists
We are informed that a party of seventeen, mostly ladies, who were travelling in two large touning cars, stayed in Cowra for a few hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →P. Board Determined K. C. Menzies' Road Purchase to Be Still Opposed
In August of 1928 an application by Mr. K. C. Menzies came before Lachlan Shire Council, for the purchase by Mr. Menzies. of a road running through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Motorists. Save 12,532 Years a Year
Few people ever give a thought to the time saved the motoring community of Australia by the use of motor cars, motor trucks and motor cycles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Notes Fast Times in Light Car Club Trial
The light car club of N.S.W. is to be congratulated on having revived scientific car contest work by staging at regular intervals one-day reliability…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →First Car Across. The Sydney Harbor Bridge
On the tick of midnight of March 19th. Mr. George A. Cleland, of Gladesville, Sydney, put his foot hard down on the accelerator of his…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Concrete Roads
During 1931 there were 440 miles of all concrete road laid in the British Isles -- 149 miles more than any previous year. Altogether there are…
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