Motor Car Road Record
Hugh Harrcay, driving a Chevrolet six with a standard gear ratio, established a new Launceston-Hobart record—123 miles in 2 hours 3 mins 10 secs,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1930
825 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 42
An Expanding Bridge
The extent to which modern concrete structures are affected by temperature, humidity, stress, and plastic yield was explained by Dr. Oscar Faber in a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Train Late" Certificates
A measure which will appeal to suburban residents in every capital has been adapted by the Argentina Railway administration in order to…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Aeroplane Crashes Passenger Rescued From Flames
While taking off in a cross-wind at the Urunga Golf Links, Urunga, a Gipsy moth aeroplane, owned and piloted by Mr. G. L. Menzies, with…
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Traffic congestion in London main streets is one of the most serious problems facing the authorities at present, for every time a serious traffic delay…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Road of Teeth
False teeth compose the long white drive of a house in a village near New York. The owner, a dental supply dealer,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Farmer Killed by Train
On a level crossing between Pirron Yallock and Stoneyford (Vic.) the Melbourne-Camperdown "flier" crashed into a sedan motor car driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Road to Paradise
JENNY Carteret, the leading lady at the Majestic Theatre, would have admitted, on being pressed, that sniffing was not exactly a ladylike action. Yet…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Motors the High Cost of Speed
As the burden of taxation borne by motorists is always increasing rather than diminishing, it is up to the motorists themselves to endeavour to…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Riverina Railways
Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., has been advised that the Public Worlds Committee proposes making an inspection of the alternate routes of the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →The Railways Improving Service Speeding Up Long Distance Trains
The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. W. J. Cleary) has announced some of the methods by which he hopes to improve the position of the…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Ford Motor Works £6,000,000 to Be Spent Detroit
Mr. Edsel Ford has announced [?] due to confidence in extended extension of business, the Ford Motor Companies will spend 30,000,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Rains Railways Washed Away Cootamundra Deluged in Four Hours Seven Years' Drought Breaks
HEAVY rain fell in many parts of Australia on Friday and on Saturday. A torrential downpour broke Central Australia's seven years of drought. In Adelaide homes were flooded. By far the heaviest fall in New South Wales was at Cootamundra, where more than five inches were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious Motor Accident. On Prince's Highway. SYDNEY, Friday Noon
When a single-seater car skidded and somersaulted on the Prince's Highway, near Moruya, the occupants, E. S. Duckett, and a man named Lilley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last Year's Stolen Motor Cars. Sydney, Friday Noon
During last year, 2626 motor vehicles were stolen in various parts of New South Wales, but with comparatively few exceptions all were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The First Motor Car GEORGE B. Selden Invented the Automobile in 1879
"How mach am I offered for this 1877 Selden Model?" How humorous this would sound if it were announced by[?] auctioneer at one of our…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Smash in South Australia. Caused by Washaway. ADELAIDE
A serious railway accident occurred near Outalps, to-day, when as the result of a wasraway, the line collapsed and 19 trucks toppled over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Quest for Work. 300,000 Applications to Railway Commissioners. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon
During last year nearly 300,000 applications for employment were received by the Railway Department. During the same period it was found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toll of the Motor Car. 237 Deaths in Metropolitan Area. SYDNEY, Monday Night
Accidents in the metropolitan area during the past 12 months resulted in 237 deaths by car, says the police report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Guard Killed. Brisbane, Tuesday Noon
Charles Bohl, a Queensland railway guard, slipped under a carriage and was killed instantly during shunting operations at Sandgate Central…
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