Motor Column. Car Batteries
The average car buttery is a long suffering piece of apparatus; quite often it is tucked away under the floor-boards and until, at long last, it makes its…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1925
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Tramped to Death. Girl and Baby Brother. Father's Terrible Discovery
LONDON, Wednesday.--Cora Jeffries (aged 16 years) was wheeling her brother (aged two years) in a push chair at Welton (Somerset), when two horses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Embargo on Wembley Queer Action By British Motor Manufacturers
LONDON, Wednesday.--The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has forbidden its members to exhibit at the Empire Exhibition at Wembley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Railways. Record of Fatalities and Accidents Compares Favorably With That of Other Countries
SYDNEY, Thursday.--A statement was issued by the Railway Commissioners to-day, showing that, compared with other countries, the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. W. J. Morris, secretary of the railways, says that the mishap at the central station was apparently due to a disregard to the signal appliances,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Shore Bridge
SYDNEY, Friday.—It is expected that work will be commenced on the North Shore bridge on Monday. This statement was made to-day by Mr. R. T. Ball, Minister for Work's,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Smash. Train Leaves the Line, and Trucks Are Badly Smashed
ALBURY, Friday.--As the result of a subsidence in the railway line between Narrandera and Tocumwal, a goods train left the track, and 10…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Making Use of Machinery
Wallarobba shire council has ally decided to purchase a steam driven 10-ton roller for use on its roads. The roller draw a scarifier and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Menace to Safety Lantana to be Removed from Road Sides
The thick growth of lantana on the roads from Tumbulgum via Bungalora to Tweed Heads, and Fraser's to Dry Dock, was the subject or a report by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WEMBLY. Canada May Withdraw From Exhibition. Resents Ban on Motor Car Exhibits
LONDON, Thursday.--Representatives of several automobile firms cabled the Canadian Government last night with reference to the ban on motor exhibits at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TRAM V. BUS Position in Melbourne
Recently there has been a most interesting controversy in the Melbourne Press regarding the relative merits of the motor bus and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor Craze
At the end of June last there were 240,173 motor vehicles in use in Australia, according to figures issued by the Commonwealth Statistician. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motorised Proverbs
Look before you back. One skid, twice shy. An ounce of attention may save a pound of repair…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Section Petrol Production. America Leads the World
Reviewing the growth of the petroleum industry, a London writer says production has made most remarkable strides until now oil is practically…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney's Motor Casualities
The deaths directly attributable to motor accidents within the Sydney metropolitan area for the year 1924 occupy the second highest position in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At the Styx Railway Trains Collide. Waggons Derailed, but no one Injured
BRISBANE, Friday.--While proceeding at a moderate speed, a North bound train crashed into a stationary train at Styx, on the North Coast…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--The Chief Secretary (Mr. Oakes) said to-day that it had been decided not, at present, to enforce a regulation compelling…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--Arthur Creasey, aged 11, of Sydney, was killed at Albury yesterday while riding a bicycle. He attempted to cross in front of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Railway Smash. Trains in Collision. Seventeen Passengers Injured
A serious railway smash occurred outside the Central railway station, Sydney, on Wednesday night, when two trains, one crowded with passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycle Club
At a meeting of the Casino branch Of the North Coast Motor Cycle Club held on Wednesday night the following motions were carried:--"That the…
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