Motor Notes Cutting Down the Petrol Bill
The secret of big petrol mileage does not solely rest with the carburettor. This delicate piece of mechanism is the last job to touch. To get…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1930
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Captain’s Flat Railway Tentative Agreement Reached Awaits Confirmation from London
The development of the Captain’s Flat Mines is one of paramount importance to Queanbeyan and district. The Company to carry on the work advantageously needs rail communication and to this end negotiations have been for some time in progress between the Company and the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne Motor Show to Display “Golden Arrow” Also Aviation Exhibits
The sixth International Motor Show Which will open at the Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, on May 1, promises to be the best yet held in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Notes the Indianapolis “500” New and Amended Rules European Drivers to Compete
The Indianapolis 500-mile race—one of the most important speed events of the world—will be decided in May on the Indianapolis speedway, U.S.A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aeroplane Tragedy
A message from Brisbane states a Moth plane, piloted by Captain Linton with William Coutts as passenger crashed at the landing ground at Ayr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Train Holdup
Late last night the detectives investigating the remarkable theft from the Mutlgee mail train commenced a new line of inquiry. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Holdup Sydney, 4 p.m
The police and detectives have exhausted every, avenue of inquiry, but have not succeeded in obtaining any , definite clue to the robbers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Train Hold-up Guard Gagged and Bound
Shortly before midnight on Tuesday there occurred one of the most daring robberies in the history of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captain's Flat Railway Agreement Reached
Mr. W. W. Hedges, M.L.A., writes as follows, under date Sydney, 9th April:— "Following on r conference which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorists, Beware !
With the holidays during Easter at hand, the usual army of motorists will proceed to. enjoy, the “real life” —motor touring and camping. And, as usual…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.
The N.R.M.A. will be at the Easter Royal Show at Sydney, ready to assist any country motorist who may be unfamiliar with conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Our Railways
The final conference regarding the railway hours took place on Saturday between the A.R.U. officials and the Minister for Railways. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notes Wobble Worries
The general practice for curing the wheel wobble is to give the front axle slight forward cant so that what is known as “castor” effect results. It…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Council’s Road Staff Three Men to Remain
Reviewing the question of reducing the road staff at the Council meeting on Tuesday night, Alderman Collett said he did not see how they were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Notes The Economic Diesel Engine Operates on Crude-oil Possibility. of Adapting to Automobiles
Mr. Louis Coatalen, the well-known English automobile designer and originator of Kaye Don’s Dunlop shod Sunbeam “Silver Bullet,” has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.
The N.R.M.A. is arranging with the Government Tourist Bureau, subject to the demand being sufficient, for a series of organised motor excursions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Finance
Although the State executive of the Australian Railway Union has rejected the proposal of a rationing of work as an alternative to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Trouble
Up to the present 12,500 men in the railway service have agreed to Mr. Cleary's proposals to work 48 hours or 44 hours for 44 hours' pay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Position
THE Australian Railways Union, by its refusal to accept the compromise terms of the Railway Commissioners in regard to the increase in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Telegraphic News Sydney, 4 p.m. Railway Accident
Three carriages attached to the Hornsby-Milson's Point train were derailed to-day, but no one was injured. The accident occurred as the train…
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