British Motor Industry
The motor industry of Great Britain, although to-day largely employed in making aircraft, munitions, etc., has done wonders in maintaining her…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
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Road Toll Grows in Country
It is the considered opinion of experts in a position to judge that mileage travelled by the 328,000 motor vehicles in the State is less…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japanese Disaster 200 Train Passengers Burned to Death New York
The American Associated Press correspondent in Tokio says that 200 passengers were trapped and [?] to death when a suburban train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yanco Men in Accident at Goulburn Left Car, Continued Journey by Train
THREE Yanco men who were involved in an accident at Goulburn when travelling to Sydney by car at the week-end, were uninjured,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Hint
Many modern cars have radiator grilles which are fully chromium plated, and if these become tarnished with sticky deposits thrown up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →328,554 Motor Vehicles in N.s.w
Motor vehicles registered in New South Wales at the end of December last totalled 328,554, an increase of 1.7 per cent, over the total of 322,940…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Testing 17.5 Per Cent. Fail to Pass
For the first three months of the compulsory inspection of motor vehicles, 13,430 vehicles, or 17.5 per cent, of the 70,900 vehicles examined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Motorisation"
The term "motorisation" can be used to cover all the steps in substituting mechanical transport for horse-drawn vehicles. One good…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Court At Lockhart (Before Mr. I. Beavers, P.m.) Motor Traffic Cases
For offences against the motor traffic laws, F. W. Belling, Michael A. O'Leary and John J .McLean were each fined £1 and 2/4 costs; and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycling
The annual meeting of the Cootamundra Motor Cycle Club, which was held at the club rooms last Friday, was well attended, and the coming…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man and Wife Killed at Motor Cycle Sports Melbourne
Two persons were killed and two others injured in an unusual accident at the motor cycling sports at Phillip Island to-day. Those killed were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motorists' Corner Official R.a.c.a. Notes Sunday Petrol Ban
THE TOPIC every motorist is discussing at the moment is, of course, the proposal to close garages on Sundays. It is by no means a new bone…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Amusements Road Thrills at Plaza
Hailed as one of the most exciting and romantic films ever brought to the screen. "Devil On Wheels," showing at the Plaza Theatre this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reckless Motorists in Bush Fire Areas Gross Neglect Revealed Sydney
"Only amazingly good fortune prevented the week-end road toll being increased tenfold by the reckless behavior of some motorists in bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Weather Rescue Train Rescued London
A rescue train which was attempting to succor a marooned passenger train, one of the many held up because at the extremely cold weather, found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fireman Critically Injured Fell From Moving Train on Cowra-harden Line Sydney
A fireman on the Cowra-Harden train Herbert Mitchell, fell from a train while it was travelling at 30 miles per hour between Noonbinna and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest (Second Edition) British Cold Spell 300 Marooned Without Food Road and Rail Hold-up London
"We are absolutely starving. Our food is all gone and we are unable to get supplies from the village. Three hundred to four hundred people are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greatest Freeze in Railway History London
Snow ploughs have been on the main lines for the first time in forty years. Frozen couplings (which had to be hammered apart) and frozen grease in the axle boxes were some of the overwhelming difficulties encountered, and are included in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Appeal to Motorists SYDNEY
The State Premier, Mr. Mair, today appealed to motorists to take a few old bags in a car when they are going to the country so that they could beat…
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