The Motor World
Based on reports for the first six months of the year, it is estimated that deaths from motor accidents in the United States this year will reach…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Coast · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1931
322 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 17
Motor Notes. Back Pressure Saps Engine Efficiency
While there are many technical terms with which the amateur motorist need not perplex his mind, the question of back pressure is one that has a lively…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Scare Masked Man Accosts Lady Passenger
A lady passenger on the Sydney-Albury express on New Year's Eve had an unenviable experience when she was confronted by a masked man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor World
The N.R.M.A. is keeping its head to the front as strongly its ever, maintaining its net membership total despite the difficult times and the extra…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Car Tragedy Husband and Wife Killed: Son Badly Injured
A terrible motor car tragedy occurred on Monday afternoon at Peppermint Flat, about three miles from Nowra resulting in the death of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Notes. The Commonest Causes of Car Fires
Back fires, of course, are the most frequent—in fact, one might say invariably are the cause of cars catching alight. When the back-firing occurs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Motoring Tour
The sub-joined pen picture of a recent motoring tour formed part of a letter written by a Kempsey friend to one of our local subscribers. It speaks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor Car Tragedy
On Thursday afternoon Mr. Reuben King, district coroner, held an inquiry: at the Court House, Nowra, touching the death of Mr. and Mrs. Mildren…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Notes. Vital Valve Advice
It is sometimes necessary to grind a set of valves in a new car which has only been out, a few weeks. This is caused by the valve stem or head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Money How Shall It Be Spent? Main and Minor Roads
The Councils throughout the State have been circularised recently by the Shires Association, Sydney, in an apparent effort to gather support for a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Notes. Miles Per Gallon and Petrol Bills
Petrol economy is a subject which is near to the heart of every car owner, for it does not take much imagination to perceive how great a monetary…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Proposed Railway Extension. Cooma to Eden
“According to a report laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, the estimated co[?]t of constructing the proposed railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Pioneering on the South Coast
It is not generally known that Mr C. E. D. Meares, general manager of the C.F.S. in 1902, was the first person to travel by motor car in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Money How Shall It Be Spent? Main and Minor Roads
The suggestion by the Shires Association of N.S.W., contained in a circular sent to the various councils throughout the country, that "a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nowra Show Train Service
Mr. Fagan, control officer of the South Coast railway, has written as follows to the Secretary of the Shoalhaven A. and H. Association:—…
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Nearly 81 per cent, of the 44,790 motor industry workers in Germany are paid on a piece basis. Earnings range from 5½d for women workers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Home Road
It’s nothin’ much to took at, just a burnt-red dusty road. An’ the ruts are deep and crooked, where the teams have strained the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Notes. a Quarter Century of Motoring Without Accident
A week or two ago we had the pleasure of passing an evening with, one of Australia’s motor pioneers, a gentleman for more than 25, years has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mishap on Bridge Road
"Painter Jack," a newcomer to the town, camped over the bridge, was riding a horse, the property of Mr. F. S. Morton, along Bridge Road on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Motor Accidents. Car Overturned at Wandandian and Mrs. Peters Receives Fractured Arm and Wrist
On Tuesday last Mr. Peters (Peters' Ice Cream) returned Nowra-wards, from a tour south, preceding his wife, who was driving another car party…
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