News From the Four Quarters Fatal Flight Aeroplane Crashes Eight Persons Killed
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 8
The London to Paris aeroplane express crashed to earth shortly after leaving Croydon aerodrome at noon on Christmas Eve, and burst into flames…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colossus of Roads Engineer or Administrator? What "Hansard" Says
The Sun · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 8
As the Railway Commissioners have an engineer as chairman, should the Main Roads Board follow suit? Apparently not…
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Evening News · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 7
The Pubic Service Board prosecuted the Minister for Local Government. Mr. [?] this morning with as recommendations…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Week's News & Views Cars, Cycles, Tyres and Sundries Overlands and Bad Roads
Evening News · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 5
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Traction Indispensable to the Merchant The Relation of the Motor Vehicle to the Railway
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4
The passenger Motor vehicle had its inception a little over twenty years ago. Recent statistics indicate a passenger Motor vehicle for every ten people in the United States, for every eighteen people in Canada, and for very thirty-seven people in Australia. Other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Service Plums Main Roads and Water Boards Appointees May Be Known Next Week
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4
If the views of those "high up" in the public service are correct, the names of those who will be appointed to the presidency of the new Main…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →His Lucky Day Fell Under Train Only Broke Wooden Leg London, Thursday Night
The Sun · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 1
A man with an artificial leg fell in front of an underground train at Paddington to-day. The only injury done was to his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Notes Four Factors in Lubrication. First—Operating Temperatures
The Land · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 5
The operating temperature of the engine will depend on the quantity of heal generated in an interval of time—in other words, the amount…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Railways A weekly budget of Information, Replies to Criticism, Statements of Policy, and General Comment, direct from the office of the Railway Commissioners to readers of "The Land." Questions and inquiries are cordially invited. The Wheat Traffic
The Land · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 9
With the prospect of a bumper harvest and the price of corn sacks at the phenomenal figure of 16/ per dozen—and difllcult to obtain even…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The New Railway Board Appointed by the Executive
The Land · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 9
A meeting of the State Executive Council was held on Saturday morning, when Messrs. C. W. Oakes (Chief Secretary), R. T. Ball…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gus Bluett, Motorist
Arrow · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 15
"It happened while I was getting my license," said Gus Bluctt the chief comedian in Wildflower. "Gee, I was nervous, with a big policeman seated of most inquisitive questions. I was answering one of them when we…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor Cyclists' World M.C.C. Six-day Trial Conditions Hard for Competitors: Penrith's New Year Meeting
Arrow · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 11
One of the outstanding features of the N.S.W. Motor-cycle Club's Six-day Trial was the first appearance and conspicuous success of 1½ h.p. "Waratah" machines. This was the first occasion that engines of this capacity had appeared in competition in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Quarry Railway
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 7
The work in connection with the preparation of the blue metal quarry near Prospect, and the connecting line of railway to Fairfield, is progressing steadily…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →168 Miles an Hour. Greatest Speed on Land. Motor Feat in a British Car
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 11
In a burst delirious speed Mr. Malcolm Campbell, driving a 350-h.p. 12-cylinder British Sunbeam car, beat the world's record for the flying…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motors and Motoring Farm Tractors Purchasing an Outfit the "Best" Machine
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 2
The "Farmer and Settler" has arranged for the publishers of a series of articles by Mr. R. T. [?], on its practical management of the term tractor, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ford Motor Co. Formed in Australia Capital of £100
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 2
The registration of the Ford Motor Company of Australia, Ltd., with a capital of £100, in shares of £1 each, was announced a few days ago…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Railways. An Offer to Purchase
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 3
Sir Sam Fay, one of the Royal Commissioners that inquired into the New Zealand railway system, told the Minister for Railways Mr. Coates) last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brisbane to Sydney Motor-Cycle Record Les. Harris Takes Away Jack's Honors
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 2
Once agula the Brisbane to Sydney motor cycling record has been broken. Les Harris, rider of Raleigh cycles, has taken front his namesake (Jurk) the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Tax Act. Now In Operation
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4
The new Motor Vehicles Taxation Act came into force yesterday January 1). It will be administrated by the Chief Secretary's Department. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Control System Reorganised the New Commissioners
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4
The N.S.W. Executive Council on Saturday last appointed Mr. James Fraser as choef commissioner and Mesers, O. A. Brain, and A. D. J…
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