"Lazy" Strike. in Force at Perth. Tramway Service. Perth
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 9
The employees of the Government tramway service are still conducting a so-called regulation strike, and causing inconvenience to many residents of the suburbs of Perth. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Across Australia. Motoring Party Arrives
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 9
The first organised motor cycle tour from Perth to Sydney, a distance of about 3000 miles, concluded yesterday, when a party of 16 young men from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →First Transcontinental Motor Cycle Tour
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 10
ARRIVAL AT THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY YESTERDAY. Sixteen young motor cyclists from Western Australia completed the first organised tour from Perth to Sydney yesterday. The names of the party are—J. H. Glenn (captain), N. E. Cunningham (organising secretary). V. L. Dean (business secretary), E. Cracknell (treasurer), A. Pidgeon (engineer), R. Pidgeon (marshal), G. Williams (requisition officer), P. Swayne (first aid officer), W. Bailey, C. Fudger, S. Stansfield, S. Smythe, C. Boyd, J. McKenzie, K. Woods, and E. Ireland…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Goods Worth £70. Stolen From Motor Cars
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 10
Three robberies from motor cars parked in the city and suburbs have been reported to the police. Goods worth nearlv £70 were, stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two Killed. Railway Accidents. Struck by Engines
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 10
Two railway fatalities occurred yesterday, the victims being a fettler, William Clark, and a young woman who has not been definitely identified…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Six Days' Trials. Motor Cycle Club
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 10
The sixth annual six days' trials of the Motor Cycle Club of New South Wales were completed yesterday, when the riders covered the last stage of 157¾, miles from Crookwell to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram on Footpath. Peculiar Derailment
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 10
A peculiar accident happened in Millerstreet, Pyrmont, yesterday morning, when the rear car of a double tram ran off the rails, ploughed its way across the roadway, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Old Man Injured. Dragged Along by Tram
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 10
In attempting to board a moving tram in Alfred-street, Milson's Point, about 8 o'clock last night, William Jeffkins, aged 67 years, of Bridge-road, Glebe missed his footing, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Race Party Motor Car Overturns Seven Injured
The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 2
Seven people, on their way to Randwick Racecourse to-day, were injured when a motor car, through the brakes locking, overturned on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unknown Girl Killed on Railway
The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 7
The North Sydney police are trying to establish the identification of the young woman who was found on the railway line at the Union-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring World Fires Are Out of Date No Wilful Acts These Days It Does Not Pay
The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 8
It is not every motorist's desire to burn his car, though there may be tithes when he feels like doing so. With trading-in advantages so bright the risk a motorist takes in setting his car on fire would not compensate him…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Show Educational Value
The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 8
The Motor Show which will be held in the middle, of January, promises to be the greatest of its kind over held in Australia. This has been made possible by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring Two Mechanical Aristocrats Hup. Eight in Line and the Cadillac Eight
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 22
STRAIGHT eight is the last of the series of "line" motors, and here we have, as far as four cycle engines are concerned, as near the ideal as possible. To drive a straight eight is like…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The World of Motoring With Special Attention to Motor Cycling To Boost Fords
The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 7
Captain Roberta, the recently appointed general manager and director of Dominion Motors Ltd., seems fated to the associated with the Ford organisation. Yearn ago he…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dragged by Tram Man Badly Smashed
The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5
Shipping while attempting to board a moving tram in Alfred Street. North Sydney. last night William Jeffkins 67 a laborer of Bridge Road Glebe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motors and Motoring Fuels and Dopes Improving Engine Efficiency How Speed Is Increased
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 11
The average motorist is not very concerned with the subject of fuels, except, perhaps, when he is purchasing his daily supply of benzine or petrol of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Show Exhibitors' Interest Country Inquiries
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 11
Already the motoring public is showing keen interest in the M.T.A. Motor Show, which will open in Sydney about the middle of this month…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Blind Civilians Railway Concessions
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1
It was announced yesterday by the Premier (Mr. Lang) that the railway travelling concessions to blind civilians which were in operation when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Fatality
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1
William Clarke (27), of The Hall, Bankstown, was overtaken by a train whilst returning from luncheon to work on the railway line near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.R.M.A. Recent Activities Taxation of Motor Vehicles
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 12
The secretary of the N.R.M.A., Mr. H. I. Johnson, pointed out yesterday that motor taxes in New South Wales were estimated to produce £30,600,000…
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