24 Hours' Motor Run
All Australasian distance motor car records were broken by Norman Smith at Maroubra Speedway (says "The Daily Telegraph," Sydney)…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1927
16,644 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250
Motor-car Awning Keeps Out Sun
A motor-car awning that fits in the top of the door and opens with it has proved a valuable accessory, particularly in hot countries. The awning projects a few…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →New Tram Service
The tramway authorities notify that, commencing on Monday next, a direct service of trams will be run between Fort Macquarie and Canterbury. The service will be at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Motor Exhibition at the Showground
VISITORS AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING. DR. EARLE PAGE PERFORMING THE CEREMONY…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Country News. Maitland Tramway Maitland
The West Maitland Municipal Council's electrical engineer has submitted a proposal for taking over the tram track from East and West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wool Transport. Motor Lorry Tested
A two-ton Reo Spied waggon, laden with 21 tons of wool, which left Bourke at 9 p.m. on Thursday, was expected to arrive at Martin-place at 11 last night, after making a…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →British Motors. Hopeful Signs. London, Jan. 13
Speaking at the Woolwich Motor Club, the Under-Secrctary for Health (Sir Howard Kingsley Wood) said that motor building offered great possibilities if British…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Motor Show Story of Progress. Magnificent Display
One leaves the Motor Exhibition at the Showground with a conviction that there was an amazing development, prompted by intense competition, in motor car construction in 1926…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Canberra Colors Variegated Motor Cars Elaborate Regulations. Canberra
The motor traffic ordinances for the Federal territory' come into effect on February 1 next, and they are said to be the most up-to-date code of motor,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four Shot Three Men and a Woman Railway Camp Affair
The Acting-Commissioner of Police (Superintendent Bramston) received a telegram to-day intimating that three men and a woman at the tunnel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Friend in Need Bench Helps Motorists "Piffling Offences"
Protests from the Bench against the time of the police and the courts being wasted in dealing with summonses against motorists for trifling offences…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring World the Value of the Big Show Shop Window of the Trade Models and Prices for All
With the idea of bringing under the notice of the people what the world has to offer in the latest motoring features, the motor traders of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring the Single Sleeve Motor Vauxhall Adopts It: How It Operates
IN THE DOUBLE SLEEVE motor illustrated last week, considerable loss is sustained by the friction of the two moving liners within the cylinder and also in the tardy dissipation of heat through these liners and cylinder walls to the circulating…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Railway Breaches
LOW tines were Inflicted by Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., at North Sydney Court yesterday in a number of breaches of railway bylaws…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Have You Seen All the Sights at the Showground ? Motor Notes Electrical Clock
A NEW electric device for the winding of the much-neglected dashboard clock has recently been introtuced and the winding is alone as follows…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Gr0wth Strides of the Trade Cars Worth Millions
THE advent of the car, quite apart from its utilitarian aspects an rergards cheapening the coat of produce an and the coats of distributing the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Bodies Part Australia Plays a Great Industry
MOST people can remember the times when a motor car was an object of groat rarity, and as such the butt of many Jokes and derisive…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Big Show Is "Hitting on All Six" Sydney Pays Homage to the Motor
BEHIND this years Motor Show is a purpose that goes far deeper than mere opulence and display. Beauty is there, at the various pavilions of the Show Ground beauty of line, of finish, of design, but underlying all this is the serious motive of efficient transport. That is the keynote of the Show, which opened yesterday, and five minutes' wandering among the thousands of widely-diversified exhibits brings it home with a significance as though it were sounded with a blastof trumpets…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tramway Water Polo
Following are results to date in the Sydney Tramway Amateur Swimming Club's "Angus and Coote" Water Polo Competition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grave Danger of Motor Headlights Dim the Blinding Glare Official Warning Given
CORRECT management of motor headlights has been a subject of considerable difference of opinion among motorist There…
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