Fool Proof This Year's Motor Car
THE "gearless" motor-car, which has been the dream of inventors for a generation, is likely to become a commonplace reality in the near…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
14,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250
Motoring Matters of the Moment Wizard Smith Australia's Speed King Tells "REFEREE" Readers How to Become Good Motorists After World's Records Champions Gather at Daytona Beach for Speed Trials Big March Events
Daytona Beach, the venue of recent world's record attempts, will be the meeting place of the world's premier high velocity exponents in March. Segrave, Keech, and others of lesser note will try their cars over the sands, in efforts to shatter the existing record of 207,69 m.p.h…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Copenhagen Motor Show
An International motor car and motor cycle exhibition is to be held in Copenhagen this year. The show is to be divided into two sections, the first…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Speedway Royal and Motor Show at Showground
Next Saturday, the M.T.A. Motor Show will be held, at the Sydney Chow Grounds, and. in addition, the usual Speedway Royal meeting will he…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Motor Industry Workers. Big Cut in Wages by Dodge Chrysler Combine
As a result of the merger of the two motor manufacturing plants of Dodge Brothers and the Chrysler Corporation a new "economy programme" of wage cuts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Human Machines. How American Motor Workers Are Speeded Up
In an article dealing with speeding up in the American, motor industries Mr. Robert W. Dunn says that no real understanding of the process is possible until…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Don'ts. to Organisers, Shed and Railway Reps
DON'T detach the slip from the ticket, but let the holder apply for his "Worker" himself at any time during the currency…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Strange Story. Told by Tram Men. Masked Bandit at La Perouse
Ernest Stapleton, A tram conductor, has reported to the police that the was bailed up by an armed and masked man at the Yarra Bay Junction, La Perouse, early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Youth Killed. Run Over by Motor Lorry
While running across Botany-road, Mascot, at the King-street intersection, to catch a moving tram about 6.30 last, James Joseph McHugh, aged 17 years, of Mcintosh-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Embarrassing. Tram Conductors' Queries. Naive Answers
"Where are you going, please?" "To work." "Where are you going, please?" "To a theatre; what shows are oh?"…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motoring. Hudson-essex Club
The Hudson-Essex Club will hold a reliability trial and associated events to Watsonia, Lake Illawarra, on January 26 and 27. The course will be from Sydeny to Liverpool, Campbelltown, Camden, Brownlow Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Motorist Fined. Failed to Stop After Accident
Samuel Jamieson was charged at the Kogarah Police Court yesterday with falling to stop his motor car after it had been concerned in an accident…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Stole Motor Cycle. Two Men Imprisoned
Ernest Alfred Stubbings, 23, and Sylvestor Frederick Reid, 20, labourers, pleaded guilty at the Campsie Police Court yosterday to charges of having stolen a motor cycle, valued…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Garage Destroyed. Scone
A garage attached to the Golden Fleece Hotel, Scone, was destroyed by fire early this morning, and six cars and the belongings of travellers were also burned. The loss is…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fatal Motor Accident. Albury
A fatal accident occurred at Redbank, when E. Black, a son of Mr. R. Black, of Springvale, was killed. He was riding a motor cycle, when it collided with a motor 'bus with terrific…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Noisy Motor Cycles. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir.—As one who has had considerable practical experience in the running of motor cycles, and as a member of the Noise Abatement Society, might I be permitted to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Vehicles. 229,219 in New South Wales
At the end of last year there were 229.219 registered motor vehicles and 303,488 licensed drivers and riders in New South Wales, according to figures complied by the N.R.M.A…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Accident. Death of Young Woman. Melbourne
Miss Florence Annie Dowling, 24, of South Melbourne died in the Kilmore hospital tonight from injuries received in a motor accident, in which six other persons were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Of Interest to Motorists. Special Number of the "Sydney Mail." Souvenir Collection of Test Match Photos
Special matter dealing in advance with the forthcoming show of the Motor Traders' Association, is a feature of this week's issue of the "Sydney Mail," in which the exhibits to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Tramping in Papua: Beach and Mountain Gear and Stores for the Nicholls-conigrave Expedition
TWICE in the past sixteen years I had had fleeting glimpses of the weird and romantic land of Papua, and these hurried visits had but whetted my appetite for further acquaintance with this…
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