What the Motor Firms Are Showing Dalgety & Co. Ltd
AS usual Dalgety and Co. Ltd., have a very fine display at Stand No. 59, where a luxurious 8 cyl. 20 h.p. Rolls-Royce, fitted with a Weymann Fabric…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
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Pathetic End to Little Girl's Night of Merrymaking Wore Her Best Party Dress But Death Was Her Last Dancing Partner Accidentally Killed by Motor Car
PATHETIC as well as tragic was the accidental death of pretty little Daphne Rose Adlam on the Sydney-road, near Balgowlah, Manly, on the night of December 15. FULL of the joy of living, the little girl put on her best party dress, and tripped…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Motor Show for 1929. a Very Fine Exhibition British and American Motor Productions Predominate Among Exhibits Figures Which Show Great Progress
THE opening of the Motor Show by the Premier, the Hon. T. R. Bavin, was attended on Friday by a large and enthusiastic gathering, which included many people prominent in the social and commercial life in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →How to Reduce Motor Smashes. Making Sydney Safe for the PEDESTRIAN and the MOTORIST
THE latest figures for the metropolitan area show that the number of accidents due to petrol and mechanical driven vehicles has…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Two Racehorses Destroyed Fell to Concrete from Railway Bridge Shot by Police
NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- Two racehorses were destroyed to-day, after they had fallen through the railway bridge crossing the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →"A Death Trap" Albert Street Bridge
The matter of the alteration of the site of the bridge over the water canal opposite Albert-street, Guildford, referred to by Mr. W. Millivia, and which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hot Box on Train. Passengers Alarmed
There was excitement on the Sydney limited express late on Friday night. Clouds of smoke penetrated the compartments of ono of the sleeping carriages, and on the train…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →71-Year-old, But Preferred Horse to Train "Nothing" to Him; He Wanted to See Mates 319 Miles by Road
Mr. Thomas D. Dunn (71), of Temora, who fancied a holiday in Sydney, saddled his horse and rode here in eight days, sleeping under…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Probably Suicide" Man Killed by Train Identity Undiscovered
Who was the man whose mutilated body was found on the railway line near Lidcombe Station in the early hours of December 16?…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plane Crashes. Pancakes on Road. MELBOURNE, Sundny
After skimming some telegraph wires, a Moth aeroplane, carrying a pilot and a woman passenger, crnshed on Beach-road Port Melbourne, at about 6 o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Man Fatally Injured Iron Cove Bridge Car's Terrific Impact
James Alfred Riddett, 67 of Harris Street, Pyrmont, was fatally injured on Saturday night, when a motor car driven by his son crashed into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rescue of a Train Crew Axes Used--Three Injured
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Working feverishly with axes, railwaymen rescued a fireman and an engine-driver, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrow Escapes When Goods Train Crasher--how Some Beat the Humidity Yesterday
LUCKY ESCAPES from death were experienced by the crew of a goods train when it ran into a siding at Ourimbah (N.S.W.).-- After the engine had been placed upon its wheels. SOME EYES were on the water, but others watched the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"It's Nothing; I'll Go Up Again" 'Plane Crashes Into Road
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A Moth 'pl[?] crashed on a roadway near Prince's Pier, Port Melbourne, on Saturday. The pilot was Mr. J. Francis,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Charge by Six Elephants Over Prince's Bridge Heard Call of a Mate Melbourne
Six elephants, landed on Saturday from Launceston, were being taken to their quarters at Wirths' "Olympia." On reaching Prince's Bridge they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Not to Blame" Coroner and Boy Driver Motor-cyclist Killed
Riding a motor cycle along Western-road, Parramatta, on December 21, Erie Long, of Schubert-street, North Sydney, swerved to avoid a Ford car coming out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Accident Ryde Resident Injured
Last week, Mr. Ernest School, of West Ryde, accompanied by his wife and daughter, journeyed to Drummoyne in order to attend the farewell meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Anomaly Liverpool and Sydney "City Folk Favored"
The railway fare from Sydney to Liverpool at week-ends is 1/6 return: from Liverpool to Sydney it is 3/1 return. It all depends on which way you…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →1 Dead:9 Hurt Melb. Motor Toll Week-end Victims Melbourne
ALTHOUGH the number of motor has mishaps during the weekend was unusually small, a boy was killed and nine people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor Show
IN former peers the M.R.A. Motor Shows have been places for [?] members of the motor industry to [?] and radiate brightness and [?] for younger…
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