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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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There are on modern motor cars a variety of systems for retarding the car. A few years ago mechanically operated brakes on the rear…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Although much has been done towards perfecting the system of distributing fruit within the various States, the same progress has not…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"Have you ever spun along a good road in a high-powered mother car; sparking on all cylinders, and running on top gear"? Lovely sensation…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →There is a motor Vehicle in South Australia to every 7.4 persons, according to figures recently made available, More than 99,000 licenses…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A striking contrast to the motor cycles modern days. A steam modal which is stated to have won a race from London to Brighton thirty years ago. The rear mudguard is the water tank…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The opening of the sixth motor show, under the suspices of the N.S.W. Motor Traders Association, on Friday, was characterised by many…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The executive council of the Railway League, Condobolin (N.S.W.), is agitating for the construction of a railway line from Wamboyne to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →After many experiments the India Office has devised a new type of six-wheeled motor vehicle for tropical and roadless regions. It is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A handy appliance for carrying water and particularly useful to motorists for filling the radiator on the car and for many other purposes,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A mother transport service between Albury and Melbourne was inaugurated on Monday, and it is the intention of the promoters to make two…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The record for the highest [?] over attained on rails is held by Germany. Many years ago the Gorman Government in order to ascertain…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →"Fireman" writes: Does Central Railway, Sntion, Sydney, handle more passenger traffic than any other railway station in Australia? Which…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The district railway superintendent at Goulburn, states that in the handling of wheat in the southern division the department has established a record,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The largest and most varied display is that of General Motors, Ltd. This great concern evidently took endless pains to place a complete exhibition…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the motor cycle section, one of the best displays was that of L. J. Finch and Co., Ltd., of 92-94 Wentworth Ave., Sydney. The famous…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eastertide Mecca of country folk, and mirror of the progress of our primary industries, the R.A.S. Showground at Moore Park was transformed last week-end. A visitor on Saturday night was greeted with the fumes of burnt oil and petrol instead of the familiar smell of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An inquest into the motor accident at Lawson on January 5, when Miss Isabel McFadyen and Miss Annie Christian Haig were killed, was conducted to-day by the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mr. H. Carstens had an amazing escape when a goods train ran down the car he was driving at a level crossing at Raleigh, and smashed the motor to matchwood. Carstens,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sir,—This morning, with much interest, I read your leading article on the question of railway gauges. Unfortunately, however a most serious error has crept in. You say…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →While riding a motor bicycle along Parramatta-road, Concord, yesterday morning. WilHam Whiman, 18 years, of Underwood-street, Homebush, collided with a motor car at the…
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