Timber on Road Motorists Lucky Escape WOLLONGONG
As Mr. W. Jones, manager of Corrimal Colliery, was driving along the South Coast-road, shortly after 11 last night, the car hit an obstruction at Fairy…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
14,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250
On the Right Road
Most of us are congenitally opposed to work. If a hard world did not think in terms of food for labor, probably most of us would anticipate the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →MILESTONES Along the Road of Fashion
SIGNPOSTS of the mode all say "Stop, look and listen" to the latest, brightest and bravest from Peris, the signals from the regulators of fashion…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Petrol Tax Money for Roads Scheme Discussed Melbourne
An increase of at least 3d a gallon in the price of petrol must be imposed if an additional petrol tax is introduced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What Actually Happened in Last Sunday's Spit Bridge Scramble
The N.R.M.A. has ascertained that the absence of adequate police control at Spit Bridge on Sunday night encouraged hundreds of motorists to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Auction Bridge Team Work Force High Calls Preventing "Game"
Nothing is more conducive to the pleasure one gets from the best of all card games than excellent team work…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Truth About Motors Straight talk on careless driving. Road Recklessness Drivers Should Be More Careful in the City's Crowded Streets Rush to Get There First
IN these days of modern motoring one cannot fail to observe the increase of recklessness on the part of many drivers. IN the city some taxi-men and numerous drivers of light delivery vehicles take…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Prefers the Train Mrs. Sawyer's 9000 Miles NEW C.W.A. BRANCHES
THERE is at least one woman in N.S.W. who has a good word for the Railway Commissioners. She says that she prefers to travel by train,…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Notice Board Needed at Burwood Road, Says N.r.m.a
Visiting motorists, approaching Sydney via Liverpool-roud, are frequently confused, particularly at night time, says the N.R.M.A., at the intersection of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Boys' League Escort Charged Trouble on the Train Case Against Official Heard in Camera Charges Concerning Boys
A PROMINENT Sydney official of the Young Australia League became involved recently in charges of a most disgusting nature concerning boys who were returning by special train from a tour of the Southern States…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Country Breezes Purple Certificate to F. R. Roberts (17) 221 Old South Head-road, Bondi
Letters must be very short and brightly written. One half-crown prize and colored certificates every week for tho brightest and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cash Prize. Stories. Purple Certificate to Sirocco, Rusticana, Waterloo-road, East Bankstown. a Leaf From a Diary
THE professor sat in his book-lined library. He cried, "I have it-- the thing that will revolutionise the world," and then chewed the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Turns Over Twice; Lands Aright Modern Miracle Death Cheated
When the tyro of a motor car blew out on Prince's Highway, near Waterfall, yesterday morning, the vehicle turned two complete somersaults and landed squarely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Palm Beach Parties Falling Off Motorists Should Be Allowed Shelter Complaints Received
'During recent weeks, motorists visiting Palm Beach have been discouraged by the local police from stretching shade awnings over their…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motoring Matters of the Moment Wizard Smith/Australias Speed King/Tells "Sunday Times" Readers How to Become Good Motorists. Twenty Feet Width of Roadway No Less, Says U.S.
The United States Department of Agriculture, which, by the way, goes in for road building, as well as inspecting farm crops, has decided…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Foreign Exhibits Are Numerous in U.s.a. Motor Shows
Included in the list of exhibitors at the annual shows to be held in New York and Chicago, (U.S.A.), under the auspices of the National Automobile…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Velodrome Late Results Ten Miles Motor Paced Championship
Brask Andersen (paced by A. H. Butt). I. A. Udby (paced by Tom Byron) 2. Time, 15min. 5 2-5secs. FIVE MILES PROFESSIONAL SCRATCH…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →South Coast Railway Men Help Each Other WOLLONGONG
Railway employees at Thirroul two months ago formed a club to give financial assistance to any members unfortunate enough to require it. By small…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motorists Add Million And-half to Yearly Revenue
The N.R.M.A. announces that returns now made available disclose that during 1928 the motorists of New South Wales paid directly in taxes, fees, and fines the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Motor Truck's Part
Speed of delivery is a counter-balancing factor to the loss of weight in carrying where a team would, perhaps shift 14 tons at a trip, the motor truck may…
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