Auction Bridge Virtue Unrewarded
In the narration of actual happenings at the bridge table, it would be satisfactory if we could always show how righteousness triumphed, how the here…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1930
13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250
Narrow Escape From Under Wheels of Train
One day I was on the railway station and wished to cross to the other side of the line. There was a goods train stopped half way up the platform, which is on a slight incline. As…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Land-ho! Two Peaks Seen Mawson's Voyage Snow Stops Aeroplane January 3
The tips of two mountain peaks to the south have been sighted by the crew of the Discovery, which has had to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Beheaded by Train Shocking Discovery at St. Peters
SHOCKING injuries were received by a man, so far unidentified, whose body was found near the up rails on the per way between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Under Train Man's Terrible Death Wife Ill Tragic News Withheld
Fearing that the shock would end the life of a woman who lay on her deathbed yesterday, police…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A New Sherlock Competition The Mystery at Risdon-road
"Hurry! My home, 160 Risdon road, is being robbed by--" Here the voice over the telephone ceased. "Quickly, boys," said Sergeant Jones,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Why Week-end Toll Is Great Roads Too Narrow for Sunday Car Hordes
MANY week-end motor accidents are caused by vehicles being forced (because of the misjudgment of their drivers) or the behavior of other…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A Tent, a Bike, and a Scooter Two Young Adventurers Take to the Road
With their gear -- a tent, a bike, and a scooter -- two very young knights of the road set out in search of adventure and romance yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SCOUTS and GUIDES Blue Certificate to Dorothy Hardaker (13), 215 Lyons-road, Five Dock. What Is a Scout Part Vi
The uniform of the Scout movement is renowned: Hat, shorts and bare knees. A Sea Scout wears a bluejacket's cap, &c. Thousands of boys have taken up "Sea Scouting,"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Hearses Classed with Trucks!
THE advent of Turkey's first motor hearse threw toll collectors of the famed Galata bridge into n quandary…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →See These Roadsters at the Motor Show
Beth and Betty Dodge, twin stars of a "Night in Venice," now playing successfully in New York City, wear twin clothes, say things alike, do things alike and both drive Commander Studebaker roadsters. They are shown with their cars. Studebaker Sydney, Ltd., have similar cars on view at the Motor Show…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"Wizard" Smith Averages 144 M.P.H. "Times" Motor Editor's New Australasian Mile Record "Anzac" Attains 160 m.p.h. Kaitaia (N.z.)
IN a drizzle of rain which rendered visibility extremely poor, Norman "Wizard" Smith, motoring editor of the "Sunday Times,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Traders Sound Optimistic Note Belief that Business will Brighten is STrong in Financial Circles
ON Friday the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales opened their seventh annual motor show. They presented to Sydney citizens the largest and most extensive exhibition of motor vehicles in the motoring history of this country…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motoring Matters of the Moment Wizard Smith [Australia's Speed King] Tells "Sunday Times" Readers How to Become Good Motorists. General Motors Exhibit Biggest on Record
GENERAL MOTORS (Australia) PTY., Ltd., Sydney plant, in conjunction with their four metropolitan distributors, Messrs. John McGrath, Ltd., Boyd Edkins, Ltd., Kirby-Lyons, Ltd., and Motor Distributors, Ltd., exhibit at the show the largest and most…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →MILLIONS in MOTORS M.T.A. SHOW
There is no need to take to the highways to see the parade of modern motors. See them at the M.T.A. Show. Illustrated is the new Buick, the Dodge Six, and the latest Oldsmobile…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sydney's Big Motor Show Million Pounds Worth of Automobiles Splendor of Seventh Motor Show a Riot of Color and Class
IT is doubtful whether the avenge Sydney-sider realises the true value of this worthy effort on the part of the Motor Traders' Association of N.S.W., but it was ever thus,…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →New Mile Motor Record Auckland
"Wizard" Smith broke the Australian mile motor record to-day. He covered a measured mile at the rate of 146.3 miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Progress of the Motor Industry Early Carriage Makers in America Became Car Manufacturers Something New Every Year
IT was just about 35 years ago that the first automobile company in America turned out an even dozen complete and fully equipped vehicles within the short period of a single year. We can even imagine the directors of that company feeling very complacent over their feat of a…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Among the Exhibits at the Motor Show EIGHTS Studebaker's Attractive Exhibits
THIS year Studebaker (Sydney), Ltd., have two exhibits that are attracting considerable attention at Stand No. 20, in the Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Exhibits at the Motor Show Willys Knight Roadster Great Six Exhibit is Distinctive
ONE of the most distinctive cars at Motor Show is a Croat Six Willys Knight Roadster, finished in black and milk jade, which occupies…
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