"Wizard" Smith Makes Motor Record Covers 146.3 m.p.h. on Beach Track
AUCKLAND, Sunday.--Covering a measured mile on the Ninety Mile Beach yesterday, at 146.3 miles an hour, "Wizard" Smith broke the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1930
13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250
How Motors Help
AN inspiring note of optimism was sounded at the State's big motor display on Saturday. Everyone was happy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Motor Transport. Days in the War. (E.W.E.)
It is fi[?]tting that the holding of the A.I.F. Mechanical Transport Reunion should coincide with the holding of the present Motor Show. Comparatively few people know that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Record. Norman Smith's Great Feat. Auckland (N.z.), Jan. 12
Mr. Norman Smith, in his 350-h.p. Rolls-Royce engined Cadillac, the Anzac, broke the one mile Australasian beach motor record on Saturday on the Ninety-mile Beach,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Accidents. Car Goes Over Embankment Motorist Critically Injured. Wollongong
Two men life critically injured in Wollongong Hospital following a motor car accident, which occurred at the Yallah overhead bridge, near Albion Park, this evening…
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The State Parliamentary Public Works Committee visited Narrandera yesterday to make an inspection of the alternate route of the proposed railway from Combaning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Cyclist Injured. Bathurst
Bert Morris, whose address was given as Forbes-street, Randwick, was admitted to Bathurst District Hospital on Saturday evening, suffering from concussion and abrasions,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Speed Motoring. Kaye Don's New Car. LONDON, Jan. 10
The famous racing motorist Mr. Kaye Don, states that he is satisfied with the preliminary tests of his new car, made in the Sunbeam factory, in which he hopes shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Train Victim Identified
The body of the woman who was killed by an electric train at Newton on Sunday night was yesterday identified as that of Mrs. Gertrude…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Arterial Roads. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—As one who who is firmly convinced that the Quay vehicular viaduct that is to connect Macquarie-street and or an extended Elizabeth-street with the Harbour Bridge will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train Service Suspended. Miners" Intervention. Newcastle
Miners to-day succeeded in bringing about the cessation of the passenger train services on the Cockle Crcek-Wallsend private railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Lorry with Coal. Burned on Maitland Road. Branxton
A large lorry laden with about 15 tons of coal took fire on the Maitland road this morning it was soon burning furiously, and made a spectacular sight…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Young Ideas of Old Japan "Talkies"--In Jap -- Motors, E. Trams
"Japan is trying to reconcile as much of the new thought with the old as possible," said Professor A. L. Sadler, who returned…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mine Stopped: Search for Missing Boy Found Safe on Road, But Was Hungry
LITHGOW, Monday.--Over 600 State Mine workers searched all day in the bush at the back of the colliery for Robert Moulds (16) who…
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A feature of the Motor Show for to-morrow afternoon's session is a special entertainment for children. Uncle George from Station 2GB, will meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Record Sydney to Bourke Bourke
NORMAN AUBIN and E. Tunbridge broke the Sydney to Bourke record in a new Ford car to-day. They did the distance in 9 hours 47 minutes, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Many Attractions for Visitors at the Motor Show
The youngsters were perhaps more interested in the various mechanical demonstrations than the adults. An exhibition of armature winding proved absorbing…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motoring for 1930. Car Specifications. What Show Reveals
Judged by the specifications of the fine selection of makes and models of cars which can be seen at the motor show, the greatest number of makes of cars sold in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Railway Yard. Cowra
Fire broke out in the railway yards last night, destroying about 300 bags of wheat and a quantity of baled straw. The wheat belonged to Mr. G. Limbers and the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Accidents. Cars in Collision. Holbrook
On the main Sydney-Melbourne road, about 12 miles north of Holbrook, on Saturday, an eight-passenger sedan collided with a singleseater motor car. Both were badly damaged…
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