Motor Car Damaged
Fire late last night destroyed a garage, and severely damaged a motor ear at the home of Dante Cavalori, in Reid-street, Waverley…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1930
13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250
Nat. Attack on Treasurer Urban Railways Anderson. M.l.a., Is Angry
WHILE the State Treasurer, Mr. B. S. B Stevens, is bogged in a financial morass, ardent Nationalists like Mr. D. M. Anderson, M.L.A., are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Two Smashes in One Day Motorist Escapes With Slight Injuries
PERTH, Monday.--Oliver Bradhead (38), of Nyabing, emerged from two motor smashes to-day with slight injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Not All Equality in Soviet Russia Still Two Classes on the Railways
Russian trains still have first and second class compartments, according to Mr. P. G. Hannett, of the Trades and Labor Council, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blamed the Sardines Motor Cyclist Who Wobbled, and Then Fell Over
Frank Arthur Kennedy, laborer, wobbled along Enmore…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rocky-point Road
The official opening of the new Rocky Point-road between Ramsgate and Sans Souci has been postponed until Saturday, February 15, at 3 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Vic. Train Crash Melbourne
When a goods train crashed into the rear of a pilot engine which was shunting trucks loaded with sheep at South Kensington, 92 of the animals were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Spit Bridge Tolls Go on Abolition Problem
A PROTEST has been entered by the N.R.M.A. against what it regards as apparent reluctance on the part of the Government and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mystery Explosions Cause Alarm on the Coalfields Police Search Railways and Roads in Vain Townspeople Nervous Over Discoveries of Gelignite "Enough to Blow Up Half Cessnock"
CESSNOCK, Tuesday. -- South Maitland coalfield has been stirred by a report of a series of mystery explosions in the Weston-Abermain district in the early morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Real Estate Subdivision Sales. Importance of Transport. Value of Good Roads
Owners of land in the outer suburbs of Sydney emphasise the importance of transport facilities in the settlement of these areas at residential centres. The improvement in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Whole Road Afloat! Strange Result of Deluge in New Zealand
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tuesday. -- When the city was flooded by two inches of rain in a deluge this morning the woodblock paving in Fort…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →More News From Rothbury Weaver's Latest Threat Is Exposed "Train of Coal a Day" "Empties" Come Back Almost Full Rothbury Compound
I REALLY must take a risk to get this through to you. I saw by the Sydney papers this morning that a trainload of coal was being shipped from Rothbury every second day, and that shortly this speclaclc would be a daily occurrence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Letter Bag Work the Same Hours But Get Better Pay Bus Employees Compared with Tram Men To the Editor
SIR.—As one of the many sharcholders of the White Transit Co. of North Sydney. I attended the annual meeting and asked the chairman how the wages of our employees compared with those…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sparks Fly Tram Wire Breaks City Sensation
THE tram service along Elizabeth-street was disorganised for half an hour to-day, and a string of stationary cars extended almost to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Wizard" Smith Puts Australia on the World's Motor Map Amazing Feats Anzac Car Whizzes Over the Sand at 148.637 m.p.h. FASTEST 10 Miles Speed in History Tribute to Skill and Daring
FOR the first time in the history of motoring, an Australian has brought a world's record to Australia. In shattering the long-established 10 miles world record on the Ninety Mile Beach, Kaitain, N.Z., on Friday, Norman ("Wizard") Smith attained an average speed of 148 637 m.p.h. for 10 miles,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Dempsey and Broadbent Lamb's Motor-Paced Success Record Attempt Fails: League's Weakness of Control
Cycling continues to boom at the Canterbury Velodrome. On Saturday night, when George Dempsey, who has been waiting for a break in the wet weather since his return from America, appeared in a match race against the Victorian record holder, Bob Broadbent, there were very few vacant seats. After…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →2,036,000 Motor Licenses
REMARKABLE figures appear in the annual report on the administration of the British Road Fund (for the 12 months ended March 31 last)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Automatic Shut-off for Outboard Motor
IN racing outboard motorboats many aw a motor-cycle twist grip on the throttle control. It frequently happens that the racer tips over, and finds that one or both…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Motor Problem
THE problem of solving modern transport port problems is not. one peculiar to Australia. The great railway concerns on the other side. of the world have been…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MOTORING Vital Advice to New Motorists With the coming of the 1930 models and the inducements to purchase held out at the Motor Show, not a few members of the general public have lately joined the ranks of the motorists. It is to such new owners in particular that the following comments are addressed
WHILE we are conscious that the message which we have to deliver is one that has been told before, it is nevertheless advisable occasionally to repeat it for the benefit of those tyros who have…
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