Bridge Week and Charity __ Fixtures Are Piling Up
Big charitable fixtures for Bridge Week are piling up with encouraging rapidity. MRS. Norman Lowe is the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1932
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Road Transport Meat and Stock Services in England
WHILE New South Wales is placing restrictions on the carriage of goods by any agency other than tho railways, an increasing- proportion of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sans Souci Tramway. Rail Motors Not Suitable
A suggestion recently made to the Metropolitan Transport Trust from Rockdale Council, to the effect that rail motors be utilised on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven-mile Bridge American Scheme To Cost £15,000,000 San Francisco
Plans for a bridge between San Francisco and Oakland, to cost £15,000,000, have been approved. The bridge, which is to be seven…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Say It with Flowers. an Appeal. Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations. St. George District No. 3 Zone
In connection with the celebrations commencing on March 19th, the general committee in your district known as Zone 3, which comprises the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cheap Railway Trips in February
Consistent with the policy of providing frequent opportunities for cheap train trips, the Railway Department announces a State-wide schedule of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Many Agencies May Let Loose the Fire Fiend Lightning, Glass, Human Carelessness, Railway Locomotives and Criminals all 1?lay Their Parts
AFTER every severe visitation of bushfires, there is widespread speculation as to their origin, but the cause is actually known in less than five per cent, of cases. THE doubt, of course, applies only to the individual case. Most of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Turning the Tables. Horses That Ride in Motor Cars
The advent of motor transport has all but made obsolete the use of horses for general haulage purposes. The competition was too unequal and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Box of Money Stolen From Railway Station. BRISBANE[?]
A daring thief who wore the uniform of a railway porter carried a strong box containing £273—the receipts for the day at stations between South Brisbane and Manly—…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Boating. N.S.W. Championship. Speedboats and Outboards
The New South Wales speedboat championship, which carries with it the Eastway Shield, has been controlled by the R.M.Y.C. since its inception at Rose Bay. This season the title will be conducted…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Royal Motor Yacht Club
The Royal Motor Yacht Club has decided to open its new year programme with a carnival at Rose Bay on Saturday. Four races will be decided, one for cruisers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor Vehicles. Fewer Registrations
Figures compiled by the Australian Association of British Manufacturers (motor section) show that at December 31, 1931, the number of motor vehicles registered in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor Cycling. Parramatta Speedway
The racing at the Parramatta Speedway on Wednesday night was of an interesting order, and close finishes resulted. The chief item of attraction was a special match race between J…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railway Prosecutions
At the Kogarah Court last week, Mr. Case, for the Railway Commissioners, proceeded against a number of people who had sought to defraud the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stole Motor Bike. Then Delivered It to Police
Great audacity was displayed by a party of youths early this month when they stole a motor bike in the Prince’s Highway, Rockdale…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Motor Accident
Stanley Watson, aged 21 years, of Wollongong Road, Arncliffe, was driving along Gosford Road, Gosford, last Saturday, when his motor car collided…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Persecution of Motorists
Sir,--I have read with considerable interest your "Motor Notes," and desire to bring under the motorists' notice the enormous power that is invested in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cronulla Goods Trams
Following a deputation from the Sutherland Shire Council to the Transport Board with reference to the pro posed discontinuance of the goods…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Price of Motor Oil
The Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales made the following announcement this week:--"Owing to a further rise in the wholesale price of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hints to Motorists. Starting Trouble
When the engine fails to crank because a few teeth are chipped off the flywheel, turn off the switch and crank the engine over by hand until a…
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