Scout in Moving Train Lassoes Lad Nearby MELBOURNE
On the way home from holidays yesterday, a Boy Scout shot a lasso from the window of a train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1932
10,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250
Graf Zeppelin May Visit Us at Bridge Opening Company Is Willing
THE tentative proposal made recently that the Graf Zeppelin should come out for the opening of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bridge and Electricity The Part Played by the B.G.E.
To celebrate the completion of the mighty Sydney Harbour Bridge, the British General Electric Co. Ltd. (affiliated with the General Electric Co. Ltd., England), has published a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Scout Got His Man Lassoed a Lad From Window of Moving Train
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A Boy Scout's skill with the lasso nearly had fatal results at Upper Ferntree Gully on Sunday. THE Scout was on a train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Suburban Aeroplane Can Rise and Land on a Lawn; Fold Up for the Garage; And Do 90 Miles an Hour
THE day of the back-garden aeroplane is here—and Britain is at the beginning of an era in which the business man will be able to take off from his lawn and land on the roof of his office. The "Sunday Express" understands that demonstrations will be…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Whitewash Aids Easy Riding on Railways
WHITEWASH dropped on sections of a famous British railway aids maintenance crews in spotting bends and rough spots which otherwise might…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Giant Grant with U.s.a. Baby Car Year's Free Motoring for Austins
THIS is not a fairy title. Austin distributors at Philadelphia offer to buyers free oil, petrol, tyre repairs, tyro replacements, general…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Motordrome Takes Its Toll Jim Wassail Killed in High-speed Crash When Three Fell Is Track Safe for Three Abreast?
First serious crash at the Melbourne Motordrome this season, which occurred on Saturday night, was responsible for the death in St. Vincent's Hospital a few hours later of Jim Wassail, than whom there has been no more popular…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Riddle of the Railways. Early Invaders of Britain Set the Pace
Have you ever wondered why the standard gauge of railways should be 4ft. 8½in.? It is a curious figure; it does not fit in exactly with yards or feet or inches; nor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gosford: Its Motoring Charms
IT is noticeable that thousands of the cars which travel the Great Northern Highway from Sydney to Newcastle, and anywhere in between, invariably come to a standstill on the eastern slope of the Mangrove…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Motoring: Museum Models of the Electric Car
The electrically-propelled motor car was at one time quite a formidable rival of the steam and petrol driven types of vehicle, but its many inherent shortcomings gradually banished it from the market.—By "Spotlight." ALMOST thirty years ago electric landaus and broughams were the latest fad of London…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Commercial Motors From Other States Must Re-register in N.S.W.
The Transport Commission announced yesterday that in future motor vehicles from other States which are used in New South Wales for commercial purposes will be subject to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Cycling. Parramatta To-night
There will be no handicap events at Parramatta Speedway to-night, when the first of tho inter[?] speedway teams series will commence. The Parramatta team is confident of securing the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor Industry Hard Hit by Depression. Used Car Sales Increase
Of all the industries tnat have been gravely affected by the depression the motor industry has probably suffered most in more prosperous days the motor car was almost as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motorists Charged. Boy Knocked Down at Carlton
Harold Williams, of Carrington-road, Wa[?] ley. was fined £5. with 8/ costs, at Kogan[?] Police Court yesterday, for having failed. stop after an accident, and for negligent…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →British Fuel-oil Engine for Motor Vehicles
Over a number of years researches and tests have been carried out with a view to providing an engine suitable for motor lorry work and using a cheaper fuel than petrol. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →RAILWAYS Points of Interest
Railways are said to be in the balance, particularly since people have been compelled to give up the more mobile methods of transportation. Some hold the opinion that they have…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Driver for Trial
KATOOMBA, Wednesday.--At the inquest on John H. Meek, who died in the B.M. Hospital an hour after he had been knocked down by a car in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rules for Visiting Motorists Commercial Cars to Be Licensed Transport Act
The Commissioner of Road Transport announced yesterday that in future motor vehicles from other States which are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Tax Extended When Vehicles From Other States Must Pay Up
The Commissioner of Road Transport, Mr. Maddocks, announced yesterday that in future motor vehicles from other States used commercially in New South Wales will be subject to registration and full tax…
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