Britain Using More Crude Oil in Motor Cars
Increasing use of crude oil in motor vehicles in Great Britain is shown by figures issued here by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. This…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250
The New Year Motoring in 1936
"There is no reason why tile motoring world, should not look forward to the year 1936 with the greatest confidence," said Mr. T. C. Watson, president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Stole Railway Tickets Gaol for Youth
Apparently John Hanchard (18) has a fondness for train travelling. On Saturday last, while the booking office at Harris Park was unattended…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MOTORS and Motoring the Wily Dane Takes Blood-tests in Suspected Cases
AUTHORITIES in Denmark have little faith in such tests as British Constitution, dilated pupils and all the other jargon of police in Great Britain in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Save on the Petrol Bill Motoring Made Cheap by Efficient Use of the Fuel in the Tank
"Motoring can be cheap—why throw away half the petrol that in put into your tank?" asks Mr. L. E. Lowe, chemical engineer, until recently on the research start of the world-famous laboratories of Ricardo, and now chief chemist of the New South Wales branch of the Shell Co. "A careful…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Mechanics View Held by the Royal Auto Club of Australia
IN inferring to alleged inefficiency of some car mechanics and the difficulties that b[?]aot car owners who wish to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motoring Memos
A PLEASING feature of the Christmas vacation, reports the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, was the marked increase in patronage of the many…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Australian and N.S.W. Motor Boating Championships Outboard Structural Changes
THE Australasian Power Boat Association has arranged the following championship events to be decided in New South Wales. TAN. 18: Hydroplane championship of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Sport and Motoring Ancient Car Is First and Fastest at "The Island" Beith and 10-Year-Old Chrysler Win New Year Day's Event
A TEN-YEAR-OLD car that can cover a course of 115 miles—hairpin bends and all—at Phillip Island, and defeat younger and more sprightly models by finding an average speed equal to 61.4 m.p.h. makes one wonder what there is about so comparatively ancient an engine that…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railway Excursions This Month
THE Department of Railways announces the running of the first of the 1936 series of State-wide excursions during the third week of this…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Power of Advertising Sydney Motor Firm's Confidence
In their house organ. "Outlook," York Motors, Pty., Ltd., Sydney, express to their dealers faith in advertising in the following manner:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Rain. West and South. Railway Washaways
The bounteous rains that fell in the western areas of New South Wales during the weekend have been supplemented by useful falls during the last day or two, and, although few…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →WOMEN at the WHEEL Defend Themselves as Motorists. "Men Inclined To Be Inconsiderate."
Last week the opinions of several Well-known (male) motorists on the question whether women can drive cars or not were published in the Supplement. By "drive," accurate, competent driving was meant. Most of the people interviewed were in favour of the woman motorist, and generally had…
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The Singer Car Club will visit Wottamolla Beach on Sunday. Cars will meet at 10 a.m. on the Sylvania side of Tom Ugly's point bridge. The club has appointed Messrs. Turner, Haney,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Cycling. Western Suburbs Club
The Western Suburbs Motor Cycle Club will hold a handicap acceleration test on Saturday afternoon. Members will meet at the corner of Sharpestreet and the Canterbury-road, Belmore, at 2.15…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motorists' Escape. Car's Hundred Feet Drop, MURRURUNDI
C. G. Banfield, school teacher, of Ganmain, his wife, and two children had remarkable escapes from serious injury when a car, driven by Mr. Banfield, crashed over an embankment…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Riverina Wheat. Efficient Handling by Railways
ALBURY, Wednesday.—The pre-harvest speculations that there would be chaos at the silos on account of the inability of the railways to handle the exceptionally heavy wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railways. Holiday Figures
During the recent holiday season from December 18 to January 1 inclusive, a total of 2,629,559 railway tickets were sold by the Raliway Department, an increase of 206,277…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Close Shave on Railway Line Before Express Seconds to Spare Casino
JACK LYNN, 50, stud groom and horse dealer, had a narrow escape from death to-day when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Takings Rise Trams And 'Buses
Increases of £3204 in tramway revenue and £3280 in 'bus revenue for tho fortnight covering the Christmas and New Year holidays is shown by…
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