Motor Touring Record
Inquiries dealt with by the N.R.M.A. touring deportment during the month of December, constituted an association record Nearly 6000 motor tourists were interviewed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1937
9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250
Today's News Of The World From Daily Telegraph Exclusive Correspondents 2000 Troops At Strike Position Grows Rapidly Worse Flint Now Battlefield of U.S. Motor Dispute Flint (Michigan, U.S.A.)
WITH sit-down strikers still holding the Fisher Motor Body plant, 2000 National Guardsmen have assumed control of the city. The atmosphere is tense after yesterday's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Reports. Roads to Port Stephens
The roads to Port Stephens were recently inspected by the N.R.M.A., which reports that they provide fair travelling conditions. On the road from Newcastle to Nelson's Bay, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mail Train Delayed. Brisbane
Torrential rain in the Mackay district late last night caused floods and washaways. The mail train from Townsville to Brisbane was held up at Pindi Pindi, 37 miles north of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sick On Road, Many Pass By
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--For two and a half hours today a sick man lay unassisted by the side of the main Pacific Highway at Belmont…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Toll of the Road Man Pinned By Machine Collision In City
FOLLOWING a collision between his motor cycle and side-car and a car at the corner of Wentworth Avenue and Elizabeth Street, City, last night, Frank Harmer, 33, of Raleigh Street, Blakehurst, was pinned underneath his outfit. When extricated,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motors Annd Motoring Control of Trailers Some Hints on their Operation; Care is Needed in Driving
DURING a fairly long country run made recently I was greatly struck by the large number of motorists who now use trailers —not only motor campers, although they of course preponderate, but country men who apparently find a good use for this…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Motor Car Taxation Reduction Not Favored By Government
THE Commissioner for Road Transport is of the opinion that the rate of tax prescribed on motor vehicles in this State is not…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →1,000,000 Passengers a Day. Sydney Trams and Buses. Peak-hour Problem
Every week day more than 1,000,000 passengers are carried to and from the city by trams and buses alone, requiring the use of 1500 tramcars, 173 Government buses, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →British Motor Cyclist. Stanley Woods in Sydney
Stanley Woods, the great English motor cyclist. Who competed successfully in the Adelaide Centenary load laces, arrived in Sydney for a brief visit yesterday. He went…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Traffic Court. Motorists Fined
James J. Callaghan, of Cardigan-street, Glebe, was charged at the Traffic Court yesterday with driving negligently in Anzac-parade, on October 21, 1936…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hand Crushed by Trams
Charles Freeman, 50, tram driver, of Nelson-street, Woollahra, was coupling two trams at the Waverley Depot yesterday when his left hand was crushed between them. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motoring Vauxhall 14 Tested. Lively 1937 MODEL. Important Improvements
The 1937 model, the Vauxhall 14, is a very similar car to the one which preceded it, bul it embodies a number of improvements of a rather important…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Touring Record
Inquiries dealt with by the N.R.M.A. touring department during the month of December constituted an association record. Nearly 6000 motor, tourists were interviewed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Electric Power. Vast Scheme. £12,000,000 to Be Spent. Country Network and Railways
The State Cabinet decided yesterday to take preliminary steps to launch a scheme of electricity development, which Will take nine or…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ministers Injured. Mr. Spooner Hurt While Surfing. Mr. Bruxner in Motor Mishap
Two Ministers of the State Cabinet are in bandages. Mr. Spooner, who as Minister for Works and Local Government, has…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Strike at Motor Body Plant. Flint (Michigan), Jan. 14
With 1200 National Guardsmen here and more en route peace continues at the Fisher motor body plant, which is in the possession of strikers…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Won’t Discuss Grievances Curt Reply to Tramway Union Demonstration’s Reply to Commissioner
SYDNEY, Jan 12.——The New South Wales Tramway Trust has refused to appoint representatives to the board of reference to deal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oatley Railway Station. Proposed Subway
Kogarah Council had a letter before Hurstville Council at its last meeting, slating that it is in receipt of a letter from the Oatley branch of the A. L. P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tramman's Hand Is Crushed
When his left hand was crushed between the coupling bars of two trams at Waverley Depot late yesterday, a tram driver, Charles…
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